Reminds me of the hero choosing the umbrella instead of the assault rifle in Kingsman. A perfect choice to sum up that ridiculously dumb film.
And it's even farther away from Mission Impossible, and the Bourne Identity series. So it can only be a parody of Bond, and not only is it far from Bond, it's not even funny. How can you parody something without being funny? It really smells like they had an idea that was more serious, then realized they couldn't make it work midway through, and pivoted to a not very funny parody.
And a parody is supposed to be funny.
A farce? It wasn't funny enough to be a farce. It was an action movie with a little humor sprinkled in.