In his first mission, James Bond must stop Le Chiffre, a banker to the world's terrorist organizations, from winning a high-stakes poker tournament at Casino Royale in Montenegro.

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Casino Royale was the 4th highest-grossing film of 2006, and was the highest-grossing instalment of the James Bond series until Skyfall surpassed it in November 2012. Upon its release in the United Kingdom, Casino Royale broke series records on both opening day—£1.7 million —and opening weekend—£13,370,969.

Rating: PG-13

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Plot: What's the story about?

'Casino Royale' introduces James Bond before he holds his license to kill. But Bond is no less dangerous, and with two professional assassinations in quick succession, he is elevated to '00' status. Bond's first 007 mission takes him to Uganda where he is to spy on a terrorist, Mollaka. Not everything goes to plan and Bond decides to investigate, independently of MI6, in order to track down the rest of the terrorist cell. Following a lead to the Bahamas, he encounters Dimitrios and his girlfriend, Solange. He learns that Dimitrios is involved with Le Chiffre, banker to the world's terrorist organizations. Secret Service intelligence reveals that Le Chiffre is planning to raise money in a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro at Le Casino Royale. MI6 assigns 007 to play against him, knowing that if Le Chiffre loses, it will destroy his organization. 'M' places Bond under the watchful eye of the beguiling Vesper Lynd. At first skeptical of what value Vesper can provide, Bond's interest in her deepens as they brave danger together and even torture at the hands of Le Chiffre. In Montenegro, Bond allies himself with Mathis MI6's local field agent, and Felix Leiter who is representing the interests of the CIA. The marathon game proceeds with dirty tricks and violence, raising the stakes beyond blood money and reaching a terrifying climax.

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Cast: Who stars in it?

• Daniel Craig
  

  No Time to Die, Knives Out

• Judi Dench
  

  Blithe Spirit, Artemis Fowl

• John Cleese
  

  Clifford the Big Red Dog, The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee

• Jeffrey Wright
  

  No Time to Die, The Batman

• Caterina Murino
  

  Hemingway's Garden of Eden, Voice From the Stone

Crew: Who's making Casino Royale

A look at the Casino Royale behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Martin Campbell last directed Hunter Killer and The Foreigner. The film's writer Paul Haggis last wrote Third Person and The Next Three Days.

Screenwriters

Paul Haggis
Neal Purvis
Robert Wade

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Production: What we know about Casino Royale

Filming Timeline

On or about December 31, 1969, the film was in Completed status.

Casino Royale Release Date: When was it released?

Casino Royale was released in 2006 on Friday, November 17, 2006 (). There were 4 other movies released on the same date, including Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror, Fast Food Nation and Happy Feet.

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• Film/Program Grade: A
• Video Grade: A+
• Audio Grade: A+
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Review

Casino Royale was one of Sony's first major Blu-ray Disc releases last year, and one of their first big new release titles on the format, so this Collector's Edition is both a double-dip and an overhaul. Our own Barrie Maxwell reviewed the previous edition last year (you can find his thoughts here). We won't rehash his comments on the plot, except to say that we're in complete agreement with him.

Star Daniel Craig is without question the best Bond since Connery, and there's a real argument to be made that this is one of the very best films in the franchise's history. Certainly, it's the most realistic, ditching all of the usual camp, gadgetry and tongue-in-cheek moments for a darker, edgier turn that's much closer to creator Ian Fleming's original literary intent for the character.

Sony's new Blu-ray version, the release of which is timed to help promote the theatrical debut of the next chapter, Quantum of Solace, next month, is a two-disc set. The film is presented in 1080p high-definition on Disc One, and the quality is excellent. The compression has been optimized to make the most of the extra disc space, so the video quality is even a little tiny bit better than the already terrific previous release. Better still, while the original disc featured an uncompressed PCM track, this new edition features full Dolby TrueHD 5.1 lossless surround. It's every bit as good as the original mix.

Extras on Disc One include a new BonusView PiP visual commentary with director Martin Campbell and producer Michael G. Wilson, a scene-specific audio commentary with select members of the production crew, and a BD-Live trivia quiz called Know Your Double-O. Disc Two, meanwhile, contains all of the extras that were on the previous Blu-ray release, including the Becoming Bond, James Bond: For Real and Bond Girls are Forever documentaries, and Chris Cornell's You Know My Name music video. Better still, there are substantial new bonus features here for the first time, including several new documentaries and featurettes (Ian Fleming's Incredible Creation, The Road to Casino Royale, James Bond in the Bahamas, Ian Fleming: The Secret Road to Paradise, Death in Venice and The Art of the Freerun), 4 deleted and extended scenes, 6 Filmmaker Profiles featurettes on key members of the production crew, a storyboard presentation for the 'Freerun' sequence and the Catching a Plane scene deconstruction. The only thing missing are the film's theatrical trailers and a preview of Quantum of Solace - disappointing, but probably not surprising. The two-disc set is packaged in a standard Blu-ray case, with a cardboard slipcover.

If you're a fan of this film, this is a substantial upgrade of the original release. It's worth the purchase even if you have the previous disc, but I'd definitely try to find a good sale price to ease the cost. If you're new to the film, this is definitely the version to get your hands on. Casino Royale represents not only a new direction for Bond, but also 007 at his finest.