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MovieMail's Review
Milo Wakelin suggests you ignore the critics and just enjoy the ride in this explosive addition to the Bond cannon.
Bond is back with a vengeance in this gritty, witty, thrilling follow-up to Casino Royale (2006) which easily matches the high expectations set by its predecessor.
Known for the award-winning dramas Monster’s Ball (2001), Finding Neverland (2004) and The Kite Runner (2007), German-born director Marc Forster ensures that the 22nd Bond film is about far more than the contents of 007’s gadget drawer.
After his happiness was shattered by the events of Casino Royale, Bond is determined to seek a 'quantum of solace' - the scant comfort offered by revenge. Hard on the heels of a shadowy
international organisation, he crosses paths with Camille (Olga Kurylenko) a mysterious young woman who has her own score to settle.
This time round, the role of Bond villain is relished by acclaimed French actor Mathieu Amalric (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, 2007), who portrays nefarious eco-philanthropist Dominic Greene with all the air of a psychotic Claude Rains. Grinning like a malevolent toad, Greene unfolds a scheme to seize hundreds of square miles of seemingly empty Bolivian desert and depose the country’s leaders – and Bond is the only one standing in his way.
True to form, Daniel Craig delivers another muscular performance which threatens to eclipse Sean Connery’s turn as Ian Fleming’s ruthless assassin; Judi Dench – who has become something of a Bond institution in her own right - reprises her role as M16’s vigilant spymistress. In the absence of a Moneypenny, M seems to have become Bond’s confidante as well as his keeper, and their relationship now exhibits a frisson that would have made even Fleming (and Freud) blush.
Fleming created James Bond in an age where jet travel was a luxury, and the world of concierges and casinos, maître d's and martinis stood in stark contrast to the austerity of the post-war years. Shot on location in Austria, Spain, Mexico, Italy, Chile and Panama, Quantum of Solace has the feel of a glossy travelogue - one which offers some spectacular backdrops to the requisite action sequences - including a chase set in Bregenz open-air Opera house that must count among the high-points of the entire Bond franchise.
Classy, kinetic and supremely entertaining, this superlative sequel is well worth putting on a dinner jacket for.
Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish , Hard of Hearing - English
DVD Extras
2 discs
Bond on Location (24-minute special feature)
Jack White & Alicia Keys Music Vide – Another Way to Die
5 Featurettes: Start of Shooting, On Location, Olga Kurylenko and the Boat Chase, Director Marc Forster
The Music
Crew Files
Trailers.
Film Description
Daniel Craig returns as James Bond, 007 in the globe-trotting franchise. After being betrayed by Vesper in Casino Royale, Bond turns his sights on those who controlled her. Interrogating Mr White, Bond discovers that the shadowy organisation responsible for blackmailing Vesper is a lot more powerful and dangerous than he ever imagined. Tracing a link to Hawaii, Bond soon crosses paths with Ukrainian beauty Camille (Olga Kurylenko) who leads him to megalomaniacal businessman Dominic Greene (Mathieu Amalric), head of the organisation known simply as Quantum. Wishing to control one of the world's natural resources, Greene's organisation has a finger in every government agency worldwide, and it falls to Bond to keep one step ahead of his friends, and enemies, to stop Greene holding the world to ransom.
