The reboot bond needed

Rating: 9/10 (23 October 2015)

I am lucky enough to get the chance to see spectre when it comes out in the UK next week so in preparation i thought I would review Daniel Craig's first film as bond Casino royale. The premise of the film sees bond on his first mission as 007 sees him have to enter a high stakes poker game to take down a financier of terrorism. Now many people were skeptical when Daniel Craig was cast as James bond but I think he is a fantastic bond. He provides the gruff and grit needed for the character but you can also tell that underneath there is a damaged guy who has a lot of complexity to him. He also does have a bit of charm and charisma to him when needed and I thought they used it very well. Eva green plays his associate vesper and I really liked her in this film. She was more then your average bond girl, she was complex and actually had a bit of dry wit to her. I really liked the chemistry of her and craig and thought it worked really well in the movie. Maddss mikkellson plays the villain le chifre and this is a great villain. He seemed to really enjoy the role and the character definitely had more layers to him then I expected. Judi dench is back as m and she was great in this film too. I really liked the mother son relationship between her and bond and again it was used very well in this movie. The story of this film is very interesting to me. I find the last hour to be the most entertaining because I thought the tournament was incredibly tense and I loved the character development that all the main players got. The script has some great dramatic moments but also allot of good banter and some funny exchanges between characters in the film. The style of the action scenes was phenomenal and absolutely what this film needed. If was bloody and brutal and I enjoyed every action scene in this film. However, my one negative for this film is that the first hour of the film has a few pacing issues and it feels a bit uneven at times. This film is the batman begins for bond movies and if your a bond fan or just a fan of great action movies then this is a must see.