The scenes with Bond and older Madeleine had a little bit of everything: explosions, hand to hand combat, car chases and shootouts. Young Madeleine’s ( Coline Defaud) trials were overly long and quite distressing since it centered on a small child. A prolonged romantic moment is followed by a stunning chase along the narrow ancient streets before the final twist-Bond abandons Madeleine, thinking she betrayed him. The scene then changes to the present where Bond and Madeleine are holidaying in Matera, Italy. Unlike the majority of the franchise, this film begins with a flashback to Madeleine’s ( Léa Seydoux) past and her connection with the man who becomes the primary villain of the film, Lyutsifer Safin ( Rami Malek). No Time to Die has the longest pre-credits sequence in James Bond history and it packed in a lot. There’s nothing wrong with a simple car chase, but it still has to be a good one.

At one point one of the black cars crashes and you don’t know if it’s Bond who’s crashed until he reappears. The quick cuts also made it impossible to contextualize what was going on. We all love a good shot of a gorgeous Aston Martin, but that’s not what a Bond film in 2008 should have been focusing on. And a chaotic, haphazardly edited one at that.Ī lot of this sequence looks like a car ad. But these are also the reasons the film’s opener is last on the list-a chase is all it was. Bond is in a cool car, he’s got villains on his tail, and there’s seemingly no end to the frenzy and stunt work on display.

Quantum of Solace is universally considered the poorest entry in the new era, and the opening sequence is indicative of that.Ĭlocking in at only four minutes, this short teaser was a quintessential, heart-thumping chase scene. Daniel Craig’s sophomore turn as James Bond was unfortunately the least successful.

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