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Casino Royale (Martin Campbell)
Martin Campbell (GoldenEye) directs this film adaptation (the 21st of the Bond franchise) of Ian Fleming's first novel. Daniel Craig debuts as the new Bond who takes on a corrupt financier (Mads Mikkelsen) in a showdown of Texas Hold 'Em. You'll learn Bond's back story as the action-packed film takes you to the Bahamas, Madagascar and other exotic locales. Eva Green stars as Vesper Lynd, and the sublime Judi Dench reprises her role as M.

I was really into this. Think of it as a "Bond: Origins" type story, (especially since it is based off the first novel...) The stunts and fight scenes were great, and the rest of the movie I was actually able to take seriously, unlike the other Bond films. Craig was perfect as Bond; unfortunately, I am afraid the next movie to be made may not be as good, being that it was his emotions and naivety that made this one so good. But I won't jump to conclusions, and hope for the best.

9/10

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