Quantum Of Solace Review

Overall Rating

Plenty of action

Beautiful locations

Some good cast members who deserve more screen time

Sony seem to have toned-down their seemingly obsessive product placement in Casino Royale

A feeling of "action for the sake of action" early on

Reliance on knowing something or the plot from Casino Royale to explain some of the "who" and "what" questions

Long-term Bond fans may have issues with the new direction these films have taken

Little explanation of the Quantum organisation/project that Dominic Greene is running

And why did the character of agent Strawberry Fields get drowned in oil and left on a bed like the women from Goldfinger got the same with gold paint? Maybe they need that type of scene within the new movie mythology, but I'd hoped these new ones would be a clean break.

Quantum of Solace if the first true "sequel" to a Bond movie. The film picks up minutes after Casino Royale ended, and is a little more "Bondian" in that the pre-credit sequence features a car chase (a not to Samuel Goldwyn's advice to start a move with a volcanic eruption and work up to a climactic ending), but seems a shame that we end up in another on-foot chase sequence within a matter of minutes (too similar to the chase in Casino Royale and too soon after the car chase).

I'll not spoil the film by revealing too much, but this movie is again far less fantastical than some of the outings of Brosnan or Moore (a long time coming...), with a lack of silly gadgets, nonsensical one-liners and chronic womanising, and a reasonably solid plot.

Some may criticise Daniel Craig, but he seems to be growing into the role in the same way that the character of Bond grows into his role as a emotionally exhausted government assassin with little hope beyond revenge and duty to Queen and country.

Overall, the film is OK. It doesn't quite match up to Casino Royale, but is still a worthy addition to the Bond universe. Expect something different and still good.