Casino Royale (2-Disc Widescreen Edition) | 
| Director: Martin Campbell
Actors: Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Mads Mikkelsen, Judi Dench, Jeffrey Wright
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
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Format: Ac-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Number Of Items: 2
Running Time: 144
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 14859
UPC: 043396148598
EAN: 0043396148598
ASIN: B000MNP2KI
Theatrical Release Date: November 17, 2006
Release Date: March 13, 2007
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The most successful invigoration of a cinematic franchise since Batman Begins, Casino Royale offers a new Bond identity. Based on the Ian Fleming novel that introduced Agent 007 into a Cold War world, Casino Royale is the most brutal and viscerally exciting James Bond film since Sean Connery left Her Majesty's Secret Service. Meet the new Bond; not the same as the old Bond. Daniel Craig gives a galvanizing performance as the freshly minted double-0 agent. Suave, yes, but also a "blunt instrument," reckless, and possessed with an ego that compromises his judgment during his first mission to root out the mastermind behind an operation that funds international terrorists. In classic Bond film tradition, his global itinerary takes him to far-flung locales, including Uganda, Madagascar, the Bahamas (that's more like it), and Montenegro, where he is pitted against his nemesis in a poker game, with hundreds of millions in the pot. The stakes get even higher when Bond lets down his "armor" and falls in love with Vesper (Eva Green), the ravishing banker's representative fronting him the money.  |
For longtime fans of the franchise, Casino Royale offers some retro kicks. Bond wins his iconic Astin-Martin at the gaming table, and when a bartender asks if he wants his martini "shaken or stirred," he disdainfully replies, "Do I look like I give a damn?" There's no Moneypenny or "Q," but Dame Judi Dench is back as the exasperated M, who one senses, admires Bond's "bloody cheek." A Bond film is only as good as its villain, and Mads Mikkelsen as Le Chiffre, who weeps blood, is a sinister dandy. From its punishing violence and virtuoso action sequences to its romance, Casino Royale is a Bond film that, in the words of one character, makes you feel it, particularly during an excruciating torture sequence. Double-0s, Bond observes early on, "have a short life expectancy." But with Craig, there is new life in the old franchise yet, as well as genuine anticipation for the next one when, at last, the signature James Bond theme kicks in following the best last line ever in any Bond film. To quote Goldie Hawn in Private Benjamin, now I know what I've been faking all these years. --Donald Liebenson Stills from Casino Royale (click for larger image) Beyond Casino Royale on Amazon.com 
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Product Description
Casino Royale introduces James Bond before he holds his license to kill. But Bond 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 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. 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.System Requirements:Runtime: 144 minsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE Rating: PG - 13 UPC: 043396148598 Manufacturer No: 14859
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 BOND BEGINS September 5, 2008
I haven't read the book or seen all the other Bond movies, but for me, CASINO ROYALE does an excellent job of showing the roots of James Bond.
From the very beginning, we see how green Bond is as he messily kills a man.
We also see how naive he is and his "I'm invincible" mindset as he chases a suspect in a breathtaking scene involving lots of jumps and crazy stuntwork.
We see how this attitude is able to get him any woman he desires underneath the sheets.
We see Bond laugh in the face of death (the torture scene is very amusing!).
Finally and most rewarding of all, we get to see James Bond transform from the aforementioned naive agent into one that trusts nobody.
He's Bond.
James Bond.
James Bond Film September 1, 2008
Daniel Craig's blue eyes and body beautiful (and Eva Green's) are a draw...as well as the Bond storyline filled with action and romance. If you love British films, you should enjoy this one.
 Craig, Brosnan, Dalton all great; the problem is the concept August 26, 2008
The other reviewers here mostly seem to applaud the new, buff, hard-core Bond (shaken not stirred, though he doesn't seem to care). But what's really happened is that 007 has been grafted onto "Die Hard." If we really want to revivify James Bond, the challenge isn't finding the right actor -- Roger, Timothy, Pierce, Daniel -- all of them are perfectly fine. The challenge is in the formula. Why make 007 into the typical action movie, where the chase is less a chase than a physical combat?
The James Bond that the early films taught me to love was the suave hero who could vault the perimeter of an embassy and still emerge perfectly dressed for a black-tie evening, complete with the red rose in his lapel. His arrogance had to do with his intellect and his physical charm not his overbearing presence. He doesn't need to be able to leap from a toppling building or construction site; half the film needn't be devoted to the stunt men. The point of James is that he is professional; he makes do with the least amount of effort. Bond: You should never see him sweat.
I think it's in the film "Thunderball," 007 enters his hotel room, checks the audiorecording he has made (this is HIGH TECH in 1965), and realizes based on the echo of the steps that an enemy is hiding in his shower. He proceeds into the shower area, knocks the guy out, and leaning over gently pops his gun out of his hand, by hitting just this precise spot on the back of the wrist that causes the gun to drop. No effort even slightly over what is required to achieve the result he desires. As the intruder runs out of the room he shouts to James, "Aren't you going to kill me?" James's answer is to this effect: I'm a professional, I kill when I have to; and I don't kill the small fish if I don't need to.
When we are able to re-imagine this sort of hero, who is interesting to the extent that he is complex and not just a burly strong guy, then the makers of the James Bond films will be able to find their new James. In other words, all these choices to replace Sean Connery have been fine; it's the concept that remains lacking.
The new M, in contrast, she is the absolute bomb.
 Royale disgrace to The Bond series! August 23, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is by the far the most disjointed and boring Bond movie ever. What's disjointed about it is it's supposed to be Bond starting off to get his 00 license and yet they make mentions about 9/11. How is this a prequel to Dr. No when they mention 9/11? And they also make a reference about it being the end of The Cold War but again the 9/11 references and they use cell phones but it's supposedly the prequel of Dr. No. And they don't even have the female M when Bond starts off in the field. Also the movie drags on and on and it's one of the longest Bond movies ever along with On Her Majesty's Secret Service (another Bond dud). The guy who Bond (this time played by Daniel Craig) is going after is La Chiffe, a guy who is funding terrorism. La Chiffe is the least intimidating Bond villain. They should have instead wrote in him as a sidekick instead of a main villain. And they had no hot Bond girls this time around. Vesper didn't appeal to me at all. Seeing her made me long for the likes of Bond girls past such as Talisa Soto, Famke Jansen, Teri Hatcher, Sophie Marceau, and Halle Berry. I didn't care for Daniel Craig as Bond. He tried to come off as a no-nonsense Bond like Timothy Dalton but Craig was just boorish. I have seen nearly every Bond movie except for Sean Connery's last 2 and Roger Moore's first 5. I like the first 4 Connery movies, I didn't like OHMSS which tells my opinion of George Lazenby as Bond, and I couldn't take Moore seriously as Bond. I like both of Dalton's movies and I enjoyed all of Pierce Brosnan's Bond movies. With the clunkers made by Lazenby and Moore, at least Dalton and Brosnan made Bond movies that were worth watching. But with no more Pierce Brosnan and this joke of a Bond movie, The Bond franchise is officially dead in my mind. Here lies The Bond Franchise 1962 to 2006!
Not a huge fan of this Bond here's why - August 21, 2008
Bond was always a classy cat with a lot of interesting spy weapons and gadgets. This is more like another action film and this Bond is to rough. Not bad, but just another action movie.
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