SimonJack After a superb revival of the James Bond series with "Casino Royale" in 2006, this film was a big letdown. About the only connection it has to an Ian Fleming novel about the British MI6 and its secret agents is in the characters in this film. Otherwise, "Quantum of Solace" resembles a sci-fi film more than it does a spy thriller. The evil enemy here is such a complicated menagerie, that one is constantly trying to keep track of whom is who and what is what. This film follows the trend of the early 21st century. It's an action film with almost constant, non-stop action. This surely holds the record of shootings and killings in Bond films. A number of other quirks stand out. Q and Moneypenny are absent, as is any high tech gimmickry for Bond's use. The exotic places of the usual Bond film are replaces with settings in Haiti and Bolivia. And, M and the entire British intelligence network must be suspect. The sci-fi aspects Include such far-fetched things as huge underground dams to dry up surface water supplies, and massive building complexes and construction in the Atacama Desert of Bolivia. The film would have one believe that such massive works could be undertaken but not be noticed or discovered. So, all the modern sophisticated monitoring devices with satellites wouldn't detect a massive project in a wide-open desert? Construction traffic wouldn't be noticed? Thousands of workers used to build and staff such undertakings would all be hush-hush about their jobs? Other Bond films have some far-fetched plots, but at least MI6 can use modern technology to discover some of their secrets. In its efforts to keep up with the modern craze for constant action in movies, the Bond filmmakers have turned an enjoyable and mystery-action series into a fantasy and sci-fi series. I prefer the subtle, intriguing, espionage thrillers that Ian Fleming wrote for James Bond. Their occasional fast action and thrilling chases were part of more well-rounded plots. The type of uncoordinated mayhem in this film soon wears very thin. Daniel Craig alone earns the five stars for this film for the beating and rough times he shows. After the best of the Bond series in "Casino Royale," this film turns out to have the worst plot and screenplay of the entire series.

gavin6942 James Bond (Daniel Craig) descends into mystery as he tries to stop a mysterious organization from eliminating a country's most valuable resource.Although it would be wrong to say I am a big James Bond fan to begin with, I had seen every film up to this point, which is no small commitment. Daniel Craig does a fine job, incidentally. I don't know that he has an iconic look the way Connery or Brosnan did, but he probably is not the worst man ever to play Bond.For me, the flaws in this film can be summed up as direction or cinematography. The story is interesting, the characters and acting are fine. However, the action scenes look really cheap and the computer effects are awful. Why this was allowed to happen, I don't know, but these are probably the worst action scenes in the whole series (though I have not yet seen "Spectre").

Mace Marc Forster's Quantum of Solace has been widely regarded as one of the worst Bond films of the entire franchise upon release. Whether or not expectations were too high after the excellent Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace is mediocre at best and shockingly amateur at it's worst. Daniel Craig as Bond is not the issue here. His performance here is strong, as is most of the other cast's, even if the characters aren't fully fleshed out as the previous films. The issue is the convoluted and overly-complicated plot that lacks the emotional heft and character drama that made Royale so good. The Bond girl is boring, the villain is laughable and the tone is all over the place. From a technical standpoint, everything is how it should be. Sadly, the human aspect that gives a Bond film it's character is lacking, making this entry noticeably more hollow than other films of the franchise.Even the action sequences are hit-or-miss. While the film opens with a rather impressive car chase, the following set-pieces never manage to create even a fraction of suspense or thrills contained in the first 10 minutes. This could be due to the rather shaky direction and overall goofy nature that never quite feels welcome. While Quantum of Solace is certainly watchable and admittedly entertaining at times, the overall lack of substance and memorable drama or thrills makes this entry to the franchise quite hollow. It doesn't have the immense emotional weight of Royale or the spectacular action of Skyfall, and being released between these two excellent films only helps to accentuate the flaws of this one.

Filipe Neto Directed by Marc Forster and produced by Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson, it has script by Robert Wade, Neal Purvis and Paul Haggis. This is the twenty-second movie of the franchise and is the second film in the new era of James Bond, embodied by the participation of Daniel Craig as 007. It inherits the central cast from the previous film, to which joins Olga Kurylenko, in the role of bond-girl Camille, Gemma Arterton, in the role of Strawberry Fields, Mathieu Amalric in the role of villain, Dominic Greene, and Joaquín Cosio in the role of General Medrano.In this film, James Bond seeks revenge for the death of Vesper, killed by Quantum, a mysterious criminal organization that seeks to manipulate governments and control natural resources. In the process, however, he will have to act on his own, even going against MI6's orders to destroy this criminal syndicate.This is one of the Bond movies I understand worse due to its complexity. It's so complicated and intricate that it becomes incomprehensible. But it's also true that, after the success of "Casino Royale" (which this film follows up), it would be difficult to obtain similar results. Despite the incomprehensibility, i enjoy the way that it approaches the value of water and ecological issues and concerns. Daniel Craig continues to play his role brilliantly, giving realism and credibility to the British agent. The interpretations of Mathieu Amalric and Joaquín Cosio also deserve congratulations, especially the latter one, which could become truly repellent with his sexist behavior and total disregard for women. However, Olga Kurylenko didn't satisfy me: her interpretation is very positive but her character is too ambiguous: she was a great help to Bond, she touched the audience with her story, but she isn't attractive enough to be a bond-girl. The opening sequence didn't surprised, despite Alicia Keys collaboration on the song "Another Way to Die"