Casino Royale Reviews

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Es una película de espías entretenida con más de un giro de tuerca inesperado y con la elegancia que caracteriza a la saga James Bond.

"If you lose, our government will have directly financed terrorism..."

After the tragic debacle of Die Another Day, the James Bond franchise was in dire need of a reboot to bring the character back down to earth. Producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli also needed to do something fresh with the character, as the franchise's novelty had long worn off. The result is 2006's Casino Royale, which manages to do something new with Agent 007 by hitting the reset button and returning to Ian Flaming's original vision of Bond. It's therefore quite fitting that Casino Royale is an adaptation of Fleming's first Bond novel, making this the first 007 film in over a decade to be based on a pre-existing source. This is not the first time that Casino Royale has been adapted - it was previously made into a telemovie in the 1950s, and a 1967 spy genre satire with David Niven. This is, however, the first canonical adaptation of the story, and the first serious big screen treatment of the source. Casino Royale also diminishes proverbial Bond movie staples; it foregrounds drama and strong violence while keeping one-liners, sexual gags and gadgets to a minimum.

Not long after being promoted to 00 status, James Bond (Craig) lands in hot water with one of his MI6 commanders, M (Dench), due to his proclivity for killing suspects. For his next assignment, 007 is paired with alluring accountant Vesper Lynd (Green), who's hired to keep a sharp eye on the loose canon. Bond's mission is to thwart terrorist financier Le Chiffre (Mikkelsen), who seeks to win a high-stakes poker tournament at Casino Royale in order to aid international terrorist cells. Sent to the titular casino in Montenegro, Bond enters the poker tournament with Vesper acting as his aid. As Bond and Vesper sink deeper into the assignment, the pair begin to fall in love, which puts Bond's cold heart to the ultimate test.

The only real problem with Casino Royale is its lack of typical Bond elements. Unlike Licence to Kill and For Your Eyes Only, the filmmakers here got a little too down to earth for their own good, eliminating what makes Bond films so much fun. By taking away the stuff which distinguishes Bond from his imitators, Casino Royale just feels like any old modern actioner, indistinguishable from the Bourne movies or any other PG-13 action movie on the market. Furthermore, running at a sizeable 144 minutes, this is the longest Bond film to date, and it does feel like overkill. The story is decidedly skinny, and the poker tournament feels a bit too extended. The romance between Bond and Vesper particularly grinds the pace to a halt. Paul Haggis was recruited as a co-writer for the film, and his hand in the scripting yields mixed results. Dialogue is admittedly stronger here than in most Bond films, but some of the chatter sounds too self-consciously Oscar-esque, like allusions to Macbeth (of all things). Complexity is welcome, but this material is corny beyond all belief.

Martin Campbell helmed Pierce Brosnan's remarkable 007 debut, GoldenEye, making him a smart choice for Casino Royale. Campbell excels as an action director, and he truly knows how to mount an effective Bond-buster. His approach favours smooth, glorious wide shots, and his filmmaking seems to be allergic to shaky-cam and rapid-fire editing. Hence, it's possible to watch all of the fight choreography and easily discern what's happening. Moreover, Campbell can do action, suspense, torture and romance, all the while maintaining a crucial air of edginess. The stylish first scene of Casino Royale really sets the tone; it's a grainy, black-and-white introduction to the new James Bond, showing the agent getting his wings. Also notable is an early chase sequence that's especially remarkable for its use of real stunts, giving the set-piece true weight and excitement, and reflecting the film's harder, grittier tone. Fortunately, the quality of the action never flags. The centrepiece of Casino Royale is, logically, the poker game. To the credit of Campbell, he almost overcomes the ostensibly drab nature of playing cards, but not quite. As a result, the film often lags throughout the tournament.

It's a shame that Pierce Brosnan had to depart the role of James Bond, but he would not have been suitable for the new direction that Casino Royale takes. Daniel Craig, in spite of the huge controversy surrounding his hiring, is a solid 007 in the mould previously established by Timothy Dalton in the '80s. Craig is particularly notable for the way that he makes Bond seem vulnerable; he makes mistakes, he hurts when he bleeds, and it looks like his sweating is the result of genuine exertion rather than careful make-up application. Craig is a real man's man, too; a rugged, tough-as-nails action hero who looks to be in his element dispatching bad guys. As the requisite Bond girl, Eva Green is beautiful and convincing, while series veteran Judi Dench continues to impress in her fifth appearance as M. Unfortunately, Mads Mikkelsen is a weak villain, forgettable and non-threatening. The intention, clearly, was to create a more "realistic" bad guy, but here's the thing: realism to this extent is boring.

Many probably assumed that the Bond franchise would silently fizzle out after Die Another Day, as it seemed that the franchise had run its course after 40 years. Fortunately, Casino Royale gives the long-running series a new lease on life, ensuring that Bond can still go on for many more years to come. However, while a step in the right direction, Casino Royale never quite reaches the greatness that it had the potential for, as it feels a bit vanilla without the proverbial Bond film characteristics.

7.8/10

I loved the Sean Connery movies and since then the Bond films have seemed to have deteriorate. This film is definite proof that the Bond series is not lost. A different type of Bond, played by Daniel Craig, was what the franchise needed and the storyline was intriguing throughout the film. Even the one-liners and old Bond jokes which made the original films to entertaining and memorable are present in this film, much to my delight. You can't miss this film if you're a James Bond fan, and even if you're not, you'll still love it anyway.

When it came out, the critics were super enthusiast and it was a huge commercial success. And indeed, there were some great action scenes and Daniel Craig did a very good job as James Bond. But I wasn't convinced by the story at all. Who's actually the bad guy ?!?! I thought the whole thing was rather confusing and I wish they spent more time on the poker table but well... Indeed, is there anything more awesome than James Bond playing a game of poker? Still, even if this scene looked and sounded awesome, it was actually rather underwhelming (when you think about it, in fact, it was highly pedestrian and predictable, he plays hard, looses everything, come back in the game and win the whole thing. How surprising… ) . I mean, to be honest, story-wise, it was actually better than most of the other James Bond flicks and there was greatness all over it but they should have simplified the story, for example, by making Le Chiffre the real bad guy and/or by making Vesper Lynd a more straightforward character for example. To conclude, in spite of these flaws, it is still remain a pretty good and entertaining action movie but it is not a great flick and it must be one of the most overrated movies ever made.

I knew I was going to really like Casino Royale but I had no idea I was going to love it that much. To me, Casino Royale is the best Bond film of all time and I have many reasons for this. It is the most intense one with the best action, it has the best storyline, it has a deeply effective twist which is very rare of a Bond film and also it has that feeling to it that makes us feel that Bond is back after the Die Another Day disappointment but all that dashed all over again when Quantum Of Solace was released. Casino Royale is a very cool James Bond that I loved from start to finish. The best scene is definitely the poker game scene because it was so tense and despite that neither man could touch each other you were really keen to know who was going to be the victorious one between the two. This is also the most violent Bond so far as well. Some Bond films have complex storylines and this is one of them. I understood how the film was structured and who the characters really are. Casino Royale might seem a remake to the previous James Bond 1967 film Casino Royale for two reasons. One: because the 1967 adaptation isn't an official James Bond film. Two: the stories are different.


I really underestimated Daniel Craig as James Bond as probably everybody did before I saw Casino Royale but when I did see it, I wasn't disappointed at all and it turned out to be a performance that is just memorable. He was my favourite Bond until I saw the sequel Quantum Of Solace. Daniel Craig is what some people like to call him James 'Blond' because he is the first and only blonde haired man to portray James Bond. What I loved about James Bond in Casino Royale was that not only did we see the usual typical deadly and cold side to his heroic character but we also saw the vulnerable and sensitive side of things within Bond's personality especially when it comes to women. I do not understand why some people don't like Daniel Craig in this one. He was bloody amazing!! His James Bond is a new Bond regarding looks but personality is exactly the same. Despite of how good Daniel Craig is as James Bond, I do still think the James Bond role should have gone to Clive Owen instead. I think it would have been him if not Craig. Daniel Craig was a good actor before Casino Royale but wasn't as popular before as he is now. None of the 6 actors who have portrayed James Bond have made Bond his own character because they have all given different kinds of Bonds in different varieties of ways. There is one thing that all 6 actors have in common playing James Bond and that is that they all are really charming with women no matter what they look like and also they are really deadly when it comes to action scenes to rescue someone, blow something up, kill anyone etc. I underestimated Eva Green as well as Vesper Lynd. She did actually surprise me with her performance. She is in my opinion one of the ultimate Bond girls. Best Bond girl for me is Elektra King in The World Is Not Enough even though she is actually a villain. Green's role in Casino Royale was almost like a breakthrough performance for her. She did appear in Ridley Scott's Kingdom Of Heaven previously but that wasn't exactly a major role for her. She isn't a bloody amazing actress but she was amazing enough to portray Vesper and I think she is the only actress who would have been good enough or young enough to do so. Vesper is a young woman who is sent by the Treasury to help James Bond beat Le Chiffre in the poker game at Casino Royale. As she gradually gets to know Bond and gets closer to him, they fall in love. That is unlike Bond to do so but it does happen and it does have severe and dramatic consequences in which you would have to see for yourself. Judi Dench pleases me as always as M. M was portrayed by a man when Roger Moore, Sean Connery and George Lazenby were James Bond. I think that Dench is the only person who can portray M. M is strict, rude, determined and can be very serious in a lot of ways but always in her own way. I liked Dench's on-screen partnership with Daniel Craig more than Pierce Brosnan because I could see the frustration and the slight hate in both Craig and Dench's eyes when they are in scenes together. Mads Mikkelsen was good as Le Chiffre. He was a very scary character to watch and I can imagine that the actual actor might be a rather strange actor to meet as well. There was one light flaw about his performance and that was the complete seriousness and determination to win the poker game against Bond. I couldn't really see how serious he was being. It slightly made it feel like he is playing a poker game with fake money and with cheap poker chips but the tension between him and Bond added the spice to his character in another way.


Martin Campbell returns as director of Casino Royale like he did of previous Bond film and first Pierce Brosnan Bond film GoldenEye. Campbell has made Craig's Casino Royale like Brosnan's GoldenEye. Martin Campbell has made Casino Royale the most intense and most action packed Bond film so far. The story is really interesting. Yes, it is rather complex at times but you can't help but get totally gripped by it. What I was gripped with the most about the storyline of this film was like the way the world is today especially when it comes to terrorism. Like in the poker game, if Bond doesn't win the poker game, Le Chiffre will be paying more criminals to perform more terrorist attacks.


This film is a lot better than its sequel Quantum Of Solace which was the biggest disappointment of 2008. I just refer Casino Royale on its own now without Quantum Of Solace involved at all. Casino Royale always has been since it was released Daniel Craig's best acting performance and now it might always be in my case. Eva Green's performance as Vesper Lynd is one of the biggest breakthrough performances of all time without a doubt. Casino Royale is the best James Bond film ever! It is the Goldfinger of this generation and of this century (hopefully). Casino Royale is the action film of 2006 and one of the best of that genre let alone one of the best of 2006. I am now going to pretend like Quantum Of Solace never existed. Casino Royale is to me one of the rare action thriller films that has a long duration and has a lot of deep feelings to it as well as a twist which unfortunately leads to the sequel and in a bad way.

''The name's Bond. James Bond.''

In his first mission, James Bond must stop Le Chiffre, a banker to the world's terrorist organizations, from winning a high-stakes poker tournament at Casino Royale in Montenegro.

Daniel Craig: James Bond

''I'm sorry. That last hand... nearly killed me.''

The character of Bond presented in Casino Royale may disappoint followers of the original films, but the news is, this is Fleming's Bond.
An orphan, uncertain of his own identity, a disillusioned romantic trying hard to pretend he's incapable of emotions, a middle class, middle-brow, middle-level management type who just happens to kill people for a living. But he does it extremely well.

The other problem some general viewers may have is the level of violence in the film; having determined to film the novel realistically, director Martin Campbell has decided to ditch the 'B-movie' violence of most of the earlier films, and present us the violence with a hard British neo-noir spark to it. Given the romantic plot twist toward the end, this would be a perfect date movie also. Except that the violence left some of the female viewers in the Cinema I attended clearly scared. That's not necessarily a bad thing, it just is part of the roller-coaster of the film's antics.

''Arrogance and self-awareness seldom go hand in hand.''

Cambell's direction is very good, the writing is crisp and clinical, production values are an all time high; the photography is beyond excellence. Some of the stunt work is truly remarkable and jaw dropping. The acting is rock-solid and believable for these characters. There is plenty of muscle for the action-film fan, and some real brains for the more intellectual viewer to ponder in the ensuing plot contrivances.

Casino Royale is best viewed with minimal reliance on knowledge of the previous installments. In fact, it functions perfectly well as a one-off, a film without a series.
It's The Bourne of Bond pretty much and it takes ideas from that series and uses them for it's own inspirational means.

''Why is it that people who can't take advice always insist on giving it?''

The real ace here is Craig. He doesn't have Connery's raw star quality, but he's easily the best actor to have played the part for ages.
I don't know if the film was shot in sequence but for the only time since Majesty's Secret Service you get a sense of Bond evolving throughout the film as his cockiness becomes confidence and his brutality becomes cold icy efficiency. He starts off unlikeable but human and gradually picks up the Bond traits we know and love, until he becomes more likable but just a little less human. It's an interesting journey and Craig is up to the task in hand. It's not just his delivery, it's also his body language and dedication to the mission. Even his fighting style changes as he adapts.

''I'm sorry I'm not sorry.''

Physically he's the most in your face Bond since Lazenby and the action scenes look brutal and effective with a gritty realism long forgotten or unseen. Even the not very likely free running chase is spectacular but believable because you get the idea that this really is kill or be killed antics. It's got a real feel of danger to it that hasn't been seen in the series in years. Only the torture scene feels like it's holding back but that's probably fear of the censors.

You'll come out of this one not just thinking that Daniel Craig IS James Bond, that no-one has ever played him before. Let's all hope they don't lose their nerve with Bond 22 and bring back the sci-fi crap and unrealistic gadgetry, because this could be a real new habit to emphasis...Roll on Quantum Of Solace!

''I have no armour left. You've stripped it from me. Whatever is left of me - whatever is left of me - whatever I am - I'm yours.''

I was never too big on the James Bond series, and I didn't think that Daniel Craig had the right look for to be an Agent 007. Therefore, I ended up avoided this film when it was theatres. However, after I watched it on DVD, it became one of those films that I wished I had caught whilst still in the theatres.
Suddenly, Mr. Bond felt like a new character ( which is no surprise, considering that this story focus on the secret agent at the beginning of his career) & absent were the schtick of the goofy sex-pot sidekicks & the cartoonish weaponry & the over the top comicbook-like villains bent on world domination. All that was left was the energetic action sequences ( still-high powered, yet still in the realm of logistical suspended belief that one walks into for a film such as this), international spy intrigue, antagonists of a more believable & sophisticated level & even an intricate romance sub-plot that reveals the mechanics of the mindset required to achieve the level of double-o seven.
IMO, this is the James Bond movie for non-James Bond enthusiasts without sacrificing the heart & soul of loyal fans.

A reallly good movie...i really enjoyed it.
Daniel Craig was a good james bond, well, kind of average, because i still have my favourite.

There were some really good action scenes in this, but some quite unbelievable.. but I guess thats James Bond, eh?

There were actually some really funny lines in it, i was in a cinema full of people and every 5 mins or so they all laughed.

He is a different "bond" character, which was...in some parts good... but some parts bad..
James Bond fans definetly see this!

Over the years, Bond films have become more and more focused not on the eponymous character himself, but rather on the Bond girls, the Bond cars, the gadgets and the over-the-top villains. So it's something of a surprise that with almost all of this paired down to its bare bones, Bond still doesn't take the limelight in this installment.

That honour goes to the man behind Bond: Craig, Daniel Craig. In the months leading up to the film's release, he's been thoroughly scrutinized, and everything from his hair and eye colour to his (apparent lack of) car driving skills have been criticized. And as this installment was very-much a character driven Bond movie, fleshing out Bond perhaps more than the previous 20 combined, many didn't believe Craig could pull it off.

But pull it off he did. Craig is not your typical suave, slick, one-liner spewing dark-suited hero - nor is he meant to be. This is something of a Bond Begins, as we follow a muscle-headed Bond being given 00-status, and face a series of character building exercises that eventually turn him into a character closer to the one we know and love.

I say a 'series of character building exercises', I mean: fights on top of moving cranes, high speed chases through airports, high-stakes poker games, torture scenes, brutal fights in public toilets and so on. For all its posturing as a more understated Bond film, there is still plenty of overblown action sequences to munch your popcorn to - they just dont feature INVISIBLE CARS this time round.

It's not all plain sailing though. The film struggles to maintain tension after the somewhat anti-climactic card-game on which the film is centered around, and there are shades of Attack of the Clones about some of the love scenes.

However, that's all very much excusable, in the face of otherwise stellar action sequences, and an excellent start from Daniel Craig. It may not be the best Bond film ever, but it's certainly the best blockbuster of the year.