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Meet the new Bond in Casino Royale
Movie Rating: 8.5 / 10
Agent 007 is back on the silver screen but this time, he’s played by Daniel Craig (previously seen in Munich and Layer Cake).
Casino Royale, which is produced by Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, marks the start of a new “look and feel” for the James Bond movies (21st movie in this 44 years old franchise).
If you liked Batman Begins, last year, you’ll probably like the way this new Bond movie is delivered. Right from the beginning of the movie, the action starts with exciting sequences that remind the viewer that this isn’t just going to be about casino players sitting around a table doing funny faces… this is a fast paced, yet deliciously sophisticated, movie once again plotting “good vs evil”.
Based on Ian Fleming’s novel of the same name, it was the first James Bond book and it published way back, in 1953. The story is meant to introduce James Bond before he holds his famous license to kill (the “double-zero” status). Of course, he gets his “00″s following two professional assassinations in line.
The first of Bond’s missions is carried out in Madagascar where he’s called upon to spy on a dangerous terrorist named Mollaka, played by Sebastien Foucan. Things get slippery and the newly promoted agent decides to investigate on his own term, over and above MI6′s assignement. He’s going the extra mile to find the rest of the terrorist cell which gives way to more action scenes.
From that point on, the movie quickly slides from one exotic location to the next, including the sunny Bahamas where Bond learns about a dangerous link between the terrorists and a banker to the world’s terrorist organizations.
This banker named Le Chiffre, played by Mads Mikkelsen, plans to raise money in a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro at Le Casino Royale. MI6 immediately assigns 007 to play against him, backed with taxpayer dollars, knowing that if Le Chiffre loses, it will destroy his organization.
The English secret agent then entertains strong feelings for MI6 assigned watch dog, Vesper Lynd, played by Eva Green, as they both brave danger together and even face torture at the sinister hands of Le Chiffre.
The Bond-style marathon game proceeds with surprising dirty tricks and violence, raising the stakes beyond blood money and reaching a terrifying climax.
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Bond is slick in this one and what adds to the truthfulness of the main character is that he comes so close to dying. He therefore appears to be more “human” and this helps connect, in a “moviegoing sense”, with “the new Bond”.