Review of Casino Royale (1954) by Erik M — 21 Dec 2014

After Die Another Day the James Bond franchise went full reboot. We then got Casino Royale, which was the first Bond movie I ever saw and to this day is still my favourite movie of the franchise. This film is phenomenal.

Daniel Craig is my absolute favourite Bond, he's dark, threatening and bloody brilliant. We also get the best Bond girl in Vesper Lynd, she's sexy, funny and very sympathetic. Eva Green was the perfect choice and my God does her last scene with Bond break my heart.

We also get some of the best action ever, gone is the over the top gadget laden action and here we have brutal and fantastic hand to hand combat scenes. Le Chiffre is also a brillaint villain he's both menacing and sophistacted.

Overall this is a fantastic Bond film and probably in my top 20 favourite movies of all time. A+.