the title really does capture the essence of the movie like "Did you expect us to match Casino Royale? Well we can't but here we made this to provide you with some...Quantum of Solace."

Rewatched this film 2 weeks ago actually suprised me how good it is. Craig is more Bond in this than his other films

Uncle Darren's karaoke was a triumph!

The movie is under-cooked (due as much to a writers' strike as an ill-fitting director). However, I did warm to Craig considerably in this sequel. His 'Casino Royale' characterisation wasn't meant to make him that sympathetic overall. His Bond had several clear flaws in that film that needed blunting. From the moment he arrives with Mr. White for the interrogation with M, it's clear that Bond is carrying considerable psychic pain which humanises him and makes it easier to empathise and relate to him.

Quantum might even be my fave of Craig’s. It’s the most rewatchable. Bond is badass and hadn’t yet begun to age prematurely. It’s a short punchy film with great action, great character moments and subtle humour. It looks beautiful and has a brilliant soundtrack by Arnold. I for one really enjoy the experimental feel to it. When I first saw it I was a bit disappointed- the end is very anticlimactic and rather dull.. but i’ve grown to appreciate the film.

Finally soneone mentions Craigs Bond casually tossing things away! Very nuch his signature move!

Hotel Hindenburg 🤣🤣

Quantum of Solace is (along with The Living Daylights) one of the most underrated Bond films for me. Is it as good as Casino Royale or Skyfall either side of it? No. But it's slick, doesn't outstay its welcome at under 2 hours, the direction is very good and the action is great. The opera scene and the final fight in the exploding hotel are as good as anything in the series.

The Coldplay joke was unexpected and brilliant 👏 👌 😅😂

"Forgettable" is a perfect description IMHO. I saw this film but watching your review made me realize I barely remember anything about it. Water in the desert... oh yeah, WTF was that about? And the main villain was about as menacing as an Apple genius bar guy

I would say this is my favourite Bond film of Craig’s tenure. The editing is very chaotic and makes the story feel way too rushed, but that helps me enjoy it as it’s a fun action-packed thrill ride with some vaguely memorable characters and some fun scenes. Craig gives a peak performance, being a brutal blunt instrument who gets into some real brutal fights. I admit I also love the title song, mainly because it’s the only high-energy Bond song we’ve had in years. It gets me in the mood to enjoy the movie, whilst the three that follow just depress me.

With a few sounds, you had me nodding in agreeance and laughing at the same time. Thanks Stam

The problem with Quantum, in my obviously esteemed personal opinion, is that it has a whole series of excellent visuals. The opening car chase is rather good, the rope fight is excellent, spotting the board members at the opera is great, the visual storytelling through the desert is also great, but the whole thing is somehow less than the sum of its parts. It's oddly unsatisfying.

Olga Kurylenko & Gemma Arterton are fun and underrated Bond Girls

As Adam Buxton once sang; "The Something of Boris, Have I remembered that right?"

i always thought that the dudes making the the movie were like "hell yeah! we got an awesome car chase and a rock and roll song, let's just cut and paste whatever we got in the can for the next 90 minutes"

And then Camille and Bond head off to Greene's base and it explodes for 2 hours of a 1.4 hour movie.

The worst thing about Quantum of Solace was that it was a sequel to Casino Royale. I came out of that film pretty excited for for a new and different James Bond after not previously being anything beyond a casual enjoyer of the series. On watching this I felt kind of like "Oh. So it's back to business as usual then...."

The only memorable things for me about this movie is the title (because it's so bad), and the "hotel" at the end. It's a hotel of sorts, for scientists on rotation at the observatory that's attached to it, in Chile. Until watching your review, I could remember absolutely nothing else about it. Not helped by being sandwiched between two of the best Bond movies of all time. But Jeffrey Wright is my favorite Felix Leiter, he makes every scene he's in better.

"The location of every Tim Hortons." That is literally every block in Canada.

Thanks for the recap, now I will put on my apron to wash the car and then eat a frozen pizza which I have unconditional love towards.

A friend back when this came out kept referring to it as QOS while out at dinner with some of us and at one point his wife, oblivious to 007 movies except for the classic ones, casually asked what the "Queen of Spades" movie was about... Ah, a good chuckle was had by all.

This is my favorite Craig Bond movie because I'm fucking stupid. I love Attack of the Clones and Alien 3 too.

I always thought Daniel Craig seemed familiar somehow, till I realised where I'd seen him. It was his uncredited part playing the spare head of Zaphod Beeblebrox in the Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy. What a guy.

I was thoroughly bored watching this at the pictures, but when I saw it later on telly I rather enjoyed it.

An utterly forgettable villain (I've literally forgot who he is despite Stam mentioning his name several times) and a plot that most Bond fans couldn't tell you about cause its not remotely memorable. Not necessarily a bad film, but one that makes me wonder 'why the hell should I care?' Quite liked the Jack White/Alicia Keyes theme though.

It took me a while to warm to the DG Bonds but now I think they’re great.

Quantum of Solace is the title of an Ian Fleming short story originally published in 1959. It was included in the short story collection For Your Eyes Only (1960). The movie producers are running short on titles for their films, as the titles for Flemming’s major books (the spy books) have been used. In addition to Quantum of Solace, other short story titles used were For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy, and The Living Daylights. The movie plots are completely re-written, and the only link between short stories and films are the titles. Incidentally, the novel The Spy Who Lived Me was also a complete re-write, as the novel is a first person narrative told by a young Canadian woman, Viv Michel. Bond appears about two-thirds of the way into the book to save Viv from Peril.

I'm on the same page regarding this movie's theme song. Continuing the rock aspect of Chris Cornell's brilliant "You Know My Name", I thought QOS would similarly continue the quality of "Casino Royale". It seemed to be the case for the first 15-20 mins. Then it just fell off a cliff for me personally. And it was a trajectory that continued to plummet for the remainder of Craig's tenure. In my opinion, of course. There are some great action set pieces. And "pieces" is the issue for me. They just didn't add up to a cohesive high quality whole.

I hated this one on release, mainly due to the shaky am used for the action, the shorthand telling of thr Opera shootout and Gemma Arteton's character (nb not the actress, she's great). But over time, I began to enjoy this a lot more. There are a lot of good character moments, the plane chase was really good and Olga Kurylenko got her kick ass moment at the end. The trilogy of Casino, Quantum and Skyfall do such a great job of stripping down Bond to his most base level then build him back up into 007. It's such a shame that they felt the need to shoehorn more into the same storyline with Spectre and No Time To Die.

Now I want to watch it again 😊. An amazing review, as always.

I'm not a James Bond fan but I am a big Stam Fine fan.

This film, generally speaking, is a mess. I got the feeling when watching it that even the people making it don’t really know what is going on. That said, I had one of the most unintentionally funny scenes I’ve ever seen in a movie, when he casually tosses his friends body into the dumpster and steals his wallet. I burst out laughing when I saw this, as it was the most callous thing I’ve ever seen, and this is from someone who grew up watching films like Salo & Cannibal Holocaust. Was this intentional? Or was it just yet another of the ‘Let’s throw shit at the wall and see what sticks’ way of thinking? Ps: did they realise the villain looks almost exactly like Jools Holland?

Yeah, I can never remember this one. Then when I try really hard all I remember is the exploding hotel at the end and the totally unwatchable fight scene at the start where the editing makes it impossible to work out what's going on.

I think Andrew Scott should be the next James Bond

It was fantastic in my view. The seriousness was great and it had so many "Book-Bond" Moments. No time to breathe, no pauses and no silly sidekicks. They set up the Quantum Storyline so nicely, just to kick it in the trash with the shitty Sam Mendes Movies... talk about mediocre... yikes... "No time to die" was a great ending to Craigs tenure though... but QoS had a sleazy disgusting villain and a great David Harbour before anyone knew him from Stranger Things. Big Upside also: the parts of Mathis and Leiter. I think this is a great movie and is also a great product of its time. Go watch it again... worth your time! 🙂

Haven't even watched the video, but you get an up vote just for the eloquently epic snark of of the title!

Unironically one of my favorite Bond films. It’s fast paced and a little bit different in a way I like. People shat on License to Kill for years because it didn’t follow the usual formula, but now most consider it good. I see Quantum like that. On the other hand I disliked Casino Royale because it’s slow (45 minutes of poker) and Skyfall because the plot is silly - the villains plan relying largely on coincidences. I’m not saying they’re bad movies - I just like Quantum more.

I just threw out all my aprons, AND rags. Better safe than sorry.

It’s like After The Poseidon Adventure. 😂

The best thing about this was the playing the video game - at least that had some tension. Also telling is the lack of a commentary track and any substantial special features on the DVD/BR releases

I just binge-watched all of the Daniel Craig Bond movies on trans-Pacific flights (except No Time to Die, which they didn't have). I hadn't seen any of them before. I thought Casino Royale was surprisingly great, and they kind of gradually slid downhill from there, as all the traditional elements of the Bond formula got reintroduced. (I did like the Craig-era versions of Q and Moneypenny, introduced in the later films; they were entertaining--but they served to dilute the presentation of Craig's Bond as a terrifying thug, which is the thing that really makes these films work: the realization that you shouldn't want to be anywhere near this guy.) Maybe giving the films a story arc was a mistake--it gets sillier as it goes on, especially in Spectre. But I thought Quantum of Solace was still comparatively good.

It's the most Fleming of all, a piece of cinema, not a license flick, and so meta. The Bond/M/Vesper ending alone it worth the ticket price.

I find Quantum of Solace far more watchable than Spectre of the Craig series.

>Jonathan Pryce >forgettable blasphemy

Can honestly say it was from this film onwards that i started to not enjoy subsequent bond films. To this day i still couldn't tell you what happens in this film (prior to this video ofc)

The film is dire; but, I never found the follow ups to be particularly awe-inspiring, either. Apart from Casino Royale, the Craig films leave me cold, with the over-dependence on 9/11 metaphors, betrayals, copycat scenes and massive leaps in logic (or technological stupidity). MI-6 ends up being a bigger bunch of morons than in the later Roger Moore years. I know Skyfall and SPECTRE get high praise, but they did nothing for me. Part of the problem is completely leaving behind the fantasy roots to try to seem contemporary, but they end up with minor villains. I miss the days of volcano fortresses and 3rd act commando attacks and nasty henchmen. That was why I preferred The Man From UNCLE and Kingsman, to the Bond films, as they reveled in what used to be cool about the Bond films.

Craig is one of my least favorite Bonds. Combining Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Quantum is genius!

I always thought Caractatus Potts was an ancestor of Q!

8:59 ha! It's true! -- in this film he's throwing away everything he's given! 😆

The thing that people do not see with James Bond is that most of the films (and villains) are mediocre. There are a handful of great ones, a few good ones, but most are just average (but had potential there)

So Mr. Wright has tied David Hedison for the actor who's appeared as Felix Leiter the most.

All I know is I walked into the theater expecting a 007 cloak & dagger spy genre film, and walked out feeling like I watched an expensive TV action serial with lots of antagonists, but devoid of an interesting villain. In the words of critic Roger Ebert (paraphrased), the action and chase scenes using in-tight photography and CGI were disorienting, and the music score is the most forgettable of any Bond film before it.

Cook it in half the time or the Ball Berrings will burn the cupcakes.

I want a quantum of solace But no more than a quantum I know they do big bags of solace But i don't want 'em

I missed the tong in cheek cheesy humor with Craig’s Bond. Too serious for my taste.

The most disappointing thing about this movie is that there wasn't a reference to the original short story. It's mostly about Bond talking to the Governor of Nassau about one of his subordinates doomed marriage. It shows Bond that his job was less 'real' than real life. It's Ian Fleming writing like he wanted to, aping Willie Maugham and Joseph Conrad (in his social reformer guise).

For me, this was is just 'eh fine I guess but I'd rather be watching Casino Royale or Skyfall.' Which is kind of a shame because it isn't bad just not as good. Even the theme tune is eh alright but Chris Cornell's you know my name is just such a great song it would always have been a tough one to follow.

....bring on the 'Skyfall' review...!

I always felt it was the 3rd Timothy Dalton movie

When Craig's Casino Royale came out, a reviewer I trust said that this is an edgier, grittier Bond. Having been appalled by the violence in Licensed to Kill, I decided that I was done with 007. Nobody has convinced me to change my mind.

14:34 Shirley Bassey’s rejected “No Good About Goodbye” title theme song should have been used. Available on KZfaq if anyone wants to listen to it.

I really like the odd-numbered Daniel Craig Bonds. What a trilogy! The evens, though...

I’ve always thought QoS had the pacing of an 80’s Hong Kong action movie. Doesn’t have the clarity of one but I’ve always liked this film. Writers strike stopped it from reaching full potential but I love the grit, and the willingness they had to do something as different to Casino Royale as that was to previous Bond’s. Plus, I don’t think the Bond and M relationship in Skyfall works without this in between that and Casino Royale. Also, I do love the villain squealing like a psycho as he swings the axe around like a twat

"....the plot of which is _Bond at a Dinner Party with uninteresting guests_ "

Surely a better title for a Casino Royale sequel would be Casino Republique.

You don't get enough credit for your matching of clips to narration

I love the film this is imo the 4th act of Casino Royale

Is there anyone else out there who thinks Daniel Craig bears a resemblance to Steve McQueen?

I actually enjoyed this more than the other Daniel Craig films. To be honest, I really did not enjoy the Daniel Craig series. I had been a Bond fan from the beginning, but not sure if I'm still interested now.

7:18 press repeatedly for tldr summary

I loved "Casino Royale" - it is my favourite Bond film. I thought "Skyfall" was really good. I found "Quantum of Solace" very disappointing and I prefer to ignore that it exists.

Th emusic was good in this movie though.

Ah, Mr. Fine - so you have an Agent Orange thumb as well, eh?

Agree. Quantum is worth the rating of two “ehhs” and a raspberry

Noice vid

Definitely looks better after last two Graig movies. Spectre and No Time to Die with all silly stuff and cliches look like a horrible fever dream after realistic Casino Royale.

Never a good sign when you have to scrape the bottom of the barrel for left-over stories. The Bond franchise has been like this for 30 years now. I don't remember any of the new Bond movies. The action is good but it goes on for too long, it's wall-2-wall action with some bitter Judy Dench dialogue in between. Eventually they'll come across Ian Flemming's grocery list and mistake it for notes about James Bond...

Olga was lovely though.

Oil Be Damned.

Nicest thing i can say it's not as godawful as Spectre and No Time to Cry...I think i just load From Russia With Love to get my Bond dosage.

I'll always stand in QoS's corner, not a great Bond entry but certainly not deserving of the the negativity it seems to attract. It is also the last Bond in the franchise I will voluntarily watch as I have near pathological and unreserved destain for the three that follow it. When QoS underperformed the producers clearly panicked and went back to the tired old play-book of cartoonish villains and nauseating levels of member-berry fan-service... I don't like Skyfall very much.

I have to respectfully disagree on a couple of things: the film doesn't feel bigger than Casino at all. Quite the opposite. They rush through so many set pieces - nothing really sticks and the action (and by that I mean the EDITING) is some of the worst I have ever seen. Which is frustrating, because some stunts were amazing and you just couldn't SEE them properly. Also, the amateurish theme song will always remain on my "worst of all time" list. I mean, seriously - the sound engineering was INTENTIONALLY bad to give it a "garage" feeling. F-off! Furthermore, you can work in any title without being weird - listen to Ace Of Base's "Goldeneye" or Alice Cooper's "Man With The Golden Gun" for example. (Ah, what could have been...) I do agree however that my initial outright hatred of the film has been replaced with your aforementioned "meeeh". 😂

why does coldplay keep getting away with it?!

One of my favorite bits in Inside Gaming playthrough of Chaser was when they were replacing words in Bond movies titles with “shit”, and they just said “Quantum of Solace” as is.

How tf do u know about east anglia, we're no through county!

Bankrupting car KZfaqrs... I see we follow some of the same channels 😂

Wait, so let me get this straight... You think QoS is a good, but not great Bond film? I didn't quite understand your feelings until you said it 6 times, but it didn't sink in until you said it on the even 12th time.

Ah the old Quantum of Solace isn't very good argument but more gets written about this Bond Film than any other. I think they are still trying to establish what Daniel Craig's Bond is but only finding it in the edit. This video is really interesting kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hdt4iMeqqN_IkXk.htmlsi=I5Ea_Ku6gxCu63NU

The worst Bond: The forgettable. Even Die Another day is so bad, its al least memorable. This was "nothing"

I genuinely thought this was the worst Bond theme going....then they topped it three more times.

Craig has a terrible hit rate for his movies. Two great ones, two crap ones and the last one was half great before turning into total crap after the credits!

SF: "The movie needs a villain." This movie needs a better villain.

A truly terrible film with a totally God awful plot.

Tried twice. It's the only Bond film I can't finish.

If you like Another Way to Die but wish it wasn't awful, check out the Q The Music version. 😉👍

Sadly a wasted opportunity, suffering from a case of Bourne-itis with the whiplash editing which ruins the action scenes since your eyes are spending more time trying to make sense of what is happening than enjoying what is happening. Btw, would someone explain why the director intercut an exciting foot chase with a horse race which sapped all energy and momentum from the chase? Just saying. Anyway, Greene says at the Quantum meet - it is the world's most important resource and we need to control as much as we can. Everyone (CIA, MI-6, etc) thinks its oil he is referring to. It actually is water. Oil reps the old (industrial) world. Whoever controls the world's water supply - could hold the world govts hostage. Bolivia is just the start of Quantum's plan and with global warming and water supply being a massive concern in the next decade, this might actually be one of the best villain schemes in Bond. Wish the film could have played up the scale and vision of the plan beyond the third world banana republic aspect which robs it of its true sinister nature.

This was more like a Jason Bourne film

25 years of Bond films being eh? Goldeneye one of the biggest Bonds ever spawning a video game people still get dewy eyed about today? That was not an eh film. And the only thing really crap about Quantum was the on the nose derivative callback to Goldfinger and everyone overlooks Judi Dench does some of her best acting in this film.

Exhaustive and entertaining review for a exhausting and unengaging movie.