Quantum of Solace has style, and enough pursuit and pyrotechnics to please hard-core Bond fans. But it may disappoint those hoping for Marc Forster's distinctive imprint and a return to The percentage of Approved Tomatometer Critics who have given this movie a positive review. Chris Stuckmann reviews Quantum of Solace, starring Daniel Craig, Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric, Judi Dench, Gemma Arterton, Giancarlo Giannini, Jeffrey.
Does Quantum of Solace use alcohol and cigarettes to support or take away from Bond's appeal? What makes James Bond so appealing (and enduring) in general? Quantum of Solace or Quantum so less, as some of its critics may call it, definitely lacks certain aspects of a traditional Bond movie.
QUANTUM OF SOLACE exists only for its next popcorn chase sequence only to show off its next stunt, with editing that will maim your optic nerves. Such boy-noise largely sums up the middle of Quantum of Solace starts about where the last Bond flick, Casino Royale, left off. Bond, mourning the death of his girlfriend/rogue agent Vesper, is. Quantum of Solace is sans the loveable, gadget geek Q. But the movie doesn't forsake unveiling a few hi-tech toys, including a table-top computer with touch screen capabilities like you've never imagined and a money. By some tortured, objective filmmaking standard it might be possible to make the case that Quantum of Solace isn't the worst James Bond film of all time, but I defy anyone to argue that it isn't the least satisfying.
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After all, a bad James Bond film is still a James Bond film. Check out the exclusive TVGuide.com movie review and see our movie rating for Quantum Of Solace. Quantum of Solace is Bond at his best.
While many will try and highlight the Bourne-ification of James Bond they seem to forget that this is the cold blooded killer created by Ian Fleming. If Casino Royale was a prequel to the Bond series, then Quantum of Solace is a sequel to the film that marked the debut of Daniel Craig in the Bond series. You will have barely settled into your seat and chugged your first handful of popcorn as the movie opens with Bond in his Aston Martin DBS (the same model used in "Casino Royale," but painted a new, darker, and positively. Most reviews are rated on how the reviewer enjoyed the film overall, not exclusively on content.