Not as good as I hoped...

Rating: 4/10 (4 April 2009)

First, let me start by saying that I have watched each of the James Bond movies that have come out during my years (not backtracking to the older B/W movies - essentially the Sean Connery years forward), and I've never been all that impressed with any of them. So take from that what you will.
This movie is a solid action flick. Fantastic shoot-outs, chases, and fight scenes are well placed and make the pace of the movie very quick. However, the story, I feel, is weak. And I've felt that way about each of the Bond movies. It's convoluted and overtly complicated to the point where trying to be witty and smart but ends up becoming confusing and pointless. After a while I stopped bothering to try and follow the storyline in favor of just watching what turned out to be an excellent, mindless - yet extremely exciting - action flick.
So that's my 2 cents, and it comes from someone that really enjoys a cleverly done story with excellent character development over pretty much anything else. Do with it what you will!