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List Price: $14.94 | | Label: Sony Pictures
Salesrank: 1318
Released: March 13, 2007 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Casino Royale introduces James Bond before he holds his license to kill. But Bond is no less dangerous, and with two professional assassinations in quick succession, he is elevated to "00" status. "M" (Judi Dench), head of the British Secret Service, sends the newly-promoted 007 on his first mission that takes him to Madagascar, the Bahamas and eventually leads him to Montenegro to face Le Chiffre, a ruthless financier under threat from his terrorist clientele, who is attempting to restore his funds in a high-stakes poker game at the Casino Royale. "M" places Bond under the watchful eye of the Treasury official Vesper Lynd. At first skeptical of what value Vesper can provide, Bond's interest in her deepens as they brave danger together. Le Chiffre's cunning and cruelty come to bear on them both in a way Bond could never imagine, and he learns his most important lesson: Trust no one.
Description of Casino Royale (2-Disc Widescreen Edition):
The most successful invigoration of a cinematic franchise since Batman Begins, Casino Royale offers a new Bond identity. Based on the Ian Fleming novel that introduced Agent 007 into a Cold War world, Casino Royale is the most brutal and viscerally exciting James Bond film since Sean Connery left Her Majesty's Secret Service. Meet the new Bond; not the same as the old Bond. Daniel Craig gives a galvanizing performance as the freshly minted double-0 agent. Suave, yes, but also a "blunt instrument," reckless, and possessed with an ego that compromises his judgment during his first mission to root out the mastermind behind an operation that funds international terrorists. In classic Bond film tradition, his global itinerary takes him to far-flung locales, including Uganda, Madagascar, the Bahamas (that's more like it), and Montenegro, where he is pitted against his nemesis in a poker game, with hundreds of millions in the pot. The stakes get even higher when Bond lets down his "armor" and falls in love with Vesper (Eva Green), the ravishing banker's representative fronting him the money.
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For longtime fans of the franchise, Casino Royale offers some retro kicks. Bond wins his iconic Astin-Martin at the gaming table, and when a bartender asks if he wants his martini "shaken or stirred," he disdainfully replies, "Do I look like I give a damn?" There's no Moneypenny or "Q," but Dame Judi Dench is back as the exasperated M, who one senses, admires Bond's "bloody cheek." A Bond film is only as good as its villain, and Mads Mikkelsen as Le Chiffre, who weeps blood, is a sinister dandy. From its punishing violence and virtuoso action sequences to its romance, Casino Royale is a Bond film that, in the words of one character, makes you feel it, particularly during an excruciating torture sequence. Double-0s, Bond observes early on, "have a short life expectancy." But with Craig, there is new life in the old franchise yet, as well as genuine anticipation for the next one when, at last, the signature James Bond theme kicks in following the best last line ever in any Bond film. To quote Goldie Hawn in Private Benjamin, now I know what I've been faking all these years. --Donald Liebenson
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Casino Royale (2-Disc Widescreen Edition) Reviews:
Beautiful movie 
2009-11-09 - I am reviewing the Blu Ray casino royale two disk collectors edition.
I have to say that this is one of the most beautiful movies I have seen on eith blu ray or hd-dvd. The picture pops visually especially on the crane sequence and the ending. The movie moves along at a very well done pace, you never feel bored of what's screen even though they are sitting down for most of the movie in the later half.
Action sequences are spaced out evenly and even when you might feel bored an action sequence brings you back into the movie, the characters are very well done and you got a sense of the betrayal bond felt close to the end of the movie.
Personally I cant say bad things about this movie, and this blu-ray should be bought extremelly fast. Amazon gives you a good movie at a bargain price and you can not go wrong with that, buy it and you will be pleased for 2 hrs.
Too much activity and no depth to movie 
2009-11-06 - I did not read the movie promo so paid for something I had not seen or would like
I do not like james bond movies
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Great Bond
2009-11-02 - Finally, a badass bond. No reliance on gadgetry or tricks. Just a cold, ruthless spy/assassin, willing to do whatever necessary to get the job done.
Beautiful transfer, this high def experience is something worth showing off.
Starts out a little slow but plot finaly builds to a good movie. 
2009-11-02 - It started out like the same old same old James Bond movies but after about an hour it began to develope into a descent movie.
I don't know what I was expecting from Bul-Ray but the quality didn't seem anymore impressive to me than a good HD movie on
TV. I'm fairly new to the Blu-Ray so that may not be a fair evaulation but, in any case it's mine, for what it worth.
Great reboot for James Bond
2009-10-26 - Nothing personal, though I didn't like Pierce Bronson, the four James Bond films with has James Bond 007 are as bland as the Timothy Dalton and Roger Moore films. All three of these previous James Bond actors had films that never really amounted to much and sorry to say were always forgettable (with the exception of "The Spy Who Loved Me") Daniel Craig brings back the magic that Sean Connery originally sparked in these films and the choice of the studio to use the very first Ian Flemming book for Daniel Craig's debut greatly helps make you believe that he could have been James Bond before Sean Connery was (in move time line logic). Quantum of Solace is a different story all together (kind of weak for a follow up). But in both Daniel Craig proves he deserves to be called Bond...James Bond (with a license to kill and thrill)
