Well its no Royale

Rating: 5/10 (31 October 2008)

James Bond, Quantum OF Solace.
The film starts with an action packed car chase, capturing the interest of the audience instantly, and i was certainly hooked. However, as the film tortuously unfolded, the plot seemed weak, and empty.
Classic Bond fans will be complaining about the lack of lasers, megalomaniac bad guys, and convenient gadgets. I, however, was never a big fan of this element to Bond, and so was delighted when Casino Royale was released, and felt it a breath of fresh air. This film though, fails to live up to the high standard that it set, and therefore leaves me disappointed. Hot 'Bond girl'(Olga Kurylenko), yet even she doesn't have the character depth that was needed to give this story some meat.
Slowly gadgets are being introduced, a high tech glass wall screen, a face mapping phone etc, building up for the return of Q possibly. This film was riddled with product placements, Virgin Airlines was the most obvious one, with a bright ad behind Bond. Ford and Ford owned cars (Jaguar, Land Rover, Aston Martin) were all visible in any car scene, and Sony seemed to dominate the technology side of things, with all phones, laptops and TV's being of Sony origin. For me it was a little too obvious and made me cringe sometimes.
Fast, constant action, quality acting and actors, and raw fighting were the positives in this film. Lack of story, character depth and originality were the negatives.
In short, I liked it as its not the usual Bond formula, but it can't compare to Casino Royale, and I'm not the first to point out its very similar to Bourne, and nobody can compare to Bourne.