History Film / QuantumOfSolace

* PoorCommunicationKills: Bond asks a mook at gunpoint who his employers are; the mook tells him to go screw himself. so Bond throws him off a roof. In his subseuquent phone call with M, Bond learns [[spoiler: the man he killed was a member of Special Branch (British Metropolitan Police, whose duties include bodyguarding non-royal VIPs) guarding the special envoy to the Prime Minister, and therefore ''on his side'']].

* PoorCommunicationKills: Bond asks a mook at gunpoint who his employers are; the mook tells him to go screw himself. so Bond throws him off a roof. In his subseuquent phone call with M, Bond learns [[spoiler: the man he killed was a member of Special Branch (British Metropolitan Police, whose duties include bodyguarding non-royal VIPs) guarding the special envoy to the Prime Minister, and therefore '''on his side'''].

* {{Brownface}}: The very-Slavic Ukrainian actress Olga Kurylenko as very-Hispanic Bolivian Camille.

* DeconstructedTrope: As per tradition, this film's (secondary) Bond girl, Agent Fields, does have a humorous PunnyName--but she [[EmbarrassingFirstName refuses to tell Bond what it is]] because even]] ''she'' finds it ridiculous. [[spoiler:As we learn in the credits, it's [[Music/TheBeatles "Strawberry."]]]]

* {{Reconstruction}}: On the surface, ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'' is much more like a typical Bond film than ''Film/{{Casino Royale|2006}}'' (arguably a {{Deconstruction}} as much as an origin story). But this one folds all the elements introducted in ''Film/{{Casino Royale|2006}}'' into the formula: few gadgets, the Stale Beer elements, Bond's rough-and-tumble approach, the emphasis on characterisation in the script.

* DramaticLandfallShot

-->-- '''Dominic Greene'''

''Quantum of Solace'' is the twenty-second ''Film/JamesBond'' film by Creator/EonProductions, the second to star Creator/DanielCraig. It was directed by Creator/MarcForster and released on October 31, 2008. Music/JackWhite and Music/AliciaKeys performed the TitleThemeTune, "Another Way to Die". At one hour and forty-six minutes, it is also the shortest-ever Bond film (beating ''Dr. No'' and ''Goldfinger'', which were both one hour and fifty-one minutes).

The story follows on from ''Film/{{Casino Royale|2006}}'', making it one of the few {{Sequel Episode}}s in the ''Bond'' movie franchise. Following the death of Vesper Lynd, Bond is out for [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge revenge]] against those responsible: an [[TheIlluminati Illuminati]]-esque [[TheSyndicate crime syndicate]] known as "Quantum". His rampage eventually leads him to [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Dominic Greene]], a Quantum operative out to overthrow the Bolivian government through a [[TheGeneralissimo corrupt general]] named Medrano, and the mysterious Camille, a woman who has unfinished business of her own with the general.

The film's title comes from a 1960 short story by Creator/IanFleming contained in the anthology book ''For Your Eyes Only'', and means "a small degree of comfort".

* ActionGirl: Camille shoots two guards then has a brutal fight against General Medrano. [[spoiler: While he has a strength and weight advantage, she wins due to her willingness to fight dirty and use of improvised weapons.]]

** The film gives Camille the last name Montes but the video game, working from an earlier draft of the script, names her "Rivera". Even more confusingly, the official wiki gives her full name as "[[https://jamesbond.fandom.com/wiki/Camille_Montes Camille Montes-Rivero]]".
** Likewise, the film gives the traitorous [=MI6=] agent Mitchell the first name Craig but the game calls him "Henry".
* AdaptationExpansion: The film takes one scene from the short story "007 in New York", and no scenes from "Quantum of Solace"!

* AllThereInTheScript: Fields' first name is only in the credits of the movie. [[spoiler:It's [[IncrediblyLamePun Strawberry]].]]

* BaitAndSwitchGunshot: Subverted when [[spoiler: Camille shoots Medrano.]] The scene makes it obvious who has the gun and who doesn't, but we just hear the gunshot from Bond's perspective, and both him and Greene are conviced that [[spoiler: she]] was the one who was shot.
--> '''Greene:''' [[spoiler: Looks like you [[CartwrightCurse just lost another one]]!]]

** Mathis repeatedly telling the taxi driver "callate", which is Spanish for "shut up".

* BodyguardBetrayal: [[spoiler: Mitchell, an [=MI6=] agent and M's personal bodyguard. He is revealed to be a Quantum plant and aids Mr. White in escaping [=MI6=] custody. He kills another two agents, and injures M before Bond takes him down]].

-->'''Bond''': Tell her Slate was a dead end.
-->'''Agent''': (to M) Slate was a dead end.
-->'''Radio''': Connection terminated.
-->'''M''': ''(immediately reading between the lines)'' Damn him, he killed him!

** M is injured by her bodyguard Mitchell, after which she discovers that he was an agent working for Quantum (and by extension, [[spoiler: Spectre.]])

* ContinuityNod: Bond's SMG from the ending of ''Film/{{Casino Royale|2006}}'' makes an appearance at the end of the pre-credits car chase, Le Chiffre and his operation are namedropped, and Bond drops Vesper's necklace (just like she referenced "letting go" in the previous film) in the snow at the end of the film. As a whole, ''Quantum'' is very dependant on themes and elements of ''Film/{{Casino Royale|2006}}'', moreso than any other previous Bond film.

* DangerousClifftopRoad: The opening chase finds itself on a sort of cliff (it's a steep but not truly vertical drop, and a road zig-zaggs down it). Both Bond and his pursuers are skilled enough to navigate the terrain, but the police car following both of them isn't quite as lucky. Bond's pursuers open fire at the cops, and though the officers aren't hit, they duck down for cover. That includes the driver. As a result of this, possibly coupled with damage to the vehicle, the car smashes through the corner of an old building. Cop cars are built to be sturdy (they're probably the only vehicles most people see that are bulletproof), and so the car looks to be in good shape after demolishing part of a building. Unfortunately, still out of control, they go off the cliff. By the time the car tumbles to the road below, it's a wreck.

* DeconstructedTrope: As per tradition, this film's (secondary) Bond girl, Agent Fields, does have a humorous PunnyName--but she [[EmbarrassingFirstName refuses to tell Bond what it is]] because even]] ''she'' finds it ridiculous. [[spoiler: As we learn in the credits, it's [[Music/TheBeatles "Strawberry"]].]]
* DespotismJustifiesTheMeans: General Medrano has no problem with Quantum engineering a drought in his own country if it means that Medrano will be the next dictator of it. [[spoiler:He is much more annoyed when he finds out that he'll basically be a puppet and will further have to essentially hand over Bolivia's entire water supply to Quantum, but he decides its worth the price anyway. Granted, the threat of a bullet to the back of his head probably helped there.]]
* DeusAxMachina: Dominic Green attacks Bond with a fire axe during the final battle.
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler: Mathis]].

** Guy Haine's bodyguard. He is a member of Special Branch, but given his actions at the ''Theatre/{{Tosca}}'' performance he seems more than willing to assist his boss (a member of the British government) in his criminal actions with Quantum.
** The police chief and his officers in Bolivia. The chief is on Quantum's payroll, and several of his officers are responsible for [[spoiler: killing Mathis]].

* DisposableWoman: Fields is a classic example, but Bond leaving Green in the desert with only a can of oil to drink indicates that he's avenging her somewhat. [[note]] She was drowned in oil. [[/note]]

** When M tells Bond that Vesper kept a lock of her lovers hair in her apartment, Bond seems surprised, saying she didn't strike him as the sentimental type. M replies "Well we never really know anyone, do we?" [[spoiler: Only minutes later, her own bodyguard is revealed to be a Quantum infiltrator, and injures her before leading Bond on a chase through Siena]].

* HateSink: General Medrano comes off as one, as he has no qualms having the criminal organization Quantum engineering a drought in his own country so he'll be the next dictator of it, and even thinks of himself as Dominic Greene's equal partner, but reluctantly concedes when Greene threatens to have him killed if he doesn't back down. It's no reason why Camille is after him, having raped her mother and sister before killing them, and attempts to rape a hotel waitress in the climax. He even tries to do the same thing to Camille, but she puts a bullet to his head.
* HeroicBSOD: Bond spends much of the film in the midst of one following the end of ''Film/{{Casino Royale|2006}}'', due to [[spoiler: Vesper's death]]. He doesn't really come out of it until the end of the film, and is back to his normal [[BondOneLiner smugly wisecracking]] self in time for ''Film/{{Skyfall}}''.

* IdiotBall: When multiple members of Quantum are [[spoiler: attending a performance of ''Tosca'' Bond taunts them by hacking into their communications]]. So naturally they promptly [[spoiler: get up and leave]], giving [[spoiler: Bond]] a perfect opportunity to [[spoiler: take photos of them. Mr White is the only one not to fall for it, discreetly pocketing his earpiece and remaining in his seat.]].

-->'''Bond:''' You know, I was just wondering what South America would look like if nobody gave a damn about coke or communism. It always impressed me the way you boys would carve this place up.
-->'''Leiter:''' I'll take that as a compliment, coming from a Brit.
* ImmediateSequel: After the last film ended with Bond tracking down Mr White, this one opens with him transporting him to M.

* InternalHomage: A shot where a crate of fruit is knocked down several storeys as Bond is chasing a villain is functionally identical to an earlier shot in ''Casino Royale''. But with girders.

* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Greene.]] He drank the bottle of oil Bond provided before Quantum executed him.

** [[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.]]
** [[spoiler:Quantum's execution of Dominic Greene may have partially been this, along with YouHaveFailedMe.]]

*** Greene introduces himself to Bond by saying "My friends call me Dominic", just as how Bond and Tatiana Romanova did. Bond and Jinx do the same thing in ''Film/DieAnotherDay'' as well.

*** Bond drinks his Martini shaken. It is explicitly ''not'' described as "[[CatchPhrase shaken, not stirred]]". This is also a callback to a similar bit in the previous film. [[note]]Speaking of that, look up TwoDecadesBehind on ''Casino Royale''; it's pretty hard to find Kina Lillet ''or'' high-proof Gordon's Gin to make a Vesper cocktail in the 21st century.[[/note]]

* ParanoiaFuel: In universe; Quantum says they "have people everywhere". [[spoiler:Like, ''in the same room''.]] M is noticeably twitchy and distrustful the rest of the movie, since the traitor in question had been [[spoiler:her personal bodyguard for years.]] Exaggerated with Greene's speech to Mendrano:
-->'''Greene:''' You should know something about me and the people I work with. We deal with the left and the right, dictators or liberators. If the current president had been more agreeable, I wouldn't be talking to you. So if you decide not to sign, you'll wake up with your balls in your mouth and your willing replacement standing over you ... if you doubt that, then shoot me, take that money and have a good night's sleep.

* ThemeTune: "Another Way To Die", the first duet in the history of Bond movies, done by Jack White (one half of Music/TheWhiteStripes) and Alicia Keys. Does not include the word "Quantum" in the lyrics, but does have "solace" and "of" in there.

* WeAreEverywhere: Like M said, "When someone says 'We've got people everywhere', you expect it to be hyperbole. Lots of people say that, ''florists'' use that expression." [[spoiler:It doesn't mean that they've got somebody working for them ''inside the bloody room,'' like M's bodyguard.]]

* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: Agent Fields' first same is [[spoiler: Strawberry]]. She's so embarrassed of it, even ''she'' finds it idiotic and never reveals it. Her parents apparently didn't think it through of just how harmful their small joke can be in the long run.
* WickedCultured: Quantum higher-ups love their [[AtTheOperaTonight opera]]. Though Mr. White is the only one to stick around for the whole thing. Seeing his companions leave in droves (and thus get caught on camera), he quips "''Theatre/{{Tosca}}'' isn't for everyone".

* ParanoiaFuel: In universe; Quantum says they "have people everywhere". [[spoiler:Like, ''in the same room''.]] M is noticeably twitchy and distrustful the rest of the movie, since the traitor in question had been [[spoiler:her personal bodyguard for years.]] Taken UpToEleven with Greene's speech to Mendrano:

[[JustForFun/TheOneWith The one where]] the bad guys [[GreenAesop try to steal a country's water]].

* FanDisservice: Near the end, that poor waitress at the hotel. Yes, we ''do'' get a panty shot, but you can't really feel good about it since she's just come within a hair's breadth of being brutally raped by General Medrano.

* FanDisservice: Near the end, that poor waitress at the hotel. Yes, we ''do'' get a PantyShot, but you can't really feel good about it since she's just come within a hair's breadth of being brutally raped by General Medrano.

* ShoutOut: To Creator/AlfredHitchock, - the opera house sequence is deliberately edited to resemble a similar sequence in ''Film/TheManWhoKnewTooMuch'', while Guy Haines was named after one of the main characters in ''Film/StrangersOnATrain''.

* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Mr. White]].
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Greene.]] He drank the bottle of oil Bond provided before [[YouHaveFailedMe Quantum executed him]].

* LancerVsDragon: Camille fights General Medrano to avenge her family's murder at his hands while Bond fights Medrano's [[TheManBehindTheMan backer]] from Quantum, Dominic Greene.

* RapeAsDrama: [[spoiler:Camille, although in her's case, it's against her family, not her.]]

* SingleSeasonCountry: The gang agrees to attend a Palaeontology conference Ross is speaking at in Barbados on the assumption that it will be sunny, only for it to rain the entire time they're there.

''Quantum of Solace'' is the twenty-second ''Film/JamesBond'' film by Creator/EonProductions, the second to star Creator/DanielCraig. It was directed by Creator/MarcForster and released on October 31, 2008. Music/JackWhite and Music/AliciaKeys performed the TitleThemeTune, "Another Way to Die".

->'''M:''' Bond...I need you back.\\

* AndTheAdventureContinues:
-->'''M:''' I need you back, Bond.\\
'''Bond:''' I never left.

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* DisposableVehicleSection: The film opens with a chase scene, during which a truck driven by the enemy rams a spike through Bond's door. Bond elects to dispose of that door to free himself.

* ActionizedSequel: The film is 40 minutes shorter than ''Casino Royale'', but packs more action, including a high octane CarChase right at the start. And most of the action was filmed with JitterCam.

** And just to show how even the most insignifact character can be prone to this, it shows Bond and Camille trading in the car to a lone Bolivian farmer for his cargo plane. While in the air, Bond realizes that the car wasn't exactly enough, and anticipates that the farmer will try to earn himself a healthy sum of money by selling out their location to Quantum. Given that three Quantum mooks show up a mere forty seconds later, it's safe to assume that he ''did''.

Followed by ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'', which went {{standalone|episode}} instead of having ties to this film.

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* RedRightHand: Deliberately averted. The actor playing Greene would have been fine with it, but the director demanded that he should not be given any kind of unusual physical features via make-up. He's screwed up on the inside. [[NotSoDifferent Just like Bond.]]