A mere shadow of it's predecessor: Casino Royale

Rating: 6/10 (25 November 2008)

James Bond is back but not as strong. He tries to unravel a mystery of a secret organization but it still leads to the great unknown. Meaning that the plot for this movie lost me. He could have done much better with a couple more smart-ass remarks. Instead, he seemed more like the emotionally detached Bond of the old days.
This movie started out great, with a decent car chase. But soon after wards, the plot felt a little too lost to me, and it went way to quick near the end. I felt that there was something missing.
I don't recall seeing any gadgets in the movie like the other James Bond movies, although Casino Royale survived without them. It seemed like it tried to be too hard to be one of the Jason Bourne movies instead of James Bond.
Olga Kurylenko wasn't much in this movie and her publicity outside this movie was over exposed. Most of the supporting cast wasn't really that well developed. Except for M, maybe. The villain entrepreneur wasn't the least bit interesting and had no real depth to him.
That aside, it was a decent action flick, with plenty of fight scenes, explosions, and some decent espionage. It makes me want more than what was delivered and hopefully, this franchise will find itself in its next installment, just like it did in Casino Royale.