Thursday, November 20, 2008

Quantum Of Solace

For a while there I thought I was watching James Bourne in Quantum Of Solace but this is actually the follow up to Casino Royale.
Picking up pretty much here CR left off, James Bond (Daniel Craig) is chasing those who killed Vesper from the previous film even though, as it was pointed out last night, he didn't actually love her.
Soon the hunt is on for the person who tried to kill M (Judi Dench) just to make it a bit more confusing.
The plot is there and there's no use going any further. If I can describe in one word how I felt about this film it is this - meh. (Also my new favourite word, almost anyway).
The opening 20 minutes was fairly entertaining but after that I found it largely uninteresting. No doubting Craig is a good Bond but he doesn't have much to work with here.
Even Dench struggles with what she has been thrown to work with.
Ultimately, Quantum Of Solace isn't a bad film. It's reasonable action but it is not even half as interesting and intriguing as Casino Royale. Back to the drawing board, Bond.
A 5 out of 10.

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