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A rookie 007 must defeat a private banker funding terrorists in a high-stakes poker game.
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After earning 00 status and a licence to kill, Secret Agent James Bond sets out on his first mission as 007. Bond must defeat a private banker funding terrorists in a high-stakes game of poker at Casino Royale, Montenegro.
"After finally obtaining the rights to adapt the first James Bond book written by Ian Fleming and with the retirement of Pierce Brosnan from the character, Eon Productions decided to promote a reboot of the franchise. So here we have a rookie 007 (now played by Daniel Craig) on what is one of his first missions, which involves beating the villain Le Chiffre (the always great Mads Mikkelsen) in a Texas hold'em tournament at the casino of the title. As is the mark of producer Barbara Broccoli's phase in the franchise, we have new additions to Bond, now with more layers, becoming a character who falls in love more easily, gets frustrated and suffers. The feature film also seeks a more naturalistic and feasible approach for the viewer. The result is a great movie, perhaps one of the best of the spy, which definitely manages to put James Bond into 21st century cinema. Highlight for the tension in the card game scenes and for Eva Green ('Sin City: A Dame to Kill For'), who plays Vesper Lynd - one of the most interesting and complex Bond girls in history."