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QUANTUM OF SOLACE

With Daniel Craig, Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric, Judi Dench, Giancarlo Giannini, Jeffrey Wright, Gemma Arterton, David Harbour

Written by Paul Haggis, Neal Purvis & Robert Wade
Directed by Marc Forster

Daniel Craig’s second stint in the 007 tux is a high-impact, fast and flashy affair - as one would come to expected nothing less. Still agonized by the death of his love interest in Casino Royal, and still adamant to nail those responsible, James Bond gets entangled in a new web of underhanded but large-scale scoundrels which also has his own MI-5 branding him a rogue.
The Quantum organization has its sights firmly set on a valuable natural resource leaving many dead in its wake to fulfill its objectives. Not if Bond can prevent it. He teams up with a woman also bent on retribution, and what you get is globe-trotting, car- and boat chases, fist fights and shoot-outs – all in a day’s work.
Marc Forster was an interesting choice for an action-spy-thriller, having directed The Kite Runner, Finding Neverland, and Monster's Ball (at the time featuring a Bond-girl to be, the Oscar winning Halle Berry). Co-writer Paul Haggis also the penned the screenplay for the previous Bond flick Casino Royale, and wrote Clint Eastwood projects like the Oscar winning Million Dollar Baby, Letters From Iwo Jima and Flags Of Our Fathers, as well as TV shows like The Black Donnelly’s, and others stretching way back as far as The Love Boat in the ‘70s, The Facts Of Life in the ‘80s, LA Law in the ‘90s, and yes, even Walker Texas Ranger!

The sparse extras on this single DVD release are the trailer, as well as the music video for the theme song “Another Way To Die” by Jack White and Alicia Keys.

5 / B
- Paul Blom


0 1 2 3 4 5 6
- A - B
- C



6 - Volcanic
5 - Blistering
4 - Hot
3 - Smolder
2 - Room Temp.
1 - Fizzled
0 - Extinguished

A: Multiple Viewing Potential
B: Deserves Another Look
C: Once Should Suffice

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