Casino Royale
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Le Chiffre, a banker to the world's terrorists, is scheduled to participate in a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro, where he intends to use his winnings to establish his financial grip on the terrorist market. M sends Bond—on his maiden mission as a 00 Agent—to attend this game and prevent Le Chiffre from winning. With the help of Vesper Lynd and Felix Leiter, Bond enters the most important poker game in his already dangerous career.
What critics thought
Craig's Bond reboot earned wide acclaim for stripping the franchise back to psychological basics — Craig himself was the central argument, with most critics treating him as the definitive embodiment of Fleming's original conception. Where real disagreement surfaced was over the film's length and structure: some felt the final act dragged and the villains were thin, while a minority resisted the grittier, more self-doubting Bond on principle, finding the makeover more uncomfortable than invigorating.
“Craig is the first actor to really nail 007's defining characteristic: he's an absolute swine”
Paul Arendt·BBC Films
“Craig makes a superb Bond ... who gives the sense of a hard man, wounded by life and his job, who nevertheless cares about people and right and wrong”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“the sometimes sluggish pacing will frustrate some Bond fanatics”
Michael Medved·Townhall.com
“Even James Bond, in other words, wants to be 007.”
Anthony Lane·The New Yorker
Genres
Action, Adventure, Thriller
Cast & Crew
DirectorMartin Campbell
StarringDaniel Craig, Eva Green, Mads Mikkelsen, Judi Dench, Jeffrey Wright
ComposerDavid Arnold
Casino Royale
Le Chiffre, a banker to the world's terrorists, is scheduled to participate in a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro, where he intends to use his winnings to establish his financial grip on the terrorist market. M sends Bond—on his maiden mission as a 00 Agent—to attend this game and prevent Le Chiffre from winning. With the help of Vesper Lynd and Felix Leiter, Bond enters the most important poker game in his already dangerous career.
What critics thought
Craig's Bond reboot earned wide acclaim for stripping the franchise back to psychological basics — Craig himself was the central argument, with most critics treating him as the definitive embodiment of Fleming's original conception. Where real disagreement surfaced was over the film's length and structure: some felt the final act dragged and the villains were thin, while a minority resisted the grittier, more self-doubting Bond on principle, finding the makeover more uncomfortable than invigorating.
“Craig is the first actor to really nail 007's defining characteristic: he's an absolute swine”
Paul Arendt·BBC Films
“Craig makes a superb Bond ... who gives the sense of a hard man, wounded by life and his job, who nevertheless cares about people and right and wrong”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“the sometimes sluggish pacing will frustrate some Bond fanatics”
Michael Medved·Townhall.com
“Even James Bond, in other words, wants to be 007.”
Anthony Lane·The New Yorker
Genres
Action, Adventure, Thriller
Cast & Crew
DirectorMartin Campbell
StarringDaniel Craig, Eva Green, Mads Mikkelsen, Judi Dench, Jeffrey Wright
ComposerDavid Arnold
Rent/Purchase