Hopefully you were lucky enough to survive a viewing of the latest instalment of the 007 mega series, Quantum of Solace – because most of the characters didn’t. Daniel Craig’s dashing good looks couldn’t even rescue the top of his finger that was sliced off during filming.
Quantum begins an hour after the end of the widely successful Casino Royaleplot, but sees a much colder and darker Bond seek the revenge of his lover, Vesper Lynd (played by Eva Green). Nothing is difficult, including killing, for this new Bond that survives and wins a car, boat and plane chase.
From the opening few scenes, Bond’s character is developed in a fresh way. He has little regard for others life and seems even less for his own. As he smashes his way through a small Bolivian hotel, stabs an informant and sits over him whilst he slowly dies, a new Bond emerges.
Even Bonds long time boss and wannabe mother, M (played by Dame Judi Dench) tries to control his recklessness when she says,
“Bond, if you could avoid killing every lead there is, that would be appreciated.”
His blasé and ever so dry reply creates an atmosphere of untrustworthiness around our long time hero.
007 leaves a trail of blood across the picturesque European and South American continents where the film is set. His trail is long enough to anger the CIA agents in the film who have interests in Bolivia, who put out a ‘capture or kill’ on Bond. Huge gun battles and blistering fist fights show the true might of this new 007.
Director Marc Forster has attempted to steer the latest Bond flick away from its tradition predecessors and create a broodier and unruly 007, but the traditional elements of women, sex and elaborate fight scenes are still present in this 21st Century James Bond flick.
It is true, that 007’s do have a ‘licence to kill,’ but Craig’s Bond should have his revoked.
Daniel Craig in Quantum of Solace
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