Quantum of Solace (2008)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Marc Forster

Writers (WGA):

Paul Haggis (written by) and
Neal Purvis (written by) ...

Release Date:

14 November 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Thriller

Plot:

Seeking revenge for the death of his love, secret agent James Bond sets out to stop an environmentalist from taking control of a country's valuable resource.

Plot Keywords:

CIA | Vengeance | Bolivia | Secret Agent | Aston Martin

Awards:

Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 3 wins & 18 nominations

Cast

Daniel Craig	...	James Bond
Olga Kurylenko	...	Camille
Mathieu Amalric	...	Dominic Greene
Judi Dench	...	M
Giancarlo Giannini	...	René Mathis
Gemma Arterton	...	Strawberry Fields
Jeffrey Wright	...	Felix Leiter
David Harbour	...	Gregg Beam
Jesper Christensen	...	Mr. White
Anatole Taubman	...	Elvis
Rory Kinnear	...	Bill Tanner
Tim Pigott-Smith	...	Foreign Secretary
Joaquín Cosio	...	General Medrano
Fernando Guillén Cuervo	...	Colonel of Police
Jesús Ochoa	...	Lieutenant Orso

Also Known As:

B22 (UK) (promotional abbreviation)
Bond 22 (UK) (working title)
QoS (International: English title) (promotional abbreviation)
Квант милосердия (Russia) [ru]
007 (Venezuela) [es]
007 - Quantum of Solace (Brazil) [pt]
007 - Veidi lohutust (Estonia) [et]
007 Quantum (Mexico) [es]
007 Quantum (Canada: French title) [fr]
007 Quantum of Solace (Poland) [pl]
007 Quantum of Solace (Argentina) [es]
007 Quantum of Solace (Finland) [fi]
A Quantum csendje (Hungary) [hu]
James Bond 007 - Ein Quantum Trost (Germany) [de]
Quantum of Solace (Italy) [it]
Quantum of Solace (Poland) (DVD title) [pl]
Quantum of Solace (Greece) [el]
Quantum of Solace (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Quantum of Solace (Czech Republic) [cs]
Quantum of Solace (Slovakia) [sk]
Zrno utehe (Serbia) [sr]
Zrno utjehe (Croatia) (wide-release title) [hr]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, and some sexual content.

Runtime:

106 min

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English | Italian | French | Spanish | Swiss German | German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #44263) | Ireland:12A | UK:12A | South Korea:15 | Norway:15 | Australia:M | Germany:12 | Finland:K-13 | Singapore:PG | Portugal:M/12 | Denmark:11 | Netherlands:12 | Brazil:14 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Argentina:13 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | South Africa:10M | India:UA | Hong Kong:IIB | Sweden:11 | Malaysia:U | Peru:14 | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Nova Scotia) | New Zealand:M | Canada:PG (Ontario) | UK:12 (DVD rating) | Taiwan:PG-12 | Iceland:12 (original rating) | Iceland:L (DVD rating) | Mexico:B

Filming Locations:

Antofagasta, Chile

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

James Bond's eleven costume changes in the movie required about 420 pieces of clothing. There were nine versions of every suit used in the movie. Three were normal, three were battered with blood and debris whilst three were this but also waterlogged.

Goofs:

Continuity: At the end of Casino Royale, Bond was wearing a light-blue shirt and a three-piece suit when he shot Mr White in the leg. At the beginning of Quantum of Solace, his shirt is white and his waistcoat has disappeared, and in fact both he and White seems to be in slightly different suits. If the events of Quantum of Solace occur an hour after those of Casino Royale, it would mean that both had an inexplicable clothing change just before the car chase. In fact, this continuity error betrays the fact that the films' costumiers are different: Brioni provided suits before, but for this film it is Tom Ford.

Quotes:

[first lines]
James Bond: It's time to get out.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "The South Bank Show: The South Bank Show: Bond" (2008)

Soundtrack:

Crawl, End Crawl

Something is not quite right with this latest Bond offering

This film is about James Bond cracking down a multi-national corporation that works with dictators to get a share of precious natural resources.

"Quantum Of Solace" has an impressive opening sequence. It has high speed car chases with lots of collision and gunshots. The ultra short scenes (all under one second each) and the shaky camera gives urgency and thrill, but it is so hard to actually work out what is happening.

There is a lot of action and adrenaline in the film, but the plot seems not to have a focus. Nor does it make sense either, as it feels like an all-action-no-information film. All Bond does is to run around the globe after his target, and viewers are left to wonder how he made it. I don't find myself caring for the plot or the characters. I don't know why this happens, but something is not right with the film and I don't know what.