Good Action, But Not a Bond Story At Al

Rating: 5/10 (18 January 2010)

For those action junkies who came to see a solid action flick with plenty of explosions and fight scenes will be moderately entertained. However, if you're here to see a Bond flick with the traditional Bond themes we've relished all those years, well there's always the video stores to find classic Bond because you find any of the formula that pays homage to the Ian Fleming adaptation of 007 like the others before "Quantum of Solace".
In most James Bond movie our suave hero goes through his days with his flawless appeal, his witty one-liners, his cool gizmo's and whatnot's and the occasional slug fest when needed. Here, all you see is violence without a story to go around. It looked and felt more like a straight arrow action flick rather than a compelling Bond story that we've adulated to over the nearly 50 years.
In fact all the story is just a narrow continuation to where Bond left off by getting revenge over Vespar Lynde's (Eva Green) murder and nothing more. Sure it makes for a believable sequel, but the villains in the plot are purely banal. I always yearned for a Blofeld type Bond villain, cunning, insane, driver for world domination, but here, it just doesn't exist. The motives of the villains is just plain pathetic.
What's the purpose of controlling Bolivia's water and charging people extra then they usually pay for? There's no point to it at all? They're poor as it is already. It's not going to make these villain richer than they were before. Please spare me!