Quantum of Solace
by Marc Forster
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Actor: Daniel Craig, Giancarlo Giannini, Judi Dench, Mathieu Amalric, Olga KurylenkoDirector: Marc Forster
Brand: Sony
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); French (Unknown); Spanish (Unknown); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language); French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.40:1
Running Time: 106 minutes
Published: 2009-03-01
DVD Release Date: 2009-03-24
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Movie Reviews of Quantum of Solace
Movie Review: A WORKING CLASS BOND: A Real Bond for a Real World
Summary: 5 Stars
After reading Roger Ebert's review of QUANTUM OF SOLACE - the super-critic who gave this film a C rating - I had to determine whether or not I agreed. I didn't. To be sure, I watched this film four times.
Gone are the juvenile quips and the soundtrack jokes we came to identify with Roger Moore's interpretation of the Ian Fleming British agent (in his films, the producers descended to the level of using soundtrack themes of THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN, LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, and even CALIFORNIA GIRLS to provide "humor"). I like Roger Moore (in such serious films as THE WILD GEESE), but as James Bond he was the worst. Many times in his films, a character tells Bond that his reputation has preceded him. If this were the case (as Roger Moore himself remarked in an interview), what would his value be as a secret agent? Why not just give him a Batman costume (although THE DARK KNIGHT makes a Batman story more gritty and cruel than many Bond films)?
Pierce Brosnan was probably the second-worst Bond, followed by model George Lazenby. Unfortunately, Lazenby plays Bond in the longest (running time) and one of the best of the Bond stories. Fortunately, he only played 007 once.
Many people believe that Sean Connery was the best Bond ever. Yes, he was superb in DOCTOR NO and FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE. After GOLDFINGER, however, he became too cutsy with his remarks and the directors each became increasingly sloppy. THUNDERBALL has some horrible post-dubbing in a couple of the scenes. DIAMOND ARE FOREVER is so awful that it hardly deserves mention. Only NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN redeems Connery somewhat in a come-back role. He got rid of the one-liners and faced probably the best-acted villain ever, but he was saddled with a remake of THUNDERBALL for the story instead of something original.
Timothy Dalton was a bit slight in stature for the role, but he was probably the most believable 007. He was hampered with a few of the one-liner quips that Roger Moore loved to bring off as well as some Three Stooges antics (a car carrying a barn along on the ice, for example), but his serious take on the role was refreshing. It is unfortunate that he only made two of the 007 films because he was reportedly uncomfortable in the role, but his discomfort was not evident on the screen.
Daniel Craig re-writes the role of Bond as a comparatively unsophisticated, non-elitist, violent secret agent, an actor who might appear as comfortable in a car mechanic's work uniform as in a tuxedo. The producers Broccoli (Cubby's daughter) and Wilson evidently decided to start over with the franchise and re-envision Bond as a serious, relentless, emotionally damaged, and occasionally scar-faced 007. Gone are the horrible quips with double meanings, gone are the Q branch gimmicks (replaced by equally effective communication technology accessed by his versatile cell phone), and the romantic clinch endings. This Bond doesn't end up in bed with the very capable main heroine, although he does make a sheet sandwich with a tall but inexperienced British worker who gets the GOLDFINGER treatment with oil instead of gold paint. The only cliché here is that the secondary heroine is again iced after her bedtime exchange with Bond.
Craig does have an extended fight scene with the self-admitted nasty little villain, a scene during an oil fire that is inter-cut with a struggle between the heroine, Camille, and the sadistic dictator general who molested and killed her mother and sister. Craig doesn't really kill the villain as Bond usually does in a spectacular finale. He, in a sense, does something worse, and what Camille does to the general is more than women usually do to men with whom they are fighting. Kicking the villain in the groin is one thing (which she does do), but what she also does to him in the same area of his anatomy is hair-raising, daring, and appropriate in the revenge department.
Presenting QUANTUM OF SOLACE as a direct continuation of CASINO ROYALE is inspired. We have new heroines, but the Felix Leiter role, the arch-villain named White, and the misunderstood but forgiving Italian agent named Mathis continue as if the first film never ended. Forget the fact that this Bond is blond. Who cares? Don't you know that we blonds supposedly have more fun? Although having more fun does not appear to be big on Daniel Craig's list.
If you want a cartoonish Bond who dispenses cheap laughs, go back and watch the Moore or Brosnan versions. If you want a tough Bond for a tough new age post 9-11, see Daniel Craig in CASINO ROYALE and its direct sequel QUANTUM OF SOLACE. He does not look like someone you would immediately identify as a suave secret agent, which is what makes him more effective than his predecessors.
Dr. Charles J. Garard, now in Changchun, China
Summary of Quantum of Solace
Daniel Craig returns as James Bond in this thrilling, action-packed adventure that picks up where Casino Royale left off. Betrayed by the woman he loved, 007 fights the urge to make his latest mission personal. On a nonstop quest for justice that crisscrosses the globe, Bond meets the beautiful but feisty Camille (Olga Kurylenko), who leads him to Dominic Greene (Mathieu Amalric), a ruthless businessman and major force within the mysterious Quantum organization. When Bond uncovers a conspiracy to take control of one of the world?s most important natural resources, he must navigate a minefield of treachery, deception and murder to neutralize Greene before it?s too late!- Audio: English: 5.1 DTS, 5.1 Dolby Digital, SDH / Spanish & French: 5.1 Dolby Digital
- Language: Dubbed: English, French & Spanish / Subtitled: English & Spanish
- Aspect Ratio: Widescreen 2.40:1
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