A rough and tough, "beat'm up movie".

Rating: Null/10 (16 November 2008)

Words that describe this movie: gritty, tough, fast and action oriented. Bond fans differ in what makes a good Bond movie, so each individual fan will have to decide for themselves if this movie makes the grade.
For my tastes, the overall movie was good. It seemed to get better as it went on. I did have some gripes (see below), but the uncompromising raw action and tone was kind of refreshing in current movie environment.
The basic set up is that Bond is still filled with internal rage over the betrayal and death of his love from the previous movie ("Vesper"). He pursues those responsible without regard to human life. This becomes a problem for the British secret service as he pursues the links all the way to Bolivia, where a strange transaction is taking place.
GRIPES: Some of the actions scenes were a bit too fast (editing cuts) to visually follow. Judi Dench, who I greatly admire, didn't seem to have enough makeup this time - I know it sounds strange, but if you noticed something about her forehead, you'll get what I mean.
All in all though, this movie was a decent, heavy duty action movie. I'd say it's more of a "guy's" movie than one for gals. Great on its own terms.