One of the weakest entries in the franchise

Rating: Null/10 (8 November 2008)

Having sat through this movie twice now, I'm beginning to feel like I must be a glutton for punishment. "Quantum of Solace" is a definite step backwards for the series, lacking many of the essential Bond ingredients. Playing like another installment in the Bourne series, I feel that Broccoli and Wilson have lost sight of what makes a 007 installment special. (Producer Wilson can't help himself appearing briefly in every film. As if he hasn't done enough to damage the series, we keep having to see his gurning face more and more on the big screen.)
A series of set-pieces, including an air-plane scene that has been on ice for over a decade, are linked tenuously by the thinnest of plots. Art-house director Marc Forster is ill matched for the project and the resulting mess is painful viewing.
Daniel Craig is a fine actor and a satisfying Bond but he's let down here by the meandering script and the inappropriate direction. I just hope that subsequent tales revert back to traditional Bond elements and adopt a more upbeat mood, whilst avoiding the silliness of the Moore-era.
6 out of 10.