Daniel Craig's fantastic performance in the long-awaited Casino Royale had fans rejoicing at the series' revival. This was classic Bond; gone were the campy theatrics of Moore and the overblown gadgetry of Brosnan. Craig had Connery's icy demeanour and Dalton's uncompromising fighting style. A handful of gritty, tense, critically-acclaimed thrill rides were sure to follow, right? Oh absolutely not. The Hollywood writers' strike derailed any chance Quantum Of Solace had at living up to its predecessor's success, boasting a horribly threadbare plot and a slew of suit-wearing, unremarkable antagonists. Stylistically it was a mess; in a shameless attempt to ape the success of the Bourne movies, Quantum featured lightning fast action sequences rendered nearly unwatchable by shaky hand-held camerawork. It proved that, despite the Bourne series' stripped-down, simplistic appearance, getting it right is far easier said than done. Worst Moment: It's hard to pick a truly awful moment from such a brutally unremarkable movie, but the biggest culprit is probably the aforementioned camerawork. Whereas Casino Royale struck a perfect balance between the franchise's need for a gritty reboot and fidelity to its own iconic style, Quantum Of Solace could be almost any big-budget action movie if the characters' names were changed. A shameless attempt to cash in on another series' popularity.
