Daniel Craig returns as the best Bond since Sean Connery in this latest installment of the franchise. After "Casino Royale" re-booted the series with a new Bond on his first mission, "Quantum of Solace" takes place exactly where "Casino Royale" left off. It looks like Craig's Bond films will pay some attention to continuity and be connected, which is another great decision by the film-makers. After a great opening car chase, Bond is bent on revenge for the death of his girlfriend and finds himself matched up against "Quantum", an organization so secret that the various international intelligence agencies don't even know it exists. Dominic Greene (Mathieu Amalric) is at the forefront of this organization, which is fronted by an international ecological charity. In his quest to avenge his girl, Bond goes rogue, being completely cut-off from MI-6, and relies on his own talents to go after this organization. The movie has incredible action sequences, including a boat chase, a battle while hanging on ropes and quite a few other chase scenes and twists. Daniel Craig does a nice job again as a ruthless Bond who is cool when he needs to be, but emotional at the same time. This reinvention of the franchise keeps many of the classic elements, but does not feel compelled to include them all in each film (no gadgets, "Bond, James Bond", direct reference to martinis). At times, you miss them, but it helps make these movies more gritty and more realistic. As far as gadget goes, this film does include some cool technology in the office with touch-screen desktops and wall screens similar to what we've seen in "Minority Report". Having followed James Bond through the years, I love this direction they've taken. Bond is bad-ass and definitely comes off as someone you would not want to end up on the wrong side of.Grade: B+
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