Claim: Daniel Craig starred in a movie.

Quantum of Solace is the 22nd film in the James Bond film series and directed by Marc Forster , produced by Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli and written by Paul Haggis , Neal Purvis and Robert Wade . It stars Daniel Craig , Olga Kurylenko , Mathieu Amalric , Gemma Arterton , Jeffrey Wright and Judi Dench . In the film , Bond seeks revenge for the death of his lover , Vesper Lynd , and is assisted by Camille Montes -LRB- Kurylenko -RRB- , who is plotting revenge for the murder of her family . The trail eventually leads them to wealthy businessman Dominic Greene -LRB- Amalric -RRB- , a member of the Quantum organisation , who intends to stage a coup d'état in Bolivia to seize control of their water supply .   Producer Michael G. Wilson developed the film 's plot while the previous film in the series , Casino Royale , was being shot . Purvis , Wade , and Haggis contributed to the script . Craig and Forster had to write some sections themselves due to the Writers ' Strike , though they were not given the screenwriter credit in the final cut . The title was chosen from a 1959 short story in Ian Fleming 's For Your Eyes Only , though the film does not contain any elements of that story . Location filming took place in Mexico , Panama , Chile , Italy , Austria , and Wales , while interior sets were built and filmed at Pinewood Studios . Forster aimed to make a modern film that also featured classic cinema motifs : a vintage Douglas DC-3 was used for a flight sequence , and Dennis Gassner 's set designs are reminiscent of Ken Adam 's work on several early Bond films . Taking a course away from the usual Bond villains , Forster rejected any grotesque appearance for the character Dominic Greene to emphasise the hidden and secret nature of the film 's contemporary villains .   The film was also marked by its frequent depictions of violence , with a 2012 study by the University of Otago in New Zealand finding it to be the most violent film in the franchise . Whereas Dr. No featured 109 `` trivial or severely violent '' acts , Quantum of Solace had a count of 250 -- the most depictions of violence in any Bond film - even more prominent since it was also the shortest film in the franchise . Quantum of Solace premiered at the Odeon Leicester Square on 29 October 2008 , gathering mixed reviews , which mainly praised Craig 's gritty performance and the film 's action sequences , but feeling that the film was less impressive than its predecessor Casino Royale . , it is the fourth-highest-grossing James Bond film , without adjusting for inflation , earning $ 586 million worldwide .