Possibly the best Bond ever

Rating: 10/10 (7 December 2006)

I enjoyed the Brosnan films, they were slick and fantastical but Casino Royale brings Bond back to earth with a bump, and what a bump! This is a thriller in the true sense of the word, violent and gritty, it zips along at a great pace, fantastic stuff.
The new Casino Royale also brings Bond right up-to-date, we've known and loved the character for years and now they have cleverly re-invented him for a new generation. The gadgets and corny one-liners are gone and we are left with something which is much more believable.
Crucially the film remains reasonably true to the book and it is a lot better for it, rather like On Her Majesty's Secret Service. It's difficult to make direct comparisons with previous Bonds as they are all products of their time but this is up there with the best of them.
It must be gratifying for Daniel Craig, after all the criticism he initially received, to realise that he and the rest of the team got it right.
This will be a hard act to follow, here's hoping for more of the same.