Not Your Regular Bond Title

Rating: 6/10 (14 November 2008)

Being a bit of a fan of James Bond films, it was a bit disappointing to see something try to 'break the mold'. Sadly, this movie doesn't do it. In your typical Bond flick, James goes after the dastardly evil villain, uses his gadgets to defeat him in some incredibly over-the-top action sequences, all while seducing the woman sidekick. It's disappointing to see that hardly any of this happens in Quantum of Solace. The villains are not worth James' time but rather the time of the local police. Gadgets are non-existent (seriously), and the Bond-Sidekick relationship ends in a "well, that was fun!" type of way. Even the action scenes had a low body-count, lack of sneaky stealth and were filmed a bit TOO close.
On the plus side, the story was pretty epic and interesting. To prevent spoilers, it was arguably better than your typical Bond story. It's definitely worth a rental or however you get your movies, just to fully understand the story.
I'm not much of a movie connoisseur but Daniel Craig's performance was pretty good; was definitely believable and suave.