| Casino Royale [UMD for PSP] | ![Casino Royale [UMD for PSP]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41pUtymAzfL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Actors: Urbano Barberini, Crispin Bonham Carter, Tom Chadbon, John Chancer, Jesper Christensen
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (6 reviews)
Sales Rank: 9604
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Korean (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: UMD for PSP
Running Time: 144 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 043396148628
UPC: 043396148628
EAN: 0043396148628
ASIN: B000MNP2KS
Release Date: March 13, 2007
Theatrical Release Date: 2006
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Product Description
Casino Royale introduces James Bond before he holds his license to kill. But Bond is no less dangerous, and with two professional assassinations in quick succession, he is elevated to "00" status. "M" (Judi Dench), head of the British Secret Service, sends the newly-promoted 007 on his first mission that takes him to Madagascar, the Bahamas and eventually leads him to Montenegro to face Le Chiffre, a ruthless financier under threat from his terrorist clientele, who is attempting to restore his funds in a high-stakes poker game at the Casino Royale. "M" places Bond under the watchful eye of the Treasury official Vesper Lynd. At first skeptical of what value Vesper can provide, Bond's interest in her deepens as they brave danger together. Le Chiffre's cunning and cruelty come to bear on them both in a way Bond could never imagine, and he learns his most important lesson: Trust no one.
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The most successful invigoration of a cinematic franchise since Batman Begins, Casino Royale offers a new Bond identity. Based on the Ian Fleming novel that introduced Agent 007 into a Cold War world, Casino Royale is the most brutal and viscerally exciting James Bond film since Sean Connery left Her Majesty's Secret Service. Meet the new Bond; not the same as the old Bond. Daniel Craig gives a galvanizing performance as the freshly minted double-0 agent. Suave, yes, but also a "blunt instrument," reckless, and possessed with an ego that compromises his judgment during his first mission to root out the mastermind behind an operation that funds international terrorists. In classic Bond film tradition, his global itinerary takes him to far-flung locales, including Uganda, Madagascar, the Bahamas (that's more like it), and Montenegro, where he is pitted against his nemesis in a poker game, with hundreds of millions in the pot. The stakes get even higher when Bond lets down his "armor" and falls in love with Vesper (Eva Green), the ravishing banker's representative fronting him the money.  |
For longtime fans of the franchise, Casino Royale offers some retro kicks. Bond wins his iconic Astin-Martin at the gaming table, and when a bartender asks if he wants his martini "shaken or stirred," he disdainfully replies, "Do I look like I give a damn?" There's no Moneypenny or "Q," but Dame Judi Dench is back as the exasperated M, who one senses, admires Bond's "bloody cheek." A Bond film is only as good as its villain, and Mads Mikkelsen as Le Chiffre, who weeps blood, is a sinister dandy. From its punishing violence and virtuoso action sequences to its romance, Casino Royale is a Bond film that, in the words of one character, makes you feel it, particularly during an excruciating torture sequence. Double-0s, Bond observes early on, "have a short life expectancy." But with Craig, there is new life in the old franchise yet, as well as genuine anticipation for the next one when, at last, the signature James Bond theme kicks in following the best last line ever in any Bond film. To quote Goldie Hawn in Private Benjamin, now I know what I've been faking all these years. --Donald Liebenson
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Got a PSP? If so BUY IT! January 7, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
OK. If you haven't yet seen the movie you can take a look at the other reviews and let them ruin the story line for you... or you can take my word for it... bottom line, its exceptional! Its great to watch as a umd movie with the usual high quality that the psp offers. Why are you wasting you're time reading the rest of my comment? Action Lover + PSP Owner = Buy It!
Love this movie.... May 14, 2007
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a great film!! I love James Bond films but they were losing their edge. Well, Daniel Craig is the sharpest Bond since Sean Connery. He is sexy, sexy, sexy!!!! I loved this film so much I ordered the DVD and the PSP copies. Get for your own collection.
Daniel Craig IS James Bond February 5, 2007
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
Daniel Craig is James Bond in CASINO ROYALE. It may be hard to say for sure but this film looks like it is the closest to the literary James Bond that Ian Fleming created. I would also say that it is the closest adaptation of one of the Fleming Bond novels into a film along with ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE and FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE. Daniel Craig's James Bond is like a diamond in the rough. He has both the brains and brawn and we are not quite sure just how well versed he is in the finer aspects of the social graces. He seems to dismiss these petty frivolities in exchange for a more direct approach to getting his job done.
No doubt he will be compared to Sean Connery who seemed to possess all the tools and to Pierce Brosnan who was probably a close second to Connery, at least in the public's eye and is also Craig's immediate predecessor. Geoerge Lazenby in actuality was probably the best successor to Connery, but his public exposure leaves him virtually forgotten. Craig also seems to accomplish the feat of making Bond a flesh and blood hero and man, which was something Timothy Dalton tried to realize in his two Bond films. Physically Craig looks the part whether wearing a tuxedo or a polo shirt and kaki slacks but I think some of this can be attributed to his assuredness he seems to exude as Bond in compliment to his well toned physique. Perhaps that was George Lazenby's strong point being the singular Bond who could have continued being Bond.
Daniel Craig will certainly go on being Bond if the stars truly foretell. This film stands on its own and also stands apart from the 20 films that preceded it. Composer David Arnold makes a great statement on this point with his score by barely making any references to the James Bond Theme until a full brown rendition in the closing scene.
Continuity as well as the cinematic Bond formula is out as well. Even the villain is not an all powerful mega maniacal force. Mads Mikkelsen as Le Chiffre is evil to be sure but he is a bit of an enigma being essentially a weak man who rules his immediate world strengthened by that weakness. Eva Green as Vesper Lynd is both Bond's business at hand ally as well as a love interest. Yet she too has some flaws in her veneer making the principal characters true to life and true to the way Ian Fleming molded his literary characters. The film's plot is thoroughly engrossing being intelligently scripted yet mesmerizing and thoroughly entertaining as well. This is one of the best if not the best James Bond film.
best james bond yet February 3, 2007
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
daniel craig becomes the new james bond in this high octane action movie with awesome stunts,action sequences,and the ending is awesome.
until i saw this movie sean connery was my favorite,but now my favorite is daniel craig.
run to your local video store and pick up this movie today,or better yet get it here.
this is one must-have movie.
daniel craig will return in "bond 22"
James Bond Is Back and He has a New Look February 2, 2007
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
Daniel Craig is James Bond in what may be the best Bond film of them all. Sean Connery and George Lazenby were excellent in their interpretations. This is a no-nonsense Bond in a no-nonsense film. This is the way I think Ian Fleming may have envisioned it. CASINO ROYALE is a whole new beginning. I really like this movie. Many of us waited for this one. We have not had a James Bond film of this stature since 1969. But in all sincerity, this is the way it should have been done back in 1962.
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