Quantum of Solace is the 22nd Bond movie in Albert F. Broccoli's brilliant British franchise. The film is a thrill from the second it starts and doesn't stop until the credits role an hour and forty minutes later. Though QoS is a relatively short Bond film
Marc Forster has directed a very bold and rather pensive new era Bond film. While Quantum of Solace is the biggest Bond movie ever made, because it was shot in six different countries and is a massive production, the plot doesn't allow this film to stand on it's own as it's own film within the Bond canon, because unless you have seen
Casino Royale you'll be somewhat lost on what's happening in the film.
Daniel Craig oozes equal parts feirce intensity and brutish elegance as James Bond, as he is driven by vengeance, to find out who is behind the evil organization that was responsible for the death of his lady love Vesper. I do have to say I wish there had been more
Jeffrey Wright, in QoS, he's so simple yet so brilliant as the lone American Operative on Bond's side as Felix Lighter.
Olga Kurylenko holds her own as a new era Bond girl, but I think the second best performance in the film goes to the brilliant
Mathieu Amalric and I'm not just saying that because I want move to a chateau and spend the rest of my days in France having him read Zola to me. While Craig oozes an animalistic ferocity, Amalric projects an evil creepiness that left me uncomfortable and intrigued which one usually and coincidentally only sees in Bond villains. While QoS was entertaing and action packed it certainly was not as fluid as intelligble as Casino Royale and in the end, only left me more excited for whatever the next Bond film will be.
My rating: 8/10 while Casino Royale was a 9/10
