![]() If that means Bond is more like the Jason Bourne films now, well, that’s certainly not a bad thing in my book.īesides Craig, who manages to be a ruthless killing machine while also showing Bond’s damaged, vulnerable side, the best thing about the new film is the growing relationship between Judi Dench’s “M” and her bad-boy agent. If he happens to mess up the plans of the shadowy group of bad guys, known as Quantum, while he’s at it, that’s a bonus.Īs Christopher Nolan has done for another franchise with “Batman Begins” and “The Dark Knight,” the Craig 007 films are grittier and more reality-based than their predecessors. Bond is gunning for the folks responsible for his love Vesper’s death in “Casino,” and won’t let anything, including the CIA and his own government, get in his way. Unlike “Casino,” “Quantum” is pretty much a lean, mean action machine with not much time taken out of its brisk 1 hour, 45 minutes for side trips and diversions. If, however, you’re like me and found all that Bond formula stuff a bit tiresome and welcomed the tossing out of much of the series “furniture” in the reinvention of the franchise with Daniel Craig’s hard-edged Bond in “Casino Royale,” then I expect you’ll thoroughly enjoy its sequel, “Quantum of Solace,” which opened this weekend. ![]() If, like critic Roger Ebert, what appealed to you about James Bond films in the past were the silly one-liners, the constant bedding of beautiful women, the elaborate gadgets, the over-the-top villains out for world conquest and the cute little running gags with the likes of Q and Miss Moneypenny, then the latest 007 flick, “Quantum of Solace,” is definitely not for you.
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