Casino Royale (DVD)

Bond is back (to basics)! We see the young spy achieve double 0 status before causing an international incident with his first mission in Madagascar. But instead of giving him his marching orders, M needs him to enter a high stakes poker game in Montenegro where he has to take on the mysterious Le Chiffre, banker to the world's arms dealers. If he wins, the nefarious number cruncher will be ruined but if he loses, then Her Majesty's government will ...
...the Treasury's own accountant - the beautiful Vesper Lynd, who threatens James' heart as well as his loins. Director Martin Campbell is the go-to guy for reinvigorating the Bond franchise. He did it with Pierce Brosnan's first outing in "Goldeneye" and manages a fine job here. It's a new style of Bond - it's less about the gadgets and girls and more about Bond as a hired killer. He's stripped away all the frivolous fluff to reveal a leaner, meaner ...

afy9mab 18.02.2007 · Read full review
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...long line of Bond movies, Casino Royale. Many other Bond aficionados obviously shared my trepidation. Craig was roundly criticised both online and in the mainstream media for his lack of good looks, (his ears stick out) the wrong hair colour, (he’s blond) and for lacking the required acting credentials to replace a long line of good Bond actors such as Sean Connery, Pierce Brosnan, and Timothy Dalton. The only other movie of note that I could personally ...
...corrupt and evil bad guy. Casino Royale has all of these. There’s a pulsating opening (shot in black and white) which shows Bond making his first kill as a double-O agent, and a truly breathtaking chase and fight sequence through a building site as Bond tries to capture a villain. And that’s only the beginning, as from start to finish there’s enough action in this movie to satisfy even the most addicted action junkie. The bad guy in this movie ...

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...REVIEW The plot of Casino Royale is a bit weak really. James Bond is fighting terrorism – the scourge of the 2000s! He has to win a poker game worth millions, to stop the bad guy Le Chiffre from winning the cash and using it to fund international terrorism. The poker game is to be held at the Casino Royale in Montenegro. That’s about all you need to know really. I spent quite a bit of the film not particularly following the sub-plots, but enjoying ...
...household keeps in their bedrooms! Casino Royale delivers all of this. The car’s there too and the drink, of course, plus the classic way of saying his name. The purists must have been very happy. I was impressed by the script. There were lots of very clever lines, some of which made me laugh out loud. The quick-fire wit and humour contrasted well with the long action sequences. The cast was very good throughout. Personally, I had only heard of ...

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...brilliant, as Bond. Knowing that Casino Royale is the first episode in Bond's varied adventures, it seemed right that he looked younger and fitter than Roger Moore, Sean Connery or Pierce Brosnan. However, I was expecting to find out a bit more about the man who is Bond, and from that point of view we are given nothing. He begins his career as 007 with no history behind him whatsoever. There is some character development during the film and we see ...
...is therefore a little late - I would have liked to know more about him as a person rather than a superhero. I missed the humour in this bond. Humour, although sometimes taken too far, did really attract me in previous films, and certainly made them more entertaining. Credit where credit is due though, he does give a really excellent performance when being tortured - his screams of pain were so realistic that I could hardly bear to watch it. Eva Green ...

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Casino Royale was the first book by Ian Fleming featuring Commander Bond.It has to be said, this is not an official Bond film, with such a star studded cast it is hard to believe, although the rumour is the next Bond film will be based on this novel. Background ----------------- Director's licence has taken over a bit I feel, but it does not detract from the film. It is slapstick and comedic and should not be compared with the regular Bond films. ...
...was originally made in 1967, a few years after Dr No was released. Intro ------ The film starts in France, in a gentleman's outdoor WC with a meeting with 007 and a lieutenent from the French Special police. This sets the tone of the film, as it seems to flit from place to place and can be a little awkward keeping up with all the jet set travel! Once acquainted, the theme tune penned by Burt Bacharach kicks in and, if you think you have heard ...

Littleswamp1 14.02.2005 (15.02.2005) · Read full review
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...right man for the part. Casino Royale is the first film he has played the part of Bond and after saying to myself I would go see the film I never got round to it but the other night I finally watched the film and have to say I was surprisingly impressed and it wasn't as torturing an experience as I'd expected it would have been. The film goes on with the plot of 007 going to Madagascar on a mission he is there to get an international bomb maker ...
...a poker tournament at the Casino Royale in Montenegro but Bond hopes that a loss would make Le Chiffre help the British Government. This becomes a very big game as a lot of money is being put into it. Le Chiffre wants to put more money in because he is certain of a win so he can use the money for terrorism but Bond is trying to stop this. The film goes on it is a good plot but I think it's really hard to tell as the storyline is quite in depth. ...

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...to be a remake of Casino Royale? I, for one, couldn't wait. Then, the announcement of Daniel Craig as James Bond was made. The potential was there, sure, but I remember thinking they would have to make a really mind-blasting film to kick off Craig's stint as the suave 007. And what a film!! Following a brief black and white explanation of Bond's elevation to 'Double 0' status, it starts as it means to go on, with an intense free-running chase. Without ...
...breathless. And thus it continued. The quality of filming is high. Martin Campbell's direction takes Bond to a modern and sophisticated level only suggested in previous installments, with the plot a simple yet effective one, where Bond is placed at a high stakes poker table to outplay a ruthless financier named Le Chiffre under threat from his terrorist clentele. The casting is outstanding. Dame Judi Dench excels as 'M', and the sultriness of Bond ...

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With Casino Royale, the Bond series had fresh new life breathed into it with the new replacement Bond, Daniel Craig. Craig was fresh and exciting, and brought a much more modern feel to the classic Bond that many of us love and enjoy. Since this movie was released as a box office success, another one has already been released, Quantum Of Solace, in which Craig also played Bond's role incredibly well. A very large portion of this story is based on ...
...main one obviously being the classic Aston Martin DB9, apparently the crew went through about 20 of these in their stunt acts. These action packed scenes give bond a different style to previous encounters, but the rest of the film keeps in tone with the Bond that everyone is used to, stylish and cool. The story is based on a proffesional poker player called Le Chiffre, he is very rich and also supports terrorism for his personal gain. Le Chiffre ...

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Well I'm a great fan of James bonds movies. And i must admit, choosing Daniel Craig as the 007 agent was a very good decision. He acts very maturely and no doubt suits the role very properly. Well the story starts with Agent 007 in a mission turned into havoc. His ego is the main problem what causes James to make miscalculated actions. His actions lead to embarrassment to the whole British government. He is on the pursuit of a global terrorist network. ...
...a very short tempered person. Shes ready to cut his career down to pieces of he doesn't control his temper and ego. Following story comes with the usual trail of fancy cars and beautiful women in Bond's investigations. This leads him to world's most deadliest terrorist and money rollers, Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen). In a desperate way to quickly earn the money back before his financiers decide to kill him, LeChiffre, hosts a high stakes tournament. ...

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This movie starts with Bond needing two kills to qualify and become a 00; thus granting him a licence to kill. This all happens in the opening sequence were he is sent on a mission to Prague to make those kills. Amongst these are the MI6 section chief, Dryden, who has sold British secrets, and his contact, Fisher. The basis of the story unfolds when he sent on his first mission as a double-0 to Madagascar in pursuit of international bomb-maker Mollaka. ...
...takes down a part of the embasy. Bond obtains the bomb-maker's mobile phone and finds out it has been receiving calls from a location within the Bahamas. He find Dimitrios (linked to Chiffre). The story then develops as Bond wins him in a poker game a later seduces his wife. From doing so he gathers information that her husband his flying out to Miami. Bond tracks him down and kills him. In this sequence Bond foils Le Chiffre's plan to destroy the ...

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...years of experience. Craig in Casino Royale' starts off by having to earn his Double-0 status, he is later represented as vulnerable, which although we have had insights to the characters emotional side in the series; in Tomorrow Never Dies' (1997, Roger Spottiswoode) one close up angle of Brosnan sitting on the beach thinking demonstrates that he cannot control his feelings and thoughts the way we as the audience thought he could, Casino Royale' ...
...The phenomenon of James Bond has always been represented as an immortal figure; always returning in the next film of the series stronger than ever before, which composes a being to be admired and not necessarily a being we have been able to feel and relate to. On the other hand, to see Craig starting off as a human that feels pain like the rest of us makes the audience relate to this phenomenon in addition to keeping the already set respect. Craig ...

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...his other films prior to Casino Royale, I had nothing to judge this on. However the dark look into the life of bond is what this film needed and executed well. Similar to way Batman Begins and Superman Returns went, this was very successful in the new Bond film. It was really interesting to see how events happened and how his habits occured through Eva Green's character. Such as his drink, the tuxedo and even the gun he uses. Overall this film ...
...bond feel at the beginning, I certainly felt like it was a bond film at the end with the classic line, "the names bond, james bond!". The film is filled with alot of action and stunts which keeps interest throughout and mild sexual references which makes Bond film's what it is. I would certainly recommend this to a bond fan and even to someone who isn't a fan of bond. A great film, a great watch, a great buy! ...

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...from a hollowed-out volcano so Casino Royale doesn't either. A banker to the world's terrorists loses a lot of money when Bond foils one of his schemes, so sets up a poker game to win it all back again. A word of warning - the second half of the movie is pretty much based around a game of high-stakes Texas Hold'Em poker. If those words mean nothing to you, a lot of the tension generated by the nuances of the game will be lost for you. I'm not saying ...
...first third of The Living Daylights). And the franchise is clearly the better for it. Is Casino Royale as good as any of the Bourne films? No. Is Casino Royale better than nearly every other entry in the Bond series? Yes. Can I wait for Quantum of Solace? No. ...

MBC16 27.09.2008 · Read full review
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...and their grip on the Casino Royale... I think. There are also other characters called James Bond including one played by Peter Sellars and one by Woody Allen. You can probably tell from the brief and fairly confused synopsis that this is a fairly confused film that unfortunately is not mercifully brief. With a star-studded cast such as the one assembled here (add to these Orson Welles, William Holden, Ursula Andress, Deborah Kerr and Ronnie Corbett ...
...fails to be entertaining. One of the key problems is that it makes very little sense. The plot is incredibly confused and although perhaps not essential to such a film, you do need to have some understanding of what is going on. This was not helped by the fact that 5 directors were on board (including Huston). It also suffers from actually not being very funny too despite the roster of 'comic' actors. Niven probably fairs the best as the aging Bond ...

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Casino Royale marks Daniel Craig's first outing as 007, James Bond. In it he must stop Le Chiffre, a banker to the world's terrorist organizations, from winning a high-stakes poker tournament at Casino Royale in Montenegro. I was one of those people who was originally skeptical about Craig's casting. I grew up with Pierce Brosnan as Bond and I didn't know if I could accept someone else in that role. Sufficed to say, I needn't have worried. Craig ...
...flashy as Brosnan and he's more quietly confident. But the style, the attitude and the finesse of his Bond is reminiscent of Sean Connery, you could say he is more of the thinking mans bond. As for the film, it's exciting, well acted, tense and has a great story too. Bond and Vespa have a great chemistry together, as do Bond with 'M' and Felix Leiter, the CIA agent who I'm glad to say appears in the new Bond film Quantum Of Solace, though who knows ...

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