The Bond movies seem to get more gritty as we enter the millennium. We are back to pretty women during the opening credits. This is a continuation of Casino Royale as Bond (Daniel Craig) is still seeking who is behind the murder of his woman, Vesper. At the same time he is trying to track down a new organization with international ambitions. They have men everywhere, we are told. M (Judi Dench) is much more involved in this movie, and is actually in harms way by a double agent in the organization. At the time the secret agency are into Bolivia where it seems even the police have been infiltrated, as well as Britain's Prime Minister's office. It is ordered that Bond be shot on sight when he kills a couple police officers who were trying to frame him for the murder of his friend, Mathis (Giancarlo Giannini). Bond saves Camille (Olga Kurylenko) on several occasions, and she him as well. They have a mutual interest in Dominic Greene (Mathieu Amalric), he as a point to lead him to the killer of Vesper and to uncover a secret organization, and she to get to General Meldrano (Joaquín Cosio), who killed her family and is supported by Greene to take over Bolivia. Co-agent, and short term love of Bond, Strawberry Fields (Gemma Arterton) is killed by Greene as she covers Bond's back. Greene is taking over the water in Bolivia and is set to cause a draught. His organization has done similar activities an many countries. The CIA is also supporting Meldrano, more Agent Beam (David Harbour) than Agent Felix Leiter (Jeffrey Wright).
This show has lots of excitement. There is a chase over roofs and into a bell tower. The action goes up and down and ends with swinging on the bell tower ropes. Who will get to a gun first? We have Bond in an old plane facing a jet and a helicopter. He is able to face Greene and his men in the desert. Camille gets her revenge, and Bond leaves Greene in the desert after having gotten the information he was seeking. The last scene has him confronting the next level up in the organization.
I enjoyed this Bond movie.
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