Quantum of Solace (2008)

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:

Secret Agent | James Bond | CIA | Bolivia | Vengeance

Awards:

Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 4 wins & 20 nominations

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Daniel Craig	...	James Bond
Olga Kurylenko	...	Camille Montes
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 (Norway) (video title) [no]
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:14 (original rating) | Mexico:B

Filming Locations:

Antofagasta Region, Chile

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

On 1 April 2008, while filming was going on in the village of Baquedano, the local mayor Carlos Lopez drove his sedan into the village of Baquedano, nearly running over a policeman. He was reportedly furious that the filmmakers did not seek his permission to film in the village; he was outraged that the film portrayed the region of Antofagasta as part of Bolivia when Chile had conquered it in 1883; and criticised security measures like "special forces and water cannons to prevent people walking in the street" for the small town, which reminded him "of the worst of the Pinochet years." He was arrested, detained briefly, and put on trial two days later. His claim that they needed his permission to film in the area was dismissed: Michael G. Wilson explained that Bolivia was essential to the plot due to its history of water problems, and was surprised the two countries disliked each other a century after the War of the Pacific. When the Chilean newspaper "La Segunda" ran a poll on the incident, 75% of its readers disagreed with Lopez's actions, feeling it now presented a negative image of Chile

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In the scene where Dominic Greene hugs Camille while standing at the edge of the shore, you can see one part of Camille's scar peeling off.

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

Good, but not good enough

I went to see this on Sunday, thinking that it would be the same amazing picture that was Casino Royale. Sadly, it wasn't. Quantum of Solace still has the action, the girl and the explosions that you'd expect, but it is still missing something. By removing the gadgets, the car (only around for the first 5 minutes) and the improvisation that you'd expect a Bond flick to have, it has removed essentially what is a Bond film and what you are left with is the story. And the story was not that thought out. Many moments left me thinking: "what was the point of that?". The film is a lot darker, focusing mainly on the character seeking "revenge" but was not the film I expected it to be. A good watch, better than anything else at the cinema now, but not as good a film as I thought, and I felt a bit disappointed walking out. At most 7/10 but probably 6/10