A very good continuation of Casino Royal.

Rating: 10/10 (18 November 2008)

Yes, this movie starts off with a very nice car chase scene and is a very action packed James Bond movie. After the nice chase scene to open up the movie you are aware that this movie is picking up where the last movie left off. A nice change of pace for a James Bond movie as this is the first time I know of that this was done so directly. Granted "From Russia With Love" sort of acknowledged the previous movie by mentioning the death of Dr. No and in "Diamonds are Forever" it had Bond going on a revenge kick...this one is the first I know that picks up more like a direct sequel with a continuation in plot. The plot has Bond trying to find out who was behind the set up of Vesper as it seems there is a mysterious organization behind it and they have a member who has a rather different plot that Bond must uncover. You never really get to find out what this organization is, however, I have my suspicions. I think it may be something out of some of the previous Bond movies. So you get lots of action as Bond must chase a guy across the rooftops, interrupt an opera, escape on a boat and plane and have a blazing conclusion in a virtual inferno. Daniel Craig is once again very good as is Judi Dench. It is nice they used characters from the previous movie and the Bond girls in this one are very attractive. However, this movie is somewhat dark as Bond is having trouble coping over the lose of the woman he loved. He tries desperately to make it seem he did not care, and that revenge is not the main driver behind his actions. However, this revenge does not blind him, but rather makes the path more clear to him as he is able to see who the villains are.