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Quantum of Solace

Quantum of Solace

Movie · 2008 · 15 people

Quantum of Solace is the twenty-second James Bond film from Eon Productions, a 2008 spy adventure directed by Marc Forster, picking up directly after Casino Royale (2006) and Daniel Craig's second outing as agent 007. It opened in the United Kingdom on October 31, 2008 and in the United States on November 14. Critics praised Craig and the action but rated it below its predecessor. It still earned over $589 million worldwide, the seventh highest-grossing film of 2008.

The story resumes where Casino Royale ended. Seeking the truth behind Vesper Lynd's betrayal, Bond questions Mr. White and finds the organisation behind her blackmail far larger than assumed. The trail leads to Dominic Greene (Mathieu Amalric), a member of Quantum who poses as an environmentalist and plans a coup in Bolivia to monopolise the country's fresh water. Camille Montes (Olga Kurylenko), who is hunting her family's killer, joins Bond. Judi Dench returns as M, alongside Jeffrey Wright and Giancarlo Giannini.

Producer Michael G. Wilson developed the story. Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and Paul Haggis wrote the screenplay; Roger Michell was first named as director but left, and Forster took over. Filming took place in Mexico, Panama, Chile, Italy, Austria and Wales, with interiors built at Pinewood. The title comes from a 1959 Ian Fleming story.

DirectorMarc Forster
Production companySony Pictures Entertainment

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Uygar Tamer Uygar Tamer Actor · 55 years old Daniel Craig Olga Kurilenko Mathieu Amalric Gemma Arterton Judi Dench Jeffrey Wright Giancarlo Giannini Jesper Christensen David Harbour Fernando Guillén Cuervo Neil Jackson Oona Chaplin Rory Kinnear Stana Katic

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Action & Thriller Fan Puts pace, tension and set pieces first; little patience for slow drama.

Picking up right where Casino Royale ended is a big plus: Bond's anger is still raw and the film runs on it. The chases and fights are short, hard and fast, with almost no idling. A villain after a country's water rather than a weapons deal may sound low-key at first, but those grounded stakes keep the tension alive. A satisfying Bond if pace is what you are after.

Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

The critics who placed it below its predecessor had a point, in my view. Casino Royale built its hero gradually and let its scenes breathe; Quantum of Solace runs almost entirely on the engine of revenge. The editing chops the action into short pieces, which is energetic but makes space and direction hard to follow; too often you learn what happened from the outcome of a scene. Because the script leans on plot rather than relationships, Bond's grief turns from a feeling the film explores into a pretext. As a direct sequel it works as a coherent second act for anyone watching the two back to back; taken on its own, it feels like an unfinished chapter.

History & Society Lens Asks about the period, the social background and what the work reflects.

The film's most interesting choice is to dress its villain up as an environmentalist. A coup plotted over fresh water, instead of oil or a nuclear threat, chimes with the late-2000s debate about who should control natural resources. A businessman staging a coup to monopolise a country's water is a blunt but legible allegory of corporate power buying politics. The theme is never developed, though; it stays a backdrop for a spy film. Even so, carrying a real-world worry gives the series an unusual weight.

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