20 years later, is Casino Royale still the best Daniel Craig James Bond film?
To celebrate the twentieth anniversary of one of the most acclaimed James Bond movies of the modern era, we return to 2006’s Casino Royale for a down-and-dirty investigation into the film that reinvented 007 for a new generation.
When Daniel Craig first appeared as James Bond, casting him was controversial. But Casino Royale quickly silenced many doubters, delivering a tougher, more grounded and more emotionally vulnerable version of the legendary British spy.
Two decades later, does Casino Royale still stand above the rest of the Daniel Craig Bond films?
In this episode, we investigate Martin Campbell’s hugely influential Bond reboot, looking at Daniel Craig’s performance as 007, Eva Green’s Vesper Lynd, Mads Mikkelsen’s Le Chiffre and the film’s celebrated action sequences, and character-driven approach to the Bond mythology.
We examine what made Casino Royale such a successful reinvention of James Bond.
And after 20 years, has the verdict changed?
CASE FILE: CASINO ROYALE (2006)
Directed by: Martin Campbell
Written by: Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and Paul Haggis
Starring: Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Mads Mikkelsen, Jeffrey Wright and Judi Dench
Genre: James Bond / Spy / Action / Thriller
Cinema Sleuths is produced by Luke Deckard & Matthew Booth
Edited by Luke Deckard
Theme song by Luke Deckard
Logo by Phil Dragash
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