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Line 1: {{work}} [[File:quantum_of_solace_ver4_2125.jpg\|frame]] {{quote\|''"Be careful of this one, Mr Bond. She will not go to bed with you unless you give her something she really wants... but you make a fine couple- you are both, what is the expression? Damaged goods."''\|'''Dominic Greene'''}} The 22nd ''[[James Bond (film)\|James Bond]]'' film. The title is from a 1960 Fleming short story (which might be summarized best as, "James Bond attends a very boring dinner party with people he doesn't like and nothing happens,") and means "a small degree of comfort". The story follows on from ''[[Casino Royale]]'', making it a true sequel among James Bond movies .<ref>the first that actually continues directly from the previous film, not just having recurring characters like [[Big Bad]] Blofeld or [[The Dragon]] Jaws</ref>. Bond, out for revenge following the death of Vesper Lynd, uncovers a plot by [[The Syndicate\|Quantum]], the shadowy organization to which the first film's [[Big Bad]] belonged. A Quantum operative named [[Corrupt Corporate Executive\|Dominic Greene]] is engineering the overthrow of the Bolivian government, and it's up to Bond to find out why. Along the way he's helped by the mysterious Camille, who's got some [[Revenge\|unfinished business]] with one of Quantum's clients. ~~While~~'''''Quantum ~~it is unclear how the film will ultimately be remembered,~~of Solace'''~~Quantum~~'' ~~has generally~~ received a shellacking from critics for being ''too'' [[Darker and Edgier]]: its resemblance to [[The Bourne Series]] was particularly lamented, and many viewers criticized it for discarding too many of the series' signature tropes. [[Word of God\|As it eventually turned out]], most of these issues occurred because the 2007-2008 [[Writers Strike]] left the film with more or less [[Real Life Writes the Plot\|no script during production]]. {{tropelist}} ~~----~~ * [[Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene]]: Various, all pulled off very well.▼ ~~=== The film uses the following tropes: ===~~ ▲* [[Action Film Quiet Drama Scene]]: Various, all pulled off very well. * [[The Adventure Continues]] {{quote\|'''M:''' I need you back, Bond. Line 16 ⟶ 14: * [[All There in the Manual]]: Fields' first name is only in the credits of the movie. * [[Angrish]]: Dominic Greene. * [[Artistic Title]] * [[Attempted Rape]]: General Medrano attempts to rape some hotel waitress, before Camille enters the room and proceeds to kick his ass. Especially significant due to what happened to Camille's mother and older sister. * [[At the Opera Tonight]]: Bond + ''[[Tosca]]'' = ''awesome sauce.'' Line 21 ⟶ 20: * [[Axe Crazy]]: {{spoiler\|Dominic Greene becomes one when he fights with Bond. He even has an axe.}} * [[Badass]]: Bond, of course. ** Mr White as well. * [[Badass Longcoat]]: Bond wears it at the end. * [[Beauty Is Never Tarnished]]: Partially averted: {{spoiler\|Camille}} does have a nasty burn scar from when she was a kid, but it is on her back and thus concealed by clothing for most of the movie. Of course, an ongoing theme of the film is ''psychological'' scars. Line 31 ⟶ 30: * [[Book Ends]]: A rare inversion. ''[[Casino Royale]]'''s last pre-epilogue scene with Le Chiffre sees Bond tied to a chair. Quantum of Solace's first post-opening scene sees Bond and M interrogating Mr. White while he is tied to a chair. * [[Chekhov's Gun]]: Averted. The boathook! ** In the opening car chase, Bond blasts the bad guys with an SMG that was never seen in the movie prior to his using it... but it ''was'' seen rather prominently in the final moments of ''[[Casino Royale]]''. * [[Collapsing Lair]]: {{spoiler\|The hotel}}. It's a Bond movie, what would you expect? * [[Continuity Nod]]: Bond's SMG from the ending of ''[[Casino Royale]]'' makes an appearance at the end of the pre-credits car chase, Le Chiffre and his operation are namechecked and Bond drops {{spoiler\|Vesper's necklace (just like she referenced "letting go" in the previous movie)}} in the snow at the end of the film. As a whole, ''Quantum'' is very dependant on themes and elements of ''[[Casino Royale]]'', moreso than most of the previous Bond films. Line 41 ⟶ 40: * [[Darkened Building Shootout]]: More than once, including a darkened catacomb. * [[Death by Irony]]: {{spoiler\|Mathis is killed and his body is left in Bond's trunk for the police to 'find'. In ''[[Casino Royale]]'' Mathis used this same method to get Le Chiffre's [[The Dragon\|Dragon]] out of the picture.}} * [[Deus Ax Machina]]: Dominic Green attacks Bond with a fire axe during the final battle. * [[Dodgy Toupee]]: Dominic's assistant Elvis wears one. * [[The Dragon]]: {{spoiler\|Subverted entirely when the dragon is, according to form, positioned to cover his boss's escape and is promptly killed by an explosion. [http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/Bbrown/Elvis3.jpg Poor man's pants get blown clean off him first.]}} Line 80 ⟶ 79: * [[It's Personal]]: Bond's comment to Vesper's boyfriend (while the female intelligence agent is watching): "This man and I have some ''unfinished business''." * [[Jittercam]]: And how! * [[Kansas City Shuffle]]: Everyone thinks that the object of Quantum's [[Plan]] is to gain control of the {{spoiler\|non-existent oil supply}} in the Bolivian desert. And Quantum is perfectly happy to let them keep thinking that while they get their hands on the {{spoiler\|water}} instead. * [[Karma Houdini]]: {{spoiler\|Mr. White}}. * [[Karmic Death]]: {{spoiler\|Greene}}. He {{spoiler\|drank the bottle of oil Bond provided}} before Quantum executed him. Line 88 ⟶ 87: * [[The Man Behind the Man]]: The Quantum Group to Mr. Greene. * [[Mercy Kill]]: {{spoiler\|Bond prepares to shoot Camille, as they are trapped in the burning hotel with no escape and she is reliving her childhood trauma of having the General burn her house down over her head. Fortunately an escape presents itself before it's too late.}} * [[Milkman Conspiracy]]: Greene Planet and its dealings with Bolivia. * [[Mobstacle Course]]: The chase at the ''Palio'' is this left and right. * [[The Mole]]: M's bodyguard, who reveals himself to be working for Quantum during Mr. White's interrogation. For the rest of the film, M is paranoid about who she trusts with information because of what happened. Later on, Bond comments that the Canadian intelligence agent has a leak in her department before telling her to leave. * [[Mythology Gag]]: Bond drinks his martini shaken. It is explicitly ''not'' described as "[[Catch Phrase\|shaken, not stirred]]". This is also a callback to a similar bit in ''[[Casino Royale]]''. Line 113 ⟶ 112: * [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: Possibly Bond, for the entire film, not that he'd admit it to anyone (an alternative explanation is that he just repeatedly screws up at capturing people alive). * [[Sequel Hook]]: Greene tells Bond everything he knows about the Quantum Group before he's {{spoiler\|left in the desert with a can of oil}}. He's later found {{spoiler\|with two bullets in the back of his head}}. * [[Shout-Out]]: {{spoiler\|Field's}} death to ''[[Goldfinger]]''. [[A View to a Kill\|AxCrazy French villain attacking Bond with an axe?]] Check. 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