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Sebastien Foucan,
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: Sony Pictures
: Suspense/Thriller, Political Thriller, Espionage, James Bond, Crime
: English, Spanish, French
: English, Spanish, French
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Actor Daniel Craig assumes the role formerly occupied by such screen greats as Sean Connery, Roger Moore, and Timothy Dalton to set out on the character's very first 007 mission. James Bond has earned his "00" status by masterfully executing a pair of death-defying professional assassinations. Now assigned the task of traveling to Madagascar to spy on notorious terrorist Mollaka (Sebastien Foucan) for his maiden voyage as a 007 agent, Bond boldly goes against MI6 policy to launch an independent investigation that finds him traversing the Bahamas in search of Mollaka's notoriously elusive terror cell. Subsequently led into the company of the mysterious Dimitrios (Simon Abkarian) and his exotic girlfriend, Solange (Caterina Murino), Bond soon realizes that he is closer than ever to locating well-guarded terrorist financier Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen), the man who has personally bankrolled some of the most prevalent terrorist organizations on the planet. When Bond learns that Le Chiffre is planning to partake in an upcoming high-stakes poker game to be played at Montenegro's Le Casino Royale and use the winnings to establish his financial grip on the globe, M (Judi Dench) assigns beguiling agent Vesper (Eva Green) the task of watching over the fledgling agent as he plays against Le Chiffre in a covert attempt to destroy the nefarious gambler's well-established monetary stronghold in the underworld once and for all. Bond will need more than his legendary gambling skills in order to win this dangerous game, though, and after allying himself with local MI6 field agent Mathis (Giancarlo Giannini) and CIA operative Felix Leiter (Jeffrey Wright), the endlessly suave super-spy puts on his poker face for a high-stakes game of cards in which the stakes are not measured in dollars, but human lives. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
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by mickeyd
March 1, 2008 - 4:03 PM PST
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1 out of 3 members found this review helpful
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| The best of the last 3 or 4 Bond films. Daniel Craig does an excellent job filling Bond's shoes. I hope he ends up playing the role of James Bond for a while. Pierce Brosnan was great as James Bond, but the storylines were lacking during his tenure. A great storyline loosely based on the original novel. I'm sure a lot of hardcore fans will nit-pick on some of the details. Such as: if this is the first Bond adventure, why is the most recent M (Judi Dench)in charge? Remember that the original M at the beginning of James Bond's career was a man. Overall a great Bond and/or action film from start to finish. |
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