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Synopses for Casino Royale (2006)
1.
CASINO ROYALE traces the early career of James Bond. His first “007” mission leads him to Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen), banker to the world’s terrorists. In order to stop him and bring down the terrorist network, Bond must beat Le Chiffre in a high-stakes poker game at Casino Royale. Bond is initially annoyed when a beautiful Treasury official, Vesper Lynd (Eva Green), is assigned to deliver his stake for the game and watch over the government's money. But as Bond and Vesper survive a series of lethal attacks by Le Chiffre and his henchmen, a mutual attraction develops, leading them both into further danger and events that will shape Bond’s life forever.
(137 votes)
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James Bond is a new recruit at the MI6 team. He's reckless and careless and on a mission. After just earning his 00 status with his first 2 kills he is sent to the Bahamas where he is to verse Le Chiffre in a game of Texas Hold 'Em Poker. Although Bond must ensure that Le Chiffre's death comes at the hands of his own people.
(132 votes)
3.
After a great deal of discussion--on the part of fans and producers alike--over Daniel Craig’s (THE MOTHER, MUNICH) suitability for the role of James Bond, he more than proves himself in this explosive revamping of the franchise. Under the direction of Martin Campbell (THE MASK OF ZORRO) and with Paul Haggis (CRASH) helping with the re-writes, this addition to the Bond canon manages to hold true to the essence of the stories--the villainous villains, the fabulous sets, the beautiful women, the fast-paced action--while updating the formula with subtlety and humanity.
Trading in the Cold War era for a new, post-9-11 landscape, the tale unfolds in locations that span the globe, including the Bahamas, Venice, and the Czech Republic. It opens in Madagascar, where Bond pursues a guerilla bomb-maker in one of the most breathtaking chase scenes ever--and it all takes place on foot. Botching that assignment, Bond goes to Montenegro to square off against terrorist baddie Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelson), an international loan shark who gambles with the money of his equally dangerous clients. Beautiful British Treasury representative Vesper Lynd (Eva Green, THE DREAMERS) supplies Bond’s own funds, appearing on his arm in Montenegro, while M (Dame Judi Dench, PRIDE AND PREJUDICE) keeps a close watch on the action from headquarters. The extravagant poker game forms the center of the action, with Jeffrey Wright (SYRIANA, THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE) putting in an intense appearance at the table; interrupting the game are assassination attempts, poisoning, and other dramatic events that keep the adrenaline pumping. The flirtation that unfolds between Bond and Vesper Lynd is only in keeping with the spy’s M.O. as a ladies’ man. What differs here, however, is what sets this Bond apart from the rest: the romance is taken seriously, and it exposes a vulnerability in Bond that he’s never shown before. This, however, only makes him the tougher, as Craig's Bond is darker, less campy, more brooding and mysterious, than his past incarnations ever were.
(121 votes)
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Bond has turned - which means in order to save England from Nuclear & Biological Destruction - Bond must turn (In order to look like a trader - and become a mole within a secret international intelligence agency that is comprised of former CIA, KGB, Mossad, MI-5 & MI-6 Agents - including Middle-Eastern Agents - that is bent on destroying all of England with a Nuclear Bomb, and a Deadly Biological Virus that could wipe out the entire population of England as well as Scotland).
James Bond must look like he has become a trader to the Intelligence Community of MI-6, in order to infiltrate this secretive International Intelligence Agency of Rogue Agents from every Intelligence Source on Earth. Bond must do this in order to destroy this plot from the inside out!
M (Judi Dench) along with the entire upper power of MI-6 are Assassinated
at a Intelligence Conference in Washington D.C. along with many CIA Officials (Including the DOI) - and from this incident - the focus is turned to the assassination - while the secret intelligence agency of rogue evil agents is plotting to destroy all of England behind the scenes.
The reason?
To cause Nuclear Destruction between the two long time allies (The U.S. & England).
M (Judi Dench is killed off) - and a new M - and a new Bond (Clive Owen)
is introduced as the beginning of the James Bond Series that will go for the next 10 years!
(132 votes)
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Ian Fleming's novel was originally brought to the screen in a lighthearted 1967 spoof of the James Bond legend. Here, newcomer Daniel Craig (MUNICH) stars as Bond in a serious adaptation, directed by Martin Campbell (GOLDENEYE).
(107 votes)
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