Casino Royale

Starring: Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Jeffrey Wright, et al.

James Bond's first 007 mission takes him to Madagascar, where he is to spy on a terrorist Mollaka. Not everything goes as planned and Bond decides to investigate, independently of the MI6 agency, in order to track down the rest of the terrorist cell. Following a lead to the Bahamas, he encounters Dimitrios and his girlfriend, Solange. He learns that Dimitrios is involved with Le Chiffre, banker to the world's terrorist organizations. Secret Service intelligence reveals that Le Chiffre is planning to raise money in a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro at Le Casino Royale. MI6 assigns 007 to play against him, knowing that if Le Chiffre loses, it will destroy his organization. 'M' places Bond under the watchful eye of the beguiling Vesper Lynd. At first skeptical of what value Vesper can provide, Bond's interest in her deepens as they brave danger together--and even torture at the hands of Le Chiffre. In Montenegro, Bond allies himself with Matthis, MI6's local field agent, and Felix Leiter, who is representing the interests of the CIA. The marathon game proceeds with dirty tricks and violence, raising the stakes beyond blood money and reaching a terrifying climax.

• Format: Blu-ray
• UPC: 043396364318
• Release Date: January 1
• Rating: PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
• Publisher: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
• Director: Martin Campbell
• Starring: Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Jeffrey Wright, Mads Mikkelsen, Giancarlo Giannini, Caterina Murino, Simon Abkarian, Tobias Menzies, Ivana Milicevic, Clemens Schik
• Runtime: 2 hours, 24 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: subtitled
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.

Customer Reviews

As good as any 007 and maybe better than some.

This story starts at the beginning. Yep, we see how James Bond (Daniel Craig) got his double-Os. Then he seems to have gone off to the deep end. Throughout the movie, we wonder just how rogue you can be and still to the point of being loyal to the government. There are standard twists and turns. We can never be sure who should wear white-hats, if anybody. Interestingly, Dame Judi Dench plays “M,” the head of the department MI6. They picked a lot of strange places for the film: Villa La Gaeta, Lake Como, Lombardia, Italy (Villa of Mr. White) Loket Castle, Loket, Czech Republic (Montenegro Town Square - Hilltop Restaurant) Former Kaiserbad Spa, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic (exterior: Casino Royale, Montenegro) Albany House, New Providence Island, Bahamas (James Bond's return trip to the Bahamas - Beach Villa of Solange and Dimitrios) I could go into details, but it is more fun to watch the story unfold. Of course, you know better, so go ahead and kibitz.