Synopsis: Picking up an hour after the events of 2006's Casino Royale, this James Bond adventure finds 007 (Dainel Craig) tracking a traitor who's infiltrated Britain's MI6. The trail leads to Dominic Greene (Mathieu Amalric), the charismatic head of a world environmental agency. Behind this seemingly legitimate facade, Greene runs Quantum, a powerful terrorist organization whose plot to overthrow a Bolivian dictator masks an even more sinister plan.
I personally liked this movie. I have heard from many of my friends that it sucked or that it's not like a real James Bond movie. Well, it is different, however I think this difference isn't necessarily a bad one. Dainel Craig plays the badass Bond who takes lives before asking questions. From a story perspective he is the kind of character who has his own agenda and doesn't let others tell him how to do his job. That's fine, I enjoy watching him kick some ass. My biggest issue is with the editing. This film has some really cool fight scenes. More action then previous Bond movies I would say. However the film is edited in a way where you can't tell who is who and what is going on. This is the same kind of thing that happened in the second Bourne movie. There is a scene where Bond is fighting someone at a black tie party. This issue is they are both in almost identical suits and the editing is so all over the place that you never really know which one is bond until they cut to a close up at the end of the sequence. I think this was a fault on the director as well because they could have elimated this issue by having Bond or the other guy have his suit jacket ripped when they fell through the celine. I don't think their clothes would be in perfect condition when falling through glass windows onto scaffolding and swinging around by ropes. That was one of many scenes which could have been directed and edited better.
The biggest complaint I have heard is how the film poses a whole bunch of questions but never fully answers them. I didn't have an issue with this because it keeps me on the edge of my seat and now I can't wait for the next one. These newer Bond films are being shot in sequence of a larger storyline. Each movie is one section of that story where we have the main bad guy however he is working for an even larger operation. This was seen in the earlier films with Sean Connery however it was done in a different way. I'm not sure what side of the fence your on but I can't wait to see Daniel Craig as bond again.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0830515/
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