Quantum of Solace

Quantum, thanks to a deft blend of exotic escapism and bare-bones modernism, is more than strong enough to be judged on its own. In fact, it's the perfect Bond film.

Revenge is a dish best served with bullets, high explosives and giant rolling flameballs. In Quantum of Solace, James Bond orders the revenge buffet, deluxe.

Craig never overreaches, and yet he accomplishes the unthinkable. He's not the Bond we ever asked for or hoped for, yet he's reimagined the character in ways we never could have foreseen. He's Bond with soul.

This is 007 in mid-story crisis; a festival of blaring action set-pieces propping up a scrappy script and undercooked characters.

Updating this anachronistic cash cow with the scrappy and sexy Craig still looks like a wise move, but it requires a greater quantum of style than Solace provides.

A sequel that immediately picks up the plot of its predecessor, and then proceeds to drive the redeemed franchise right off the deep, dark end.

A spastic, indecipherable, unholy, and altogether unwatchable mess.

I'll tell you straight! The film Quantum of Solace is not for everyone. Those who watched movies as a child because of the steep Bond shootouts, chases, fights will be very upset because of their absence. And those who watched them because the story will be completely satisfied. You can also recommend this film to those who did not sign with the Bond. They will appear in this film a masterpiece. I belong to the latter. So I put it the highest rating.

“Quantum of Solace” suffers a number setbacks that land it reasonably between being middling and fairly-enjoyable, so long as some mental cognition is switched off. While it contains several action sequences that land well enough and decent character development across the board, it lacks any degree of polish and gravitas to allow it to stand out from an ocean of other run-of-the-mill action flicks by comparison. As being a continuation of a story, rather than a new adventure (as per the norm of the franchise to this point), the “sequel curse” effected a myriad of points that made it’s predecessor “Casino Royale” a much more enjoyable film by comparison, including and not limited to: a compelling narrative, an intimidating villain, and character interactions that incentivized investment. Unfortunately, as this film is lacking in all of those departments, it ultimately ends up dragging down the positive elements that are brought to the table to create an unfulfilling, middle ground experience.Concerning the plot, the story picks up where it left off with Bond desperately trying to nail down the mystery organization that perpetrated the loss of his love, Vesper. After a close call in an interrogation that nearly took the life of his boss, “M”, he finds himself quickly in between a rock and a hard place when he is swept into the dealings of Dominic Greene…an entrepreneur and head of an environmental group. After saving the life of a purported victim of Dominic’s, Camille, Bond is quickly suspended from duty after his killing of suspects (a running theme in this film) lands him in hot water with the upper echelons of power. Undaunted, Bond refuses to return before his mission is complete, which leads to a MI6 employee losing her life after a connection is made between them, and a returning character from the last film, Rene Mathis, losing his in turn. Pushing onward with Camille, whose past also connects her to an affiliate of Greene’s, the two rush into a somewhat fulfilling climatic ending with the environmentalist after his true scheme is coincidentally brought to light.Perhaps the greatest detriment to the momentum of the story is the awkward positioning the film places Bond in, with one step moving forward and two steps moving back; locked in place by the events of the last movie and the baggage of Bond’s previous iteration as acted by Pierce Brosnan. This is highlighted at the midpoint of the film wherein Bond sleeps with a woman named Fields, whose only role is to attempt to bring Bond back after he is recalled, and is promptly killed thereafter. “M” uncharacteristically blasts Bond for this, claiming it to be the result of his romantic infatuations, despite the fact that Daniel Craig’s Bond was far less reckless in these mannerisms than seen throughout Brosnan’s era. This in turn creates a form of tension-for-the-sake-of-tension between these two characters, and is especially undermining to Bond’s role in this film, as the narrative requires him to be invested in Vesper’s recent loss.Overall, Craig’s Bond did enough in the film to hit a gray area of decency, which was a letdown from his first outing. Judy Dench’s “M” suffered a bit from her unmerited criticisms of Bond, but wasn’t wholly insufferable. Olga Kurylnko’s Camilla was decent overall, and Giancarlo’s brief reprisal of Mathis was actually a standout. Mathieu Amalric’s Dominic Greene, on the other hand, was laughably unopposing when compared to many of Bond’s past rivals primarily through his lack of presentation and underwhelming **** in all, while “Quantum of Solace” struggles to stagger into the realm of enjoyability, it can still be watched and taken at face value for what it is; a sequel film that forwards the overall story. If viewed without a critical lens, it still entertains: just not as much as it could have had more attention and care been given to the characters as they were established.

[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]

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There is just nothing that stands out compared to other spy espionage movies a lot of the action scenes could have been good but are ruined by the camera constantly changing making it hard to tell what even is happening and there is a clear lack of polish and if you compare this to the previous entry in the series Casino Royale this movie comes off as even worst then it is making it feel incredibly lacking comparatively and it even feels like it is trying to take the series back several steps