Daniel Craig Succeeds where Dalton Failed.

Rating: 9/10 (7 December 2006)

Daniel Craig is Bond, James Bond. OK this is Daniels first outing as Bond and he has given the role something completely different to what has gone before, Dalton tried this by added a darkness and edge, but in my opinion his films are not worth another watch.
1.The cheesy double double entendres have gone. 2.The Gadgets have been dispensed with, along with Q. 3.The Violence is realistic, Bond gets battered, bruised, blooded and tortured. 4.The Mega rich super villain has been dispensed with, we now have a regular guy who just tries to manipulate the stock market to allow him a multimillion by in to a high stakes poker game.
Taken from the mold of the Bourne Films, Casino Royale has a full on Hardcore action sequences, builds a back story as to how Bond gets his 00 status and why he treats women as disposable items.
Daniel Craig has Beefed up and smolders on screen, with just his look in certain scenes he doesn't have to say a word, his face tells the cinema goer what he thinks and feels.
The fight and action scenes are more realistic no longer does James Bond, emerge from a scrape freshly tailored without a hair out of place, just watch in awe when Bond steamroller's through a plaster board wall.
The only criticisms I have are
1.Heavy product placement 2.the film is 20 minutes too long.