a passable James Bond

Rating: 6/10 (10 January 2007)

Casino Royale is a good surprise for its having, in addition to spectacular action scenes, a solid plot. Craig has intensity and charisma not matching Sean Connery's standards and not even getting close to them but that are quite surprising. The story too, after the last James Bond touched terrible levels of stupidity and looked like a big ad, delivers what fans of this genre expect, twists, explosions, beautiful women and cars. Some sequences leave the viewer breathless, in spite of the obvious implausibility, plus the explosive finale leaves nothing really resolved; we'll see again Daniel Craing, in my opinion much more believable than Pierce Brosnan.