0022 | Quantum of Solace
Très Bond - A podcast by The United States of Kensington
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The notoriously difficult second album, or the sophomore slump, seems to be the consensus regarding the 22nd Bond film. Director Marc Forster described wanting his Bond film to feel like a bullet - a feat that he can claim to have achieved. This is the shortest run-time for a 007 film and, most definitely, the fastest paced. We are now more than a decade on from the first-ever direct sequel in the franchise, so how does it stack up? Is it an adrenaline-fuelled revenge thriller or is it running on empty?