Wednesday, August 27, 2008

CASINO ROYALE -- Martin Campbell, dir

©2006
studio: Sony Pictures
production company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Columbia Pictures, Eon Productions (as Albert R. Broccoli's Eon Productions Limited), Danjaq Babelsberg Film, Casino Royale Productions, Casino Royale, Stillking Films, United Artists
director: Martin Campbell
cast: Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Mads Mikkelsen, Judi Dench, Jeffrey Wright
screenplay: Neal Purvis & Robert Wade

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.

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I'm not sure how I take to Craig as Bond. He's tough, and no-nonsense, but is that Bond?

Lots of action and lots of hints at character development, but little actual character. This gets a so-so rating for James Bond films in my book.

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