Daniel Craig, Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric, Judi Dench, Giancarlo Giannini ...( see more  see more... ) , Gemma Arterton , Jeffrey Wright , David Harbour , Jesper Christensen , Anatole Taubman , Joaquín Cosio , Fernando Guillén Cuervo

Seeking revenge for the death of his love, secret agent James Bond sets out to stop an environmentalist from taking control of a country's valuable resource.

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PG-13, 1 hr. 46 min.

Directed by: Marc Forster

Release Date: November 14, 2008

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DVD Release Date: March 24, 2009

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  • January 10, 2010
    It's even better than Casino Royale and even has a groove just like the old-school Bond films. A smart, stylish, intense and hard-boiled action-thriller. Jammed with even more heart-pounding action sequences, incredible stunts, great special effects and nail-biting suspense. An a...( read more)wesome and wickedly cool adventure filled with non-stop thrills and exhilarating excitement that's filled with great fight sequences, chases and gun battles. Director, Marc Foster crafts a superb continuation to the Bond series, he probably crafts one of it's best installments yet. A very fine filmmaker taking on the action genre for the first time and executes it very well. A terrific entertainment ride. It's crisp, clever, riveting and adrenaline-pumping. Daniel Craig is excellent, he proves once again that he is the best and toughest Bond to hit the screen. Craig adds more depth and development to this compelling character. It's pulse-pounding and spectacular action movie fun from start to finish. It's not just about the action but mostly about the story and characters. The best Bond in the perfect action film.
  • October 8, 2009
    Great movie. Bond goes all action
  • October 2, 2009
    It?s not the worst ever Bond Film. That's mainly because its barely a Bond film and Die another day was awful. Everyone seems to have liked Casino Royale apart from me but I think people are starting to realise that this franchise has taken a turn for the worst as Quantum of Sola...( read more)ce proves. Paul Haggis's script is (surprise surprise) awful. You have great actors (Amalric, Wright) wasted due to a lack of direction and poor old Judy Dench came off as an old Grandmother 'Don't forget your coat Bond, its rather chilly outside'. Ok she didn't say that but her lines were very close to it. Marc Forster hasn't been a good director for a while, I think Monsters Ball was just good luck. I can't stand Paul Haggis and Daniel Graig isn't one of my favourite actors either. For those reasons, I give this film a poor rating. Don't get me started on the editing....
  • September 30, 2009
    I'll stick to "Casino Royale" if I want to watch a "Daniel Craig" Bond movie...Absolutely disappointing compared to the first go-round. Too bad, considering the trailer was awesome!
  • August 29, 2009
    A very good action film continuing right on from Casino Royale. Plenty of action, chases and explosions. Has a certain Bourne Trilogy feel to a lot of the stunts and fights. The Bond films now are more gritty, raw without the tongue in cheek humour of the past films. One for all ...( read more)out action entertainment but not the best story for a Bond film.
  • February 8, 2010
    Really?! The hot girl riding bare back in the surf, really???
  • February 7, 2010
    The movie and the storyline were great. The director was not. What would have been a fantastic follow up to one of the best bond movies in years fell short of its mark, all because of erratic camera movements and focusing too much on the location shoots. I must admit, the scenery...( read more) did complement to the events, but i can?t help but feel that they could have substituted a few of the locations for studio shots. But that?s water under the bridge; i?m just glad that the movie wasn?t entirely ruined. Craig gave his signature take on bond, but this time, he added the factor of a man bent on extracting revenge on the people responsible for the death of the woman he loved, no matter how hard he tries to deny it. What i cannot understand is how some people think that Kurylenko?s character as a bond girl is one of the worst they?ve seen. Just because she didn?t bare her body and snog bond doesn?t make her rubbish. She is one of the few bond girls who can actually keep up with the agent, while looking chic and stylish in a dress. She?s definitely a kindred spirit: she also used her sexual wiles to get into Greene?s good graces just so she could have a shot at killing the man who killed her parents and her sister. I really loved her character, and no matter what other people say, Camille may very well be one of the best bond girls ever. Blonde and white aren?t the only criteria for being hot, people. :p Finally, Greene. I find it interesting that the people involved with Quantum have colors as their last names. Is it a clue to the nature of the organization? And when will Blofield (if Craig IS the same bond as those played by connery, moore, lazenby, Dalton, and brosnan) be introduced? I saw Greene as a nerdy geek gone evil. He?s smart, and at the same time scary ? he can have anyone he wants dispatched without exerting any effort other than how to dispose of the body. Brains over brawns. A true villain. If only forster smoothed out the camera movements in the car and rooftop chases, it would have been perfect. I still love this movie to death, though. :DDDD
  • February 4, 2010
    A proper Bond film. Nothing special, but did not disappoint.
  • February 4, 2010
    A good sequel to an important Bond installment lacks the originality of its predecessor but is still amongst the better Bonds. Full of action, beautiful cinematography and scenery, and convincing villains
  • February 4, 2010
    Horrible.........Complete and utter rubbish.

Critic Reviews


November 14, 2008
Edward Havens, FilmJerk.com

Despite its faults, I can still say with relative assurance this is the best Bond film since "Thunderball." full review

November 14, 2008
A.O. Scott, The New York Times

Quantum of Solace prompts the question: Is revenge the only possible motive for large-scale movie heroism these days? full review

November 14, 2008
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com

Quantum of Solace is best when director Marc Forster allows his star the latitude to explore emotions that, until Craig stepped into the shoes of the character, we didn't know Bond had. full review

November 14, 2008
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle

If you held up your thumb over Daniel Craig's face and took in the mayhem around him, you'd think you were watching The Bourne Simulation rather than the 22nd (and shortest-ever) ode to Ian Fleming's ... full review

November 13, 2008
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

I repeat: James Bond is not an action hero! Leave the action to your Jason Bournes. This is a swampy old world. The deeper we sink in, the more we need James Bond to stand above it. full review

November 12, 2008
Armond White, The New York Press

Quantum offers the in-process restructuring of a pop myth. full review

November 11, 2008
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

Quantum of Solace won't trust its own darker instincts. It delivers the popcorn goods, but it ignores the poison eating at Bond's insides. Killer mistake. full review

November 10, 2008
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker

Quantum of Solace is too savage for family entertainment, but, as a study in headlong desperation, it's easier to believe in than many more ponderous films. full review

November 10, 2008
David Edelstein, New York Magazine

If the staging were as witty as the plotting, Quantum of Solace might have been a corker like Casino Royale. full review

October 30, 2008
Nigel Andrews, The Financial Times

Perhaps this is a tactically ruthless and designedly impersonal Bond movie, a clever tease getting us ready for the returning solvents - next time round - of charm, humour and eccentricity. full review

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Comments


  • SkywalkerJones
    January 25, 2010
    god what a bunch of big babies.stop bashing Daniel Craig.he s a great James Bond and why he should be like Pierce Brosnan?at least Craig makes Bond makes his own character instead of ripping off the other actors.Craig is the man and an excellent James Bond.Bring it Bond 23.
  • SJMJ91
    March 29, 2009
    A big disappointment!
  • deniztplk
    March 6, 2009
    quantum of solace was a disaster, now i'm wishing to watch a bond movie like "casino royale". There are more beautiful girls than Olga, by the way.
  • bigmanonthetube
    February 23, 2009
    It was well paced and shot well. Repeat value:0
  • roboperson
    February 9, 2009
    saw this film like 4 times now, really good film!
  • mal2pool
    January 19, 2009
    Worst ever Bond film. Action scenes were stilted, too fast, couldn't see what was going on flicking from scene to scene. Rubbish villian stealing water! Good aeroplane sequence but the rest was tosh. Casino Royale was superb, i almost walked out of this one. Dud.
  • meganjustine94
    December 29, 2008
    Daniel Craig did a killer job as the new Bond!! I perfered this one over the first one. You never know what's going to happen to Bond. But, no matter what kind of situation Bond get's into, he's alwasys able to get himself out of!! It might seem as Bond is at the end but, he always turns the tables on the "bad guy". So, to conclud my output on Bond,
    HE KICKS SERIOUS BOOTY!!
  • SkywalkerJones
    December 27, 2008
    fucking badass movie.
  • MadaboutHatters
    November 24, 2008
    I'll say the same thing I just said in my review>>
    This is the worst James Bond movies EVER!!!
    It would be a bad movie if it wasn't a Bond movie.
    It had alot of action and I still actually fell asleep a couple times.
    I woke up the last time finding out the plot of this wretched movie.
    A secret society that MI6 knows nothing about buys in a Dictator in south America and aquires land to take control of the water supply so they can then charge double as south America's only utilitys provider!!!
    I would have Given this Movie a half star but the action was good but the Plot was so bad I couldn't rate it any higher then 1 star.
    Don't get me wrong, I like Bond movies but this is pathetic.
  • thedoctor2k7
    November 15, 2008
    i luv this movie it's total non stop action

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