Bond is Back, but is he better?

Rating: 7/10 (23 March 2007)

In my opinion no, but than that is just my opinion, take no credit away, the acting in this is very good and highly entertaining but for me I still think that Peirs Brosan is the true Bond.
However, putting that aside this was a very good debut by the new Bond, Daniel Craig. Craig was very convincing as Bond but he looked to much of a cold blooded killer as Bond rather than the cool and sleek Bond of past. This however did give the film more edge, it gave it more realism than some of the other Bond titles. Another good thing about the film is that it shows Bond not as 'untochable' it shows him more as a true human, where he can bleed and feel emotion, which I personly like, because this time Bond doesn't burst into a room with hundreds of guards but he can kill them all and not get hit...a bit to unrealistic for me.
The film "Casino Royale" brings Bond back to his early days and his first missions with a "00" status, it starts off with it showing Bond getting his "00" status and one of his first missions, where he has to aphreand a informative and what he does is make a mess of it, and gets a shouting at by M (Judi Dench) and he is given one last chance.
This time he is given the job of trying to find out who is funding terrorism in a war torn part of the world. His main suspect is Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelson) a shady, and stereotypical, villain who is a very wealthy banker. After some trailing around the Caribbean the new Bond has to challenge Le Chiffre to a high stakes poker match in Montenegro at the Casino Royale. The match last a long time and if you're not a poker fan than this maybe both meaningless and boring for you to watch.
After initly losing his stake he gets a reprieve from a CIA agent who buys him back into the game, after then winning his money back and then winning his game, thus making Le Chiffre lose all his money (and a lot of standing with the terrorists who he gambles the money with with) he has to try and rescue his contact from there clutches after Bond is attacked and rob of all his money.
The end however is a bit boring and drawn out, it rumbles on a bit trying to find an ending but however this was an excellent film but its replay value isn't that great, but overall it is a very good film.