10 Movies That Had No Chance Of Living Up To The Hype

10. Quantum Of Solace

After Casino Royale had rebooted the Bond franchise in spectacular fashion, becoming the highest-grossing entry in the series to date as well as one of its most critically-acclaimed entries, the bar was set incredibly high for the follow-up. Even without the reported behind-the-scenes issues, Quantum of Solace would still have struggled to meet expectations.

The 2007-2008 Writers Guild of America strike severely impacted the production, as co-writer Paul Haggis claimed to have finished his draft just hours before the strike began. This led to star Daniel Craig and director Marc Forster having to handle on-set rewrites despite their lack of experience, and even after the strike ended a writer was brought on board to restructure scenes and dialogue on an almost-daily basis.

The lack of a finished script showed in the final product, with the end result being choppily-edited and the shortest Bond movie yet. A weak villain, environmentalism-tinged plot and sub-par action scenes also contributed to Quantum of Solace being regarded as a major disappointment, with Forster's inability to keep the massive production under control marking him as a poor choice to handle a $200m blockbuster.