Great action thriller, lousy Bond movie

Rating: 6/10 (18 July 2009)

Sounds contradictory, I know, but Quantum of Solace is exactly that.
Bond is back and out for revenge. The first Bond movie to be more of a continuation than a sequel, Quantum starts with Bond trying to deliver Mr. White (shot in the last scene of Casino Royale) to M. Of course, he is being chased by men with machine guns. During the interrogation, Mr. White tells M, "The first thing you should know about us is... we have people everywhere." And he means everywhere, including MI-6.
The movie is non-stop action. There's very little drama, and almost no humor. Come to think of it, there's a lot missing from Quantum no vodka martini, no Q, no gun-barrel sequence, and Bond only got one kiss. And somehow, three writers couldn't figure out a way to include the line, "Bond, James Bond."
Yes, this was a great action movie, but it just wasn't a Bond movie.