2006
·144m
Casino Royale
Summary
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.
Director
Martin Campbell
Novel
Ian Fleming
Screenplay
Paul Haggis
Screenplay
Neal Purvis
Screenplay
Robert Wade
Reviews
Potential Kermode
March 27, 2017
**2006 - the year they turned Bond into a common soccer hooligan.**
In 2006, the film makers - no longer under the watchful eye of the late Cubby Broccoli decided to run away from making James Bond movies. They also cast a short blonde man as 007. They screwed with the gun barrel and the tone of the once lively, over the top and amusing series was now one of tedium.
It's all over for Bond films now unless they decide to make real Bond films again and not this monotonous and bland rubbish.
It's shame that Cubby was not still around to keep Eon Productions in line and stop them ruining 40 years of hard work.
- Potential Kermode
