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Quantum of Solace (2008)

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Reviews Counted:39

Fresh:14

Rotten:25

Average Rating:5.6/10

Consensus: Brutal and breathless, Quantum Of Solace delivers tender emotions along with frenetic action. Not as good as franchise reboot Casino Royale, but still an impressive entry to the Bond canon.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for intense sequences of violence and action, and some sexual content.

Runtime: 1 hr 47 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Theatrical Release:Nov 14, 2008 Wide

Box Office: $168,368,427

Synopsis: Daniel Craig returns as 007 in this electrifying follow-up to the critically acclaimed CASINO ROYALE. The film opens with two gripping, back-to-back chases, as James Bond (Daniel Craig) tries to... Daniel Craig returns as 007 in this electrifying follow-up to the critically acclaimed CASINO ROYALE. The film opens with two gripping, back-to-back chases, as James Bond (Daniel Craig) tries to heed the orders of M (Judi Dench) and, at the same time, track down the people who blackmailed his love, Vesper. Bond is still struggling with Vesper's death, displaying a new, ferocious violence in his work, and a recklessness that M would very much like to get under control. When Bond discovers a massive, secret organization called Quantum, he believes it might have been a part of the scheme that killed Vesper. He follows the clues to Haiti, where he meets Camille (Olga Kurylenko), a mysterious, driven woman, whose motives seem unclear. Camille leads Bond to Dominic Greene (Mathieu Almalric), a cold-blooded businessman who appears to be working within Quantum. Greene wants control of a valuable piece of land in Latin America, and is part of a massive plan to overthrow the government. Bond knifes, shoots, and kick-boxes his way to the center of the sinister scheme, and discovers that the plot reaches even higher than he imagined, forcing him to abandon M's orders and step out on his own. Director Marc Forster (STRANGER THAN FICTION) has crafted some truly memorable fight scenes, setting them in the most elegant of locales. Everything is beautifully shot, from Bond racing across the rooftops of Italy, to his showdown at an Austrian opera house. As for Craig, he is once again all cold precision and steely blue eyes. His 007 is positively riveting. He struts determinedly into every scene, ready to display his near superhuman fight moves, or bed a bombshell with merely a glance. Yet, just as in CASINO ROYALE, Craig never lets us forget Bond's humanity. He may fight like a ninja and smirk like Steve McQueen, but beneath his impeccable Tom Ford wardrobe, Bond is still but an ordinary man, wearily battling his own inner demons. [More]

Starring: Daniel Craig, Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric, Judi Dench

Starring: Daniel Craig, Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric, Judi Dench, Gemma Arterton, Jeffrey Wright, Giancarlo Giannini, Jesper Christensen, Joaquin Cosio

Director: Marc Forster

Director: Marc Forster
Screenwriter: Paul Haggis, Neal Purvis, Robert Wade
Producer: Michael G. Wilson, Barbara Broccoli
Composer: David Arnold
Studio: MGM

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Quantum of Solace prompts the question: Is revenge the only possible motive for large-scale movie heroism these days?

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment 9 Comments
11/14/08
A.O. Scott
A.O. Scott
New York Times
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Quantum of Solace is a model of mediocrity, even though Daniel Craig gives his all to a production that doesn't deserve him.

Full Review Source: Wall Street Journal | comment 7 Comments
11/14/08
Joe Morgenstern
Joe Morgenstern
Wall Street Journal
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The Quantum of Solace filmmakers have produced a super-serious, often visually incoherent travelogue of revenge and trumped-up angst.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment 1 Comment
11/14/08
Ann Hornaday
Ann Hornaday
Washington Post
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Quantum of Solace is best when director Marc Forster allows his star the latitude to explore emotions that, until Craig stepped into the shoes of the character, we didn't know Bond had.

Full Review Source: Salon.com | comment Comment
11/14/08
Stephanie Zacharek
Stephanie Zacharek
Salon.com
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This is the least satisfying production since The Living Daylights.

Full Review Source: ReelViews | comment 5 Comments
11/14/08
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
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Quantum -- the 22d 'official' Bond picture, 24th including the rogue Bonds -- is never less than engaging.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Inquirer | comment Comment
11/14/08
Steven Rea
Steven Rea
Philadelphia Inquirer
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In the end it's all too fast and too furious -- and far too obsessed with exercising its license to thrill.

Full Review Source: Newark Star-Ledger | comment Comment
11/14/08
Stephen Whitty
Stephen Whitty
Newark Star-Ledger
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Revenge is a dish best served with bullets, high explosives and giant rolling flameballs. In Quantum of Solace, James Bond orders the revenge buffet, deluxe.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
11/14/08
Kyle Smith
Kyle Smith
New York Post
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If you held up your thumb over Daniel Craig’s face and took in the mayhem around him, you’d think you were watching The Bourne Simulation rather than the 22nd (and shortest-ever) ode to Ian Fleming’s suave government killer.

Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | comment 1 Comment
11/14/08
Amy Biancolli
Amy Biancolli
Houston Chronicle
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With [this] too-shaken sequel, the Bond market experiences a dip.

Full Review Source: Denver Post | comment Comment
11/14/08
Lisa Kennedy
Lisa Kennedy
Denver Post
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Mr. White ultimately leads Bond to one Mr. Slate, who in turn leads him to a Mr. Greene. That's right: The global conspiracy this time around isn't SPECTRE, but some rogue wing of the United Colors of Benetton.

Full Review Source: New Republic | comment Comment
11/14/08
Christopher Orr
Christopher Orr
New Republic
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The problems can be traced to a screenplay that is stuffed with internecine plot points and shades-of-gray complexities, but little else: no character-sharpening details and none of the wit and charm that buoyed Casino Royale.

Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | comment 1 Comment
11/14/08
Tom Maurstad
Tom Maurstad
Dallas Morning News
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Frankly, Quantum of Solace is just one exasperated dressing down away from being Lethal Weapon 9.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment 2 Comments
11/14/08
Wesley Morris
Wesley Morris
Boston Globe
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Not every director is well-suited to Bondland. "There's something horribly efficient about you," Kurylenko says to Craig at one point. The same goes for the film.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment 2 Comments
11/13/08
Michael Phillips
Michael Phillips
Chicago Tribune
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Quantum of Solace isn't frivolous or cheesy, but it isn't all that much fun either. Craig is still the right guy for the job, but for his boiling-on-the-inside performance to work, he needs more to play with.

Full Review Source: Newsweek | comment 1 Comment
11/13/08
David Ansen
David Ansen
Newsweek
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Forster is indeed a fine director, but he's hardly a specialist in action films, and it shows. He can't quite keep things moving fast enough to speed past the absurdity of the premise.

Full Review Source: Detroit News | comment Comment
11/13/08
Tom Long
Tom Long
Detroit News
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There isn't much plot between the action set pieces, and precious little character development beyond Craig's and Dench's continuing evolution.

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment 1 Comment
11/13/08
Peter Howell
Peter Howell
Toronto Star
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Quantum of Solace benefits from imaginatively conceived action sequences and from a director, Marc Forster, who knows how to film them.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
11/13/08
Mick LaSalle
Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle
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The action and eye candy may be worth the ticket price, but this Bond needs to get back to business.

Full Review Source: Newsday | comment 1 Comment
11/13/08
Rafer Guzman
Rafer Guzman
Newsday
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The result isn't bland, but it's not exactly Bond either.

Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
11/13/08
Joe Neumaier
Joe Neumaier
New York Daily News
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