Dir. Marc Foster
Writ. Paul Haggis, Neil Purvis, Robert Wade
Act. Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Olga Kurylenko

Uhg… Again with Daniel Craig as 007.

At least the stories in this re-invented James Bond series is getting better.

Seeking revenge for the death of Vespar, who was killed in the prequel to this one "Casino Royale," MI6 agent James Bond, again played by Daniel Bond-damn it, sets out to stop a supposed environmentalist organiztion, which fronts for a much larger unseen agency.

Bond and newly-formed ali and hottie Camille set out to prevent Planet Greene and Quantum from brokering a dictatorship in Bolivia with promise of drilling for oil but instead looks to control one of the country's natural resources.

Let's quickly revisit, shall we? "Casino Royale" sucked. It was a lame story with a lame new Bond with about as much British swave appeal as a toe nail clipping.

However, "Quantum of Solace" wasn't bad. The story appears to be leading towards the old Man from S.P.E.C.T.R.E. theme, which interests me enough to see the next one.

Visually the movie was a headache. The editing made my eyes hurt trying to keep up with what was happening. Fights scenes were once again unbelievable-as in you can't accept them as possible, and some of the action sequences were simply too artsy for a 007 picture.

Once again, the Craig Bond is depicted as having superpowers. I almost expected him to use his X-ray vision at some point. Also, this Bond is still a thug. Kill first, question later.

We seem to be still drifting away from elements of what made the Bond movies of the 1960's-early 2000's great-sans Timothy Dalton. We don't have Bond using any gadgets anymore. And Bond can't talk his way in or out of anything except women's underwear. Thank God, there is at least that - but holy crap, this Bond is an ugly bastard.

This James Bond steals everything. If he needs a car, he waits for some shmo to leave his car to use an ATM, then Bond steals if drives it all over for half the movie. MY Bond-which is Roger Moore-had so much class, he would have talked the guy into GIVING him his car.

Also, why does Bond have to get so damn bloody? I swear this guy simply stubs his toe, and he starts bleeding from the ears like Bruce Willis in a Die Hard movie.

My second favorite Bond-Pierce Brosnan-crashed through a stained glass window and jumps into a tank, adjusts his tie and drives off in "Goldeneye." He never even got a scratch on him. That's MY Bond!

And I miss him.

Enough ranting. Craig still sucks as 007, but the material got better in this one. Even though it's not a good movie, and DEFINITELY doesn't stand on its own without having seen "Casino Royale," I'm still interested to see where the story goes with the next one.

Benn - Where's the Humanity?