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		List Price: $39.99		Label: MGM (Video & DVD) Salesrank: 178 Released: March 24, 2009
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		MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Media: Blu-ray

Editorial Review:
Studio: Tcfhe/mgm Release Date: 03/24/2009 Run time: 107 minutes Rating: Pg13

Description of Quantum of Solace [Blu-ray]:
Daniel Craig hasn't lost a step since Casino Royale--this James Bond remains dangerous, a man who could earn that license to kill in brutal hand-to-hand combat… but still look sharp in a tailored suit. And Quantum of Solance itself carries on from the previous film like no other 007 movie, with Bond nursing his anger from the Casino Royale storyline and vowing blood revenge on those responsible. For the new plot, we have villain Mathieu Amalric (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly), intent on controlling the water rights in impoverished Third World nations and happy to overthrow a dictator or two to get his way. Olga Kurylenko is very much in the "Bond girl" tradition, but in the Ursula Andress way, not the Denise Richards way. And Judi Dench, Jeffrey Wright, and Giancarlo Giannini are welcome holdovers. If director Marc Forster and the longtime Bond production team seem a little too eager to embrace the continuity-shredding style of the Bourne pictures (especially in a nearly incomprehensible opening car chase), they nevertheless quiet down and get into a dark, concentrated groove soon enough. And the theme song, "Another Way to Die," penned by Jack White and performed by him and Alicia Keys, is actually good (at times Keys seems to be channeling Shirley Bassey--nice). Of course it all comes down to Craig. And he kills. --Robert Horton

Quantum of Solace [Blu-ray] Reviews:
Numerous short Blurry choppy action sequences
2009-12-10 - I am unsure of how many persons read these things, but I hope they read some of the NEGITIVE ONES before "wasting their money". These are harsh terms but Quantum of Solace was a complete disaster. i HAVE COLLECTED all of the Bond videos but this one is not up to par. All most all of the "action scenes" were so blurry and played back at such a high speed to simulate struggles they were unwatchable. Who was the director and firm editor that they would allow blurry scene in 40% of the movie? I will say no more, rent it maybe, buy it never!!!

Plain Awful
2009-12-07 - After seeing Casino Royale I couldn't wait to see Quantum of Solace. However, the work schedule prevented me from seeing it in theatres, and the Blu-Ray price kept me from purchasing it until 'Black Friday'. Thank God I didn't pay full price for this awful movie.

Craig is still good as Bond and so is Dench as M. The story would have been passable if only you could watch the movie. The cuts were so fast and frantic it was worse than reading Poe's the Tale Tell Heart. The movie just raced past you and yet had the arrogance to think that as the Bond viewer it was your problem to keep up.

Not.

The look of the film is superb and you are relieved to see the Dench parts because the camera is allowed to sit on a tripod and be still. The director of this film should have been given the boot after the first day's dailies and the producers who say that they take so much care must have taken a holiday and left the decision making up to people who thought that Michael Bay needed some competition.

Unfortunate. The silent action scene at the opera in the restaurant/kitchen was inspired however it was so confusing that you were left not caring. The Bond girls were also uninteresting. The 'tough' Bond girl was reduced to cowering in a corner after offing a bad guy. Hard to believe? Well, like a lot of this non-viewing Bond experience, who cares.

When the next Bond film comes out I'll wait for the dollar show, and I certainly will wait before I lay down money for a 'new' Bond (Craig) Blu Ray.

Quantum of disappointent
2009-12-05 - I was really expecting to like this film. To give you a context, I'm not one of those people who love the old Connery/Moore Bond films and hate the new Bond (ala Casino Royale) movies. I actually loved Casino Royale! Quantum of Solace had the potential to be just as good as Casino Royale but they blew it. Yes, the action was awesome. The first 30 minutes were probably some of the most exciting scenes put on film, right up there with any Bourne movie. Sadly, there was no effort put into the plot. Without going into any spoilers...I can say that I was thorough disappointed with the ending. I sat there and thought to myself: That's it?! That's what the Quantum orginization was all about?

In summary, great action, good acting, bad plot. Worth renting and pay per view, but not worth buying at $20. If you're a big Bond fan like I am and can get it for half that price, then it would probably be worth owning just for the action sequences.

Quantity of Something
2009-11-29 - Don't waste your DVD purchase dollars on this one. If you missed it in the theaters you did not miss a Bond movie. No gadgets. No fun. No "Bond, James Bond". He doesn't even say "Shaken not stirred". The producers/directors decided instead of trying out their approach with their own creation, decided to steal someone else's creativity. Oh, by the way their creativity isn't their own either; Watch a Bourne Identy movie. Better story, better action, and filmed better too.

Where's the Bond?

It's Not Good But It's Not Bad
2009-11-25 - Casino Royale was great and of course there was going to be a sequel. Unfortunately, we got this. It just doesn't feel like a Bond film. Sure there's a guy named James Bond who drives an Aston Martin and just happens to work for the British government and a woman named M but its just not the same. Whereas Casino Royale did feel like a Bond film, just not as much since they were exploring how Bond began. For the first part of the film, all Craig does is kill people left and right and there are action sequences one right after the other, which doesn't help much. About halfway through though the story does start to take shape with the introduction of the mysterious Quantum organization (reminiscent of SPECTRE) and Mr. White appears in the beginning and in the middle (a possible recurring villain like Blofeld?). I just don't think the producers put that much effort into this one, probably just thought people would see it because of how successful the previous film was. The acting though is excellent. Daniel Craig adds more emotional depth to Bond as recovers from the loss of Vesper. Olga Kurylenko is also an emotionally scarred character and will probably the one Bond girl 007 doesn't sleep with. Mathieu Almeric is pretty bad as the villain but that's not his fault as the Greene really isn't that interesting of a character. Dench continues to be the definitive M, conveying that she wants to trust Bond but wants him to control his emotions. This is David Arnold's worst score out of his five (I think its time for the producers to look elsewhere), sounding listless for the softer scenes and obnoxious for the action. And again, no James Bond Theme in this. Jack White and Alicia Keyes sing THE worst (yes, Madonna's is slightly better) Bond song, though the backing music sounds good, should've been an instrumental. Hopefully, with the traditional gun barrel used at the end, it will herald the return of a more traditional Bond film.