Bond is back...but it's not his best

Rating: 6/10 (15 July 2012)

Daniel Craig returns as James Bond in this 22nd outing for 007. The last film, Casino Royale, was so fresh in its darkness, original storytelling, and overall rooting of James Bond so we see how he got to the way he is. Quantum of Solace throws all of that out the window and declares itself an action picture, with only a few links here and there between the two films. What works is the film is it's sometimes pretty good writing, but not without its flaws. The major complaint: the tacky, sublime, ordinary villain to the piece. I thought the performance was OK, but it's just the writing that makes him so bad. Yes, I agree, the writing isn't what makes Bond films, but here it's the film's greatest strength, yet it's biggest weakness. Craig is good, the action is well done, but that's all I have to say about this one.