Bond’s first mission is to take on the villainous Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen), a terrorist banker who has placed $100 million of a Ugandan warlord's money on a high stakes poker game at the Casino Royale in Montenegro. No doubt they would have been delighted at the premise of taking a well known and adored character and breaking some of the traditional conventions that come with him, while also laying down the foundations which make James Bond the man he would eventually become.Ĭasino Royale begins with Bond (Daniel Craig) gaining 00 status after completing his first assigned kill in a gloriously shot black and white opening scene. The James Bond franchise gets a revamp with Casino Royale, a darker, much more violent Bond for a new generation, that is more than able to go blow by blow with the new crop of action thrillers.Ī very well written action film, writers Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and Paul Haggis have taken advantage of current world events and technologies.
