Review of Quantum of Solace

As far back as I can remember James Bond has always been about tradition. Sort of like the New York Yankees.

The Yankees are known for overpaying players, clean cut image, crazed fans, and not to mention they haven't changed uniforms in the last 200 years. Just like the Yankees, the Bond films have maintained tradition over the years. I knew going into this movie I was going to see five things: nice cars (check), good action (check), some cool new technology (check), a tuxedo (check), and beautiful women (check and check).

Quantum of Solace picks up just minutes after we last saw Bond in Casino Royale. 007Daneil Craig) is still on the hunt to find whoever is responsible for the death of Vesper Lynd. While interrogating Mr. White, a mole within MI6 attempts to kill M (Judi Dench). Bond takes off around the world to find the mole and hopefully one step closer to Vesper's killer. He follows the bread crumbs that lead him to Dominic Greene (Mathieu Amalric), a member of QUANTUM who seems to be buying up useless desert land.

Craig gives us a different Bond in QOS. He's a much colder, meaner, edgier James Bond who is hell bent on revenge for the entire 106 minutes. I can't remember seeing him smile once in the movie.

The Bond girl this time around was Camille (Olga Kurylenko) who has her own plot for revenge in the movie.She gave us a much better performance in QOS. Olga was able to look sexy, the next minute look tough, and then switch right back to being sexy again. I love that quality in a Bond girl……….not so much in real life.

The only thing I didn't like about this movie was the lack of a serious plot and it seemed to be missing a strong villain. The movie is essentially a sequel to Casino Royale. It makes for an interesting story, but there isn't much more to the plot. I think villains are the driving force in movies. Don't get me wrong, I liked Mathieu Amalric in this movie. He just didn't do enough for me. C'mon our last Bond villain cried blood. All Dominic Greene ever did was give us a few creepy looks.

My suggestion: I absolutely loved this movie. Quantum of Solace is a must see for Bond fans. I grew up on James Bond so maybe I'm a little bias. If you grew up on Bond, you might just love it too. The movie almost a 100 minute action sequence with a love scene squeezed in the middle. Either Bond is killing someone, or narrowly avoiding getting killed himself. Daniel Crag has added some new flavor to this role, and I hope to see him in a few more films before they hand the franchise off toNick Cannon.