Terrible Editing, Enjoyable enough but NOT Bond *** out of *****

Rating: 6/10 (24 January 2009)

I'd Like to start by saying, I'm a huge Bond Fan, I have every single Bond Movie on DVD even The unofficial Number 'Never Say Never Again' starring the Well past it by then Sean Connery, I have a fondness for every one even the Lazenby Starrer 'On her Majesty's Secret Service' but 'Quantum of Solace' based upon a short story of which this has nothing to do with, I have to say I'm pretty disappointed.
Once I saw it at the Cinema, within an hour I'd forgotten what is was about, Don't get me wrong the FX were amazing, but that's all this movie was - there wasn't really a coherent plot, (about some Enviromentalist intending to take over Bolivia's water supply, or something, I don't really remember) and despite 'QOS' being by far the shortest Bond Film of all time as it clocks in at barely over 90 Minutes, by the end I was incredibly Bored. It was reminisent of various Jason Statham Flicks such as The Transporter Trilogy, which incidentally I enjoyed far more than this, and also Bond is never really felt to be in Danger or indeed hurt (he falls through a glass celling and walks away unscathed)This and it's predecessor 'Casino Royale' were obviously meant to compete with The Bourne Series and the aforementioned Statham Films, but even they I feel had a much better Script.
The editing is poor...Very Poor, and much of the time it's impossible to see what is actually going on, especially in the opening sequence.
I don't hate this film...For a Action flick, made for people with short attention spans, it's not bad and quite enjoyable, but for a Bond Film, This is decidedly below par.
*** out of *****