Friday, 5 July 2013

Royale without cheese

Casino Royale (2006)

Directed by Martin Campbell this is the 21st film in the Bond franchise and stars Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Mads Mikkelsen and Judi Dench. Recently assigned double-0 status Bond hunts down a terrorist financier.

With the first outing for Craig as Bond the film series took a turn to the more series and darker side of the character that has not really been seen since Dalton and early Connery films. The script adds some character depth to the proceedings but does not really hit the heights of Skyfall (2012) or the Lazenby film. As with all Bond films there are some great locations and the early action sequence on a building site is the highlight in that respect, some of the poker scenes however live up to the tradition of Hollywood not really getting the game.


4/5

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