With Skyfall dropping in theaters in just a couple weeks, along with the 50th anniversary of the James Bond series, a close friend and fellow film nerd, Brandon Peters, has generously offered to do a comprehensive review of the entire 007 film franchise. Today is the twenty-second entry, with a full review of the inexplicably maligned Quantum of Solace. I hope you've enjoyed what is a pretty massive feature leading up the November 9th release of Skyfall, because, to quote Adele, this is (nearly) the end. Without further ado...
Quantum Of Solace
2008
Director: Marc
Forster
Starring: Daniel
Craig, Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric, Gemma Arterton, Judi Dench, Jeffrey
Wright
Rated PG-13
Take a deep breath,
you only got one shot, make it count.
~James
Bond
STATS
Kills: 17
Bond Girls: Camille
Montes, Strawberry Fields
Car: Aston Martin DBS
V12
Locales: Siena,
Haiti, Austria, Bolivia, Russia
Odd Villain Trait:
Elvis, tall and has a wig that makes him look rather silly
Song: “Another Way to
Die” performed by Jack White & Alicia Keyes
Quantum of Solace
(QoS) is considered the first ever direct sequel to a Bond film, starting
up moments after the closing events of Casino
Royale. One could argue this untrue as Diamonds
Are Forever picks up right where On Her
Majesty’s Secret Service left off.
Going further, Dr. No through
to Diamonds (minus Goldfinger) all
carry along Bond’s battle against SPECTRE.
While calling it a direct sequel is the easiest way to spin it, the two
films are more closely tied than any previous two films.
