The Quantum of Solace is a James Bond film and belongs to the genre of action movies – and of course the right genre for this movie. It was released in 2008 and it is directed by Marc Foster. The premiere was in Britain 28th October and in Finland 7th November in 2008. The stars are Daniel Craig as James Bond, Judi Dench as M and Olga Kurylenko as “the Bond girl” Camille. The movie is produced by Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson. The previous James Bond film was Casino Royale (2006 ) and the latest film is Skyfall (2012). The most famous British agent is created by Ian Fleming. Most of the Bond films are based on his books. Fleming is also one of the scriptwriters.
The plot of the film is quite simple, but not so fascinating. At the first scene James Bond and M get almost killed by an international terrorist organization, Quantum. Bond starts to investigate the Quantum and finds himself in Haiti where he meets Camille who wants to revenge her parent’s death to General Medrano (Joaquin Cosio) whereas Medrano is planning a coup d’etat in Bolivia. Bond finds out that a wealthy business man, Dominic Green (Mathieu Amalric) is a member of Quantum. Bond surprises the meeting of Quantum in the middle of opera show in Austria and accidentally slays a bodyguard of Prime Minister that leads to troubles with MI6. After the uncomfortable accident there is only one man left that Bond can trust, Rene Mathis (Giancarlo Giannini). Unfortunately Mathis gets killed and Bond and Camille need to head for Bolivia without Mathis. It turns out that Greene’s target is the water reserves of Bolivia. CIA is interested in the oil and has promised that it won’t stop the coup if it gets oil fields. Greene and Medrano are going to do a contract which says the new government will use Greene’s company as the water supplier and Greene will own 60 per cent of water reserves. Bond and Camille find their way to the Atacama Desert where Camille kills Medrano and Bond forces Greene to tell everything about Quantum.
Bond movies are famous for the soundtracks. The soundtrack of The Quantum of Solace is Another way to die which is made by Alicia Keys and Jack White. It is a rock song with a modern nuance. Personally, I have heard better Bond film theme songs than Another way to die, like Diamonds are forever.
In my opinion this wasn’t the best Bond movie which I have seen. My favorite James Bond movie is the Skyfall because the plot is better than ever before in James Bond films.