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| Bond's depths emerge in bleak tale | Bond's depths emerge in bleak tale |
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| Watch the Quantum of Solace final trailer | Watch the Quantum of Solace final trailer |
| By Lizo Mzimba Entertainment correspondent, BBC News | By Lizo Mzimba Entertainment correspondent, BBC News |
| This is a Bond adventure that's badder, better but not bigger. | This is a Bond adventure that's badder, better but not bigger. |
| Clocking in at one and three-quarter hours, it's a good half hour shorter than 007's previous outing. And its reduced running time results in a leaner, tauter experience. | Clocking in at one and three-quarter hours, it's a good half hour shorter than 007's previous outing. And its reduced running time results in a leaner, tauter experience. |
| Picking up shortly after the end of Casino Royale when Bond confronted the mysterious Mr White, Quantum of Solace quickly throws him into a round-the-globe hunt. | Picking up shortly after the end of Casino Royale when Bond confronted the mysterious Mr White, Quantum of Solace quickly throws him into a round-the-globe hunt. |
| Bond is trying to track down the shadowy organisation whom he holds responsible for the death of Vesper - the woman he loved and who died at the end of the last movie. | |
| And that leads him to sinister bad guy Dominic Greene, played by Mathieu Amalric. | And that leads him to sinister bad guy Dominic Greene, played by Mathieu Amalric. |
| Emotional progression | Emotional progression |
| So far, so familiar. But what this film does differently is to focus closely on an emotionally battered Bond, his mission and his motivation. | So far, so familiar. But what this film does differently is to focus closely on an emotionally battered Bond, his mission and his motivation. |
| There are odd moments of uncertainty when the film tries to juggle Bond's personal story with the ambitious plans being pursued by Greene. | There are odd moments of uncertainty when the film tries to juggle Bond's personal story with the ambitious plans being pursued by Greene. |
| Bond's enemy is played by Frenchman Mathieu Amalric | Bond's enemy is played by Frenchman Mathieu Amalric |
| But for the most part the villainy rightly takes a back seat to Bond's emotional journey. | But for the most part the villainy rightly takes a back seat to Bond's emotional journey. |
| 007's mission may be what drives the film's plot, but the real interest lies in how Bond deals with the individuals and situations he meets along the way. | 007's mission may be what drives the film's plot, but the real interest lies in how Bond deals with the individuals and situations he meets along the way. |
| That's not to say that the film jettisons all the things that have characterised the previous stories. | |
| There are broad nods to Goldfinger especially, but this film manages the difficult task of moving the franchise into interesting new areas. | There are broad nods to Goldfinger especially, but this film manages the difficult task of moving the franchise into interesting new areas. |
| The raw nature of the film may put off some who yearn for the days of gizmos, gadgets and Bond quips as he dispenses with faceless opponents. | The raw nature of the film may put off some who yearn for the days of gizmos, gadgets and Bond quips as he dispenses with faceless opponents. |
| Supporting cast | Supporting cast |
| And it's a brave step to push even further a lot of the themes developed in Casino Royale, especially the rediscovery of who Bond is, and why he is the way he is. | And it's a brave step to push even further a lot of the themes developed in Casino Royale, especially the rediscovery of who Bond is, and why he is the way he is. |
| It's a film that feels like the second part of a trilogy, with this being the bleaker second act. | It's a film that feels like the second part of a trilogy, with this being the bleaker second act. |
| Daniel Craig is accompanied by actress Olga Kurylenko | Daniel Craig is accompanied by actress Olga Kurylenko |
| For a lot of the movie Bond is a particularly unsympathetic character, and often it's only Craig's performance along with the shifting morality of Bond's legion of enemies that forces the audience to root for him. | For a lot of the movie Bond is a particularly unsympathetic character, and often it's only Craig's performance along with the shifting morality of Bond's legion of enemies that forces the audience to root for him. |
| Olga Kurylenko, who plays a refreshingly different kind of female companion, does well with a part that has far more depth than most Bond girls. | Olga Kurylenko, who plays a refreshingly different kind of female companion, does well with a part that has far more depth than most Bond girls. |
| And Gemma Arterton is superb in her brief role as an agent whom Bond encounters in Bolivia, cementing her position as one of cinema's brightest young stars. | And Gemma Arterton is superb in her brief role as an agent whom Bond encounters in Bolivia, cementing her position as one of cinema's brightest young stars. |
| As ever the end credits promise that James Bond will return, and thanks to Quantum of Solace, the sense of anticipation for this should be particularly high. | As ever the end credits promise that James Bond will return, and thanks to Quantum of Solace, the sense of anticipation for this should be particularly high. |
| Not to see what super villain Bond will be battling, but to discover what the next stage will be in a character that Daniel Craig has managed to reinvent and develop movie by movie. | Not to see what super villain Bond will be battling, but to discover what the next stage will be in a character that Daniel Craig has managed to reinvent and develop movie by movie. |
| Quantum of Solace opens on 31 October. | Quantum of Solace opens on 31 October. |