Rent Casino Royale (2006)
3.8 of 5 from 974 ratings
2h 18min
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- Synopsis:
Casino Royale introduces James Bond before he holds his license to kill. But Bond (Daniel Craig) is no less dangerous, and with two professional assassinations in quick succession, he is elevated to "00" status. "M" (Judi Dench), head of the British Secret Service, sends the newly promoted 007 on his first mission that takes him to Madagascar, the Bahamas and eventually leads him to Montenegro to face Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen), a ruthless financier under threat from his terrorist clientele, who is attempting to restore his funds in a high stakes poker game at the Casino Royale. "M" places Bond under the watchful eye of the Treasury official Vesper Lynd (Eva Green). At first skeptical of what value Vesper can provide, Bond's interest in her deepens as they brave danger together. Le Chiffre's cunning and cruelty come to bear on them both in a way Bond could never imagine, and he learns his most important lesson: Trust no one. - Actors:
- Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Judi Dench, Mads Mikkelsen, Jeffrey Wright, Giancarlo Giannini, Caterina Murino, Simon Abkarian, Isaach De Bankolé, Jesper Christensen, Ivana Milicevic, Tobias Menzies, Claudio Santamaria, Sebastien Foucan, Malcolm Sinclair, Richard Sammel, Ludger Pistor, Joseph Millson, Darwin Shaw, Clemens Schick
- Directors:
- Martin Campbell
- Producers:
- Barbara Broccoli, Michael G. Wilson
- Writers:
- Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, Paul Haggis
- Others:
- Mark Taylor, Stuart Baird, Paul Haggis, Chris Munro, Chris Corbould, David Arnold, Phil Meheux, Peter Lamont, Mike Prestwood-Smith, Lee Sandales, Eddy Joseph, Steve Begg, John Paul Docherty, Ditch Doy, Simon Wakefield, Martin Cantwell
- Aka:
- James Bond: Casino Royale
- Studio:
- Sony
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Thrillers
- Collections:
- 2007, A History of Cricket Films, Action & Adventure, Bond Villains: The Brosnan-Craig Years, CinemaParadiso.co.uk Through Time, Getting to Know..., Getting to Know: Ewan Mcgregor, The Best of James Bond Films, A Brief History of Film..., The Instant Expert's Guide, The Instant Expert's Guide to Howard Hawks, The Instant Expert's Guide to Stephen Frears, Top 10 Films Set in Venice, Top Films
- Awards:
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 01/10/2012
- Run Time:
- 144 minutes
- Languages:
- English, French
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- Colour and B & W
- Bonus:
- Becoming Bond
- James Bond: For Real
- Bond Girls Are Forever (2006)
- Chris Cornell Music Video
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 11/11/2019
- Run Time:
- 138 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.39:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
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Reviews (9) of Casino Royale
Bond Year Zero - Casino Royale review by CP Customer
With the introduction of Daniel Craig as a new Bond, this doesn't just add more to the familiar formula – it creates a whole new mould. When did Connery, Moore, Dalton et al ever get believable plot, actual scars from fighting, or, dare it be said, emotional depth? Craig as Bond spends the film ridiculing the past conventions that we have known and loved, the Martinis, the dapper dressing, the sheer invincibility. Why couldn't every Bond in the franchise have been like this?
2 out of 2 members found this review helpful.
Better than average Bond, but too deliberately twisty. - Casino Royale review by CP Customer
Daniel Craig doesn't meet the typical expectation of a Bond character. Instead of a slick, smooth operator, we have a slightly rougher character, with a kind of sadism more true to the novels than that shown in earlier films.
The film includes many standard Bond-film features, but cleverly uses these as a starting point to develop the Bond theme somewhat from previous films.
As to be expected, some first-rate action sequences and wit. Overall, definitely a welcome addition to the franchise.
1 out of 3 members found this review helpful.
Great 007 Action Thriller - Casino Royale review by GI
With the wisdom of hindsight this first 007 outing for Daniel Craig neatly sets up the series that followed. A wise decision to reboot the Bond franchise which had become tired and clichéd and to create an origin story of a sorts. From the black & white filmed prologue the film marks itself as a more serious action film and a turn away from the comic book style that the films had drifted into. Craig is not a naturally handsome man and so the smoothness of the character embodied by Roger Moore and Pierce Brosnan for example was abandoned and replaced with a more ruthless version of the character. No longer the playboy but a man from more humble beginnings trained to play a violent part. And quite violent this film is too. To catch up with the action defining Bourne series this Bond is grittier and bloodier. The action if full on from the get-go with the fight scenes realistic and tough and of course there's a controversial torture scene. James Bond is an MI6 agent who is promoted to the 00 section after committing two officially sanctioned kills. The MI6 boss, M (Judi Dench) becomes disillusioned by Bond's gung-ho attitude but is assigned to play in a huge poker game against Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen), a banker to the world's terrorists and beat him so he will defect. But there's a traitor involved. The producers here have returned to the source novel, in fact the first Bond book, and the story does, in general, follow the book quite closely. The decision to have Dench return as M is a wise choice linking the film to the franchise and bringing in recognisable 007 tropes such as the Aston Martin DB5 and helps ground the film with the films that went before. The addition of Jeffrey Wright as CIA man Felix Leiter and Eva Green as the love interest make for a great Bond film, arguably Craig's best....maybe.
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