that works
But in a sense as an exception proving the rule. In my opinion, Daniel Craig's Bond is a genuine psychopath who slaughters innocent bystanders by the hundreds with nary a qualm. No class, no style, just a sick pleasure in killing; a terrorist at heart, but the Queen's terrorist, so that's OK.
This is definitely a case of a well-known fictional character suffering from "modernization". If the portrayal of Bond is any metric, we live in a much sicker world than did Ian Fleming and Sean Connery.