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James Bond 007, Quantum of Solace. Declassification of the 22nd James Bond movie including opening, title song, credits, villains, girls, gadgets, chases, binds, one-liners, and locations.
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Opening
- car chase along winding mountain roads and tunnels around Lake Garda, Italy, ending with Aston Martin swerving to miss a front loader and then shooting Alfa Romeo off of road and over cliff
Title Song/Credits
- "Another Way to Die" by Jack White and Alicia Keys

- naked silhouetted women rising up out of desert sands
Villains
- Dominic Greene, head of terrorist organization Quantum, posing as environmentalist, set on taking over Bolivia's fresh water supply (Mathieu Amalric)
- General Medrano, Bolivian General set on overthrowing his government (Joaquín Cosio)
- Yusef Kabira, member of Quantum and Vesper Lynd's former lover who had blackmailed her and caused her death (Simon Kassianides)
- Mr. White, secret member of Quantum (Jesper Christensen)
- Craig Mitchell, M's bodyguard of eight years who is really secret member of Quantum (Glenn Foster)
- Mr. Slate, assassin sent by Greene to kill Camille (Neil Jackson)
Girls
- Camille Montes, Bolivian secret service posing as Greene's girlfriend seeking revenge on General Medrano for the murder of her family (Olga Kurylenko)
- Strawberry Fields, MI6 operative sent to reign in Bond after his license is revoked (Gemma Arterton)
- Corrine Veneau, Canadian secret agent being seduced by Kabira to be blackmailed for government assets (Stana Katic)
- Gemma, Mathis' girlfriend suntanning at their villa (Lucrezia Lante della Rovere)
Gadgets
- tabletop touchscreen and wallscreen displays used for debriefing at MI6 headquarters
- cell phone with tracking ability
Chases
- car chase along winding mountain roads and tunnels around Lake Garda, Italy, ending with Aston Martin swerving to miss a front loader and then shooting Alfa Romeo off of road and over cliff
- foot chase along Siena's underground cisterns and tile building rooftops, ending with crashing through glass cathedral ceiling and dangling from scaffolding
- boat chase around Port au Prince, Haiti, with Bond ramming two boats and dislodging a third
- plane chase over the Bolivian land that Greene is trying to acquire, ending with Bond jumping from crashing plane with Camille and only her parachute
Binds
- trying to pass on mountain road but unable due to oncoming truck, swerves back into lane at the last second and lets oncoming truck smash head on into pursuing car
- being chased by Alfa Romeo and about to run into a front loader, swerves to avoid front loader, grabs a gun and shoots Alfa Romeo off of road and over cliff
- dangling upside down from scaffolding and about to be shot at, swings to grab gun and shoot Mitchell
- with General Medrano getting away with Camille by boat, jumps his motorbike onto a boat and jumps from boat to boat until he finds one he can chase them in
- with one engine blown and plane about to crash, jumps from plane with Camille and only her parachute, then grabs Camille and her ripcord just in time to land at the bottom of a sinkhole
- trapped in burning hotel with Camille with fire in all directions, shoots fuel cell to blow a hole in the wall to escape through
One-liners
- "I don't have any friends," to Camille's "Friend of yours?"
- "That wasn't very nice," after getting out of the car after blocking Camille's arm as she attempts to shoot him
- "She's seasick," to dockhand after docking boat and handing him Camille unconscious
- "I'm not dwelling on the past. I don't think you should either," to M's "What happened to Slate?"
- "I'll do my best," to M's "If you could avoid killing every possible lead, it would be deeply appreciated"
- "Well, then, we have all night," after asking Fields "When is the next flight to London?" and her replying, "Tomorrow morning"
- "I can't find the, um, the stationery. Come and help me look," to Fields to get her into his room of the hotel suite
- "I can't imagine. You must be furious," to Fields' "Do you know how angry I am at myself" as Bond kisses her back
- "Is that a compliment?" to Camille's "There is something horribly efficient about you"
- "You gonna try and shoot me?" to Camille's "Get in," in reference to the fact that she tried to shoot him the last time she gave him a ride
- "I never left," to M's "Bond, I need you back"
Locations
- Lake Garda, Carrara, Siena & Talamone Italy
- Mexico
- Panama
- Chile
- Bregenz, Austria
- London, England
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