Anyone who watches movies on a regular basis would have heard about the new Bond film by now. Yes, Bond... James Bond (that’s 007 for those of you who are more mathematically inclined). That’s right, on October 29th, 2008, Quantum of Solace enjoyed a highly-attended and highly-commended premiere at the London Film Festival, and this weekend the movie broke Bond film records at the North American box office by taking in more than 70 million dollars.
Quantum of Solace is the sequel to 2006’s Casino Royale, which saw the replacement of Pierce Brosnan as the leading man with then-rising-star Daniel Craig. Casino Royale was a popular success, and many movie critics were pleasantly surprised with Craig’s ability to dig into the spy character that movie audiences all over the world love so much. However, by receiving so much critical acclaim, the movie set a high-standard for it’s sequel. After only a couple of weeks of being on the big screen, most of Quantum of Solace’s reviews have been positive. As with any Bond movie, there still seems to be plenty of guns, girls, and glorifying of the espionage business in Quantum, but one thing many reviewers noticed is that the film is considerably shorter in length.
Indeed, whereas the last 007 film was 144 minutes, Quantum only runs for 106. One can only presume that this film is much more packed (who knew that was possible) than the other Bond films. Of course, we will not know just how packed the film is until it is released in January of next year in Japanese theatres. (Alas, we Japanese-theatre-attending-persons are again punished by the late releases in this country.) Hopefully, the film will be worth the wait - and judging by new Bond girl Olga Kurylenko’s looks, I can say that it probably will be.
Find out more about the new Bond film at the IMDB website.