Poker Face.

Rating: 4/10 (27 May 2007)

Two quick points to make here.
First, that opening chase. It's a staple of the series to begin the film with a speedy pursuit. Forget Bond films. This is one of the most exciting of its kind in any movie I have ever seen. The best exploitation of space. And the clever abandonment of gadgetry in favor of the human body only. (Is there a more clever gadget, anyways?)
Second. Poker has inherently cinematic possibilities that have never been mined in any film I have seen. The game is many things, but is primarily an acting competition. Who's the most convincing? So there's room for all sorts of experiment in acting, yet films I have seen featuring poker all seem to rely on the "poker face" instead. It's anti-acting instead of the potentially thrilling possibility of meta-acting. Bummer.
Not that Craig could have approached pulling it off, anyways.