A good follow-up.

Rating: 8/10 (5 February 2010)

The only element that bugged me about this film was in the second sequence in Siena. It struck me as mimicking the free-running seen early in Casino Royale. At least, that's how I saw it. Maybe in reality it was a standard pursuit scene, in which case it was fine, but my radar went off fairly quickly. As some others have commented, Casino Royale set the bar very high. I've enjoyed the Connery series quite a bit while the others seemed much too silly. I couldn't watch more than a couple of Moore's versions and Pierce I didn't bother with at all. The previews were enough. This new series, which seems to make Bond more human and realistic also brings a welcome grittiness to the table and I look forward to more installments.