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Casino Royale

  • In theaters November 17th, 2006
  • Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violent action, a scene of torture, sexual content and nudity.
  • Runtime: 144 min
  • DenMark Phan - 3 out of 5

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Review by Phan. DenMark Phan

Main Photo Bond is still alive and kicking after all these years. And finally a bond that looks like he should be able to give a descent beating. The fans are always wary when a new Bond gets spit out of the 007 machine, but Daniel Craig gives it a good run. He is true to form as the international playboy but this Bond doesn’t play by the rules. He is more of a "do what I want" kind of guy. And when he needs to he will throw down a good old fashioned behind the woodshed, your mamma is going to feel it, beating. Unlike the cheesy Judo chops of his predecessors. No big car chases but there is an all out on foot chase scene that will make you say ‘no frigg’n way’!

Casino Royale, adapted from Ian Fleming’s Bond novel, takes us into the world of high stake Poker matches where a 10 million dollar buy-in makes the whales in Vegas look like guppies. Poker lovers will cringe watching the slow roll with a 14 million pot on the table. Of course with buy-ins of this caliber the funding is not the hard earned kind. Bond is put up against a blood tearing bad guy at the poker table who is trying to keep his own neck off the chopping block. Lets just say you don’t want to loose a guy’s 100 million if he likes to walk around with a machete and a bad attitude.

Pic 1 Where is Q? No cool Bond gadgets in this addition. Unless you think a defibulator is really sweet thing to carry around. This film really tries to explain the Bond character himself and how he is or why he is. The movie gives up the high tech toys and focuses more on the love connection between Bond and the leading lady Vesper Lynd (Eva Green), who is also not the typical butt whooping Bond girl. Vesper’s tough exterior shell is just a façade and the real girl inside just needs to be saved by a strong man that will set aside his male ego to whisper sweet nothings to her. I know; what is up with that? This part gets a little drawn out for a true Bond flick, but it all comes back together in the end.

I though the film was a little long for a guy movie but you ladies who are dragged along by your boyfriends to see Bond roll around in his fancy cars, kicking booty and playing with his big boy toys, do not fret. There is plenty of gratuitous Daniel Craig no shirt scenes. Oh, yeah and that mushy ‘I love you’ stuff. I give the film 3 out 5 bullet wounds.

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