James Bond. The name brings up the image of a secret agent-- who loves his martinis shaken, not stirred-- with futuristic weapons and gadgets, supplied by the genius ‘Q’. Yes, since the creation of the 007 Agent in the 1953 book titled Casino Royale, he has been resurrected into 22 box office movies and portrayed by six different men.
The most recent movie ‘Quantum of Solace’, released on November 14, 2008, smashed its way into the number one movie grossing around $67 million in just its first weekend. The movie begins one hour after the events of Casino Royale. For the whole 106 minutes of non-stop action, James Bond (Daniel Craig) attempts to satisfy his revenge by finding the people who killed his love in the last movie, Vesper Lynd (Eva Green). 007’s only goal is to avenge Vesper’s death and find peace, no matter what it takes. Following the proverbial bread crumbs, Bond is led to a member of QUANTUM, Dominic Greene (Mathieu Amalric) who seems to be innocently buying useless desert land. Just like in any of the other 21 Bond movies, he hooks up with yet another super-vixen, Camille Montes (Olga Kurylenko), a woman with her owns plans for revenge, who has the innate ability to stay amazing gorgeous while kicking some bad guy butt. There is a good chance that she will return for the next Bond movie, Bond 23 in 2011, since they didn’t jump in bed together like every other Bond vixen.
Casino Royale set the bar for future Bond films extraordinarily high, and even though Quantum of Solace keeps you on the edge of your seats every second, it’s just not as good as the first. I give this movie a four out of five. It’s rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, and some sexual content.
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