Casino Royale (2-Disc Full Screen Edition)
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Actor: Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Jeffrey Wright, Judi Dench, Mads MikkelsenDirector: Martin Campbell
Brand: Sony
Producer: Andrew Noakes
Producer: Anthony Waye
Producer: Barbara Broccoli
Writer: Ian Fleming
Writer: Neal Purvis
Writer: Paul Haggis
Writer: Robert Wade
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Dubbed), Unknown; Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 144 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-03-13
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Product features:
- Condition: New
- Format: DVD
- AC-3; Closed-captioned; Color; Dolby; Dubbed; DVD; Full Screen; Subtitled; NTSC
DVD Reviews of Casino Royale (2-Disc Full Screen Edition)
DVD Review: the 'new' Bond . . . back to the blunt instrument days with Daniel Craig . . .
Summary: 4 Stars
Albert Broccoli and Harry Saltzman first brought James Bond to the cinema in Dr. No (1962). In the years that followed, with one exception, the two men adapted all of Ian Fleming's full length Bond novels into motion pictures. Now over forty years later, that omission in addressed, as Daniel Craig makes his debut as Bond, the MI6 agent, licensed to kill in Casino Royale, based on Fleming's very first Bond novel, originally published in 1953.
Each actor that assumes the role of Bond, is subjected to immense scrutiny and criticism. Being fair haired, and looking nothing like past Bonds, is a superficial gripe against Craig. What is hard to swallow is that someone as old as Craig (38), is supposed to be a newcomer to the double O classification. Craig, comes to the role of Bond, looking tougher and more weathered, than Pierce Bronsnan did leaving it at age 49. Craig being nervous about killing is a joke. This Bond doesn't need any of Q Branch's gadgets, he will just shoot you dead, or snap your neck with his bare hands.
In the film's first action sequence Bond engages in what is probably the most physically challenging, one on one, on foot pursuit in the history of the franchise. The deadly serious pursuit of Mollaka (Stebastien Foucan), on and across the crane arms is so demanding, that no previous Bond would have been physically capable of attempting it. Craig is overpoweringly masculine, and dominates the screen wherever the setting, be it Madagascar, the Bahamas, Montenegro, or Venice.
The key element from Fleming's original story remains the same (except that the original game was baccarat), but how plausible is it that in 2006 an international criminal, and the British and American governments, would do battle at a poker table? With the explosion in popularity of Texas hold 'em tournaments on television, watching the play here is pretty boring, regardless of how much the drama is forced. Gambling aside, Casino Royale works well enough. Head villain Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen), goes through the movie with a sour expression, failing at every turn, and besides being a vicious ball slapper, doesn't really distinguish himself as a memorable villain.
The Bond women are also the subject of scrutiny. The exotically beautiful Caterina Murino makes a brief appearance in a sacrificial role. The casting of Vesper Lynd is critical, as like the Contessa Teresa (Tracy) Di Vicenzo, in `On Her Majesty's Secret Service', this is a woman who captures Bond heart. While Diana Rigg was an actress with considerable stature, it might be difficult to say the same for Eva Green (The Golden Compass), who apparently was a late selection to play Lynd. While her performance is serviceable, whether she was the ideal choice is a very open question. Some may not question what happens between Lynd and Bond, because the new Bond is such an unknown.
The remake of Bond into a harder edged character, was an opportunity for the producers to take the character into the R rated category. Surely teens have many others they relate to more than a middle aged, British spy, fighting the last war? Instead Bond remains in the PG-13 cage. The finale in a collapsing building in Venice is nicely done, and at the end of the mission, with M (Judi Dench) providing a little TLC, all the pieces have fallen in place, and Bond ends the film uttering his most famous line. It has flaws, but Casino Royale is quite nicely done.
The 2 disc version is an intermediate release, without the typically comprehensive Bondian special features. Maryam d'Abo (The Living Daylights) has taken up being a `Bond Girl' as a cause, and an updated version of her documentary `Bond Girls Are Forever' (48 minutes) is included. The somewhat curious selection does help pad the content, that also includes the featurettes 'Becoming Bond' (26 minutes), 'James Bond: For Real' (23 minutes), and Chris Cornell's music video for 'You Know My Name'. The two disc version has since been surpassed by the upgraded blu-ray version, which has commentary tracks, and additional extras.
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