Quantum of Solace

The sequel to the first Daniel Craig James Bond movie, Casino Royale. Now this might be on me for not having seen Casino Royale in a while but Quantum Of Solace does not stand well on its own. Now yes it is a sequel and like I said before, it might of been that I haven’t seen Casino Royale recently but I felt like a big part of the movie leaned too much on the first which made its main plot feel like a side quest. Because that’s the thing, the beginning and ending are all about tying up the events of Casino Royale while the rest of it seems to be a side plot just waiting to end so Bond can finally do the thing he wanted. Besides that the plot is very basic, just another evil businessman trying to swindle world governments and Bond has to stop them. But Bonds anger makes him unenjoyable and for some reason this random self insert girl is here too. The action is good as always but really the setup and execution of the movie dragged it down. And honestly if the girl wasn’t there the movie wouldn’t change one bit so idk why she was even there. Overall I will try to give it some slack because of the whole Casino Royale thing but if I rewatch Casino Royale and then watch this and it’s still this mid then I might score it even lower