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Quantum Of Solace

If there was one line to describe the new Bond film, it would be, "in which Bond became Rambo"

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Quantum Of Solace
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If there was one line to describe the new Bond film, it would be, "in which Bond became Rambo". One elaborate action set-piece follows another as Bond, fresh after the death of his beloved Vesper (20 minutes after her end in Casino Royale, to be precise), goes on a mission to wipe out the secret organisation called Quantum, which played dirty with her even as she played dirty with him. What’s this organisation about? What does it do? The film presumably tells it all but still manages to remain a big, bad blur. What you do manage to comprehend are Bond’s geographical jumps from Haiti to Bolivia via Austria, the innumerable killings and bloodshed, the thrilling chase over land, sea and air. Then there is the ecology-environment angle and the contentious issue of the control of water resources and a colourless villain called Greene (Amalric). These too remain obscure unless you would have already gone through some reading material and done a bit of research on the "new, politically correct Bond" before heading for the multiplex.

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As in Casino Royale, the gadgets and girls (two, of whom there is hint of sex with one) are in short supply and action is over the top. Bond is not witty or charming but a mean machine. However, in the earlier film there was much for us women to feel happy about. Craig was a delectable eye-candy with a luscious pout and buff body that he displayed to the hilt. No such luck here. The angsty, truant Bond and his sulky ways get too irritating, the pout notwithstanding. The famous Bond theme plays only in the end credits. The famous line "The name’s Bond, James Bond" doesn’t figure at all. Of course there are little windows of humour but they are way to small. Like M sardonically warning Bond not to kill any more leads. Or the nicely conceptualised secret meeting in an opera performance, which ends in a bloody battle. Even that could have been done better. All that has stayed in my memory is the scar on Ms Kurylenko’s back that I initially mistook for a tattoo and the immensely watchable Dame Dench when she is applying cream, or was it cleanser, on her face while barking instructions on Bond.

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High Fives

Bollywood

1. Golmaal Returns
2. Fashion
3. EMI
4. Ek Vivaah...Aisa Bhi
5. Karzzzz

Hollywood

1. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
2. Role Models
3. High School Musical 3
4. Changeling
5. Zack and Miri Make a Porno

Music Video

1. No Bull (Plaza De Toros Las Ventas (AC/DC)
2. The Red Piano (Elton John)
3. Dream On (Haase & Signature Sound)
4. All Together Now (Beatles)
5. All Together Now (Beatles)

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