Pretty good action film, indecent bond movie

Rating: 7/10 (1 November 2008)

Basically this is a well made action film not worthy of being in the line of 007 films. It's enjoyable, you get your moneys worth and it's certainly entertaining. But Quantum of Solace has a total lack of finesse, which of course is a major flaw in a Bond movie. Instead of being an agent disguised as a bon vivant (or the other way around, if you so please), the Bond in this movie is entirely driven by cold blooded revenge.
Further on, the beginning is a chaotic car chase, with bad camera shots, and the rest of the first half goes on like that. The second half is pretty decent with one line that sort of resembles a typical Bond phrase, but Craig delivers it badly. I am disappointed.
But not all is bad, some scenes are excellent (keep an eye out for the Opera scene) and the action scenes with better camera shots are none at all disappointing. There are no gadgets nor Q, but there is a glass table and wall that MI6 has that works as a giant touch-screen computer. Also the general gadgets shown in the movie are the ones you can expect in a more cold Bond. Anyway, it's a good movie worth for buying tickets to but it's also a Bond movie lacking finesse, elegance and smartass lines.