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Video Views Pick: Quantum of Solace

by Art Slavin | Published March 24, 2009

DVD Release: March 24, 2009
PG-13; 106 minutes

The action starts from the first frame where James Bond (Daniel Craig) is involved in a wild, death-defying chase through the mountains, over the marble quarries and onto the rooftops of Siena, Italy. Killing several villains whom M (Judi Dench) considered to be leads into learning the identity of a secret organization, Bond loses her confidence and is asked to come in for debriefing. But he’s got an agenda of his own, so he travels to Haiti, where he meets Dominic Greene (Mathieu Amalric), the boss of a corrupt criminal enterprise, and Camille (Olga Kurylenko), a gorgeous woman on a mission. With M still trying to reign him in, Bond follows Greene to an Austrian opera house, then to the deserts of Bolivia. All the while, Bond as well as M, have a tough time figuring out who’s a friend and who’s an enemy. Giancarlo Giannini and Jeffrey Wright are featured. Climaxes—as expected—in an explosive fashion.

DVD Extras: “Another Way to Die” Music Video; two-disc set also has featurettes including including “The Boat Chase.”

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Comment by Vancouver Apartments on 3/30/09 at 11:05 am: Not sure, but I wish I waited for a rental for this bond movie. Opening was lack lustre and again, where are the gadgets. Craig is an excellent bond, but he’s struggling with lame production. I hope surely that the next movie will give us more of what we expect from 007.