Good movie which could have been much better

Rating: 6/10 (3 June 2015)

2 years after Casino Royale, a movie I really enjoyed from start to finish, I was quite eager to discover the new 007 opus. My first overall impression is that despite being a good movie, I have a feeling of an incomplete film.
I was expecting much more from Quantum of Solace especially as the direct sequel of Casino Royale. While the latter was very well built and actually makes a lot of sense, Quantum seems disorganized and too much fast-paced for my taste. Sure there is a lot of action but I would have hoped that the director would let us discover another psychological side of James Bond especially after the death of the woman he loved and for who he was ready to leave MI6. But Instead, there's nothing but revenge, gunfight, explosions, fistfights. I was lost between all of that.
That said, I have to say that there are still things which don't deserve to go straight to the trash. The main one is again Daniel Craig. Despite a very basic script which focuses on raw force more than anything else, he still manages to share the emotion of a grieving and angry man, who is driven by revenge but still wants to understand why the woman he loved so much betrayed him. 007 lives through Daniel Craig and he's a blessing to this movie. I would have wished the rest of the cast would be as good but it's far from that except the too rare Lady Judi Dench.
I can't give more than 6 out of 10 because this movie is just incomplete.