Casino Royale

"Everyone has a past. Every legend has a beginning."

Nov 17 2006 PG-13 2h 24m
Action, Adventure, Thriller

Le Chiffre, a banker to the world's terrorists, is scheduled to participate in a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro, where he intends to use his winnings to establish his financial grip on the terrorist market. M sends Bond—on his maiden mission as a 00 Agent—to attend this game and prevent Le Chiffre from winning. With the help of Vesper Lynd and Felix Leiter, Bond enters the most important poker game in his already dangerous career.

Plot

James Bond (Daniel Craig) goes on his first mission as a 00. Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen) is a banker to the world's terrorists. He is participating in a poker game at Montenegro, where he must win back his money, in order to stay safe amongst the terrorist market. The boss of MI6, known simply as "M" (Dame Judi Dench) sends Bond, along with Vesper Lynd Eva Green) to attend this game and prevent Le Chiffre from winning. Bond, using help from Felix Leiter (Jeffrey Wright), Rene Mathis (Giancarlo Giannini), and having Vesper pose as his partner, enters the most important poker game in his already dangerous career. But if Bond defeats Le Chiffre, will he and Vesper Lynd remain safe?

Written by

Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, Paul Haggis

Directed by

Martin Campbell

Production Countries

Czech Republic, Germany, United Kingdom, United States of America, Bahamas

Production Companies

Stillking Films, Columbia Pictures, Studio Babelsberg, Danjaq, Casino Royale Productions, Government of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Eon Productions

Languages

Français, English

Awards

Won 1 BAFTA Award28 wins & 44 nominations total

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Average Rating
8 out of 10
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