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Casino Royale (Deluxe Edition) [Blu-ray] [2006]

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List Price: £22.99 Amazon UK Price: £7.98 Released: 2008-10-20 Rating: More Details: Casino Royale (Deluxe Edition) [Blu-ray] [2006] Casino Royale (Deluxe Edition) [Blu-ray] [2006] @Amazon Casino Royale (Deluxe Edition) [Blu-ray] [2006] @aStore

Product Description
Mads Mikkelsen, Judi Dench, Jeffrey Wright, Jesper Christensen, Giancarlo Giannini Director: Martin Campbell

The most successful invigoration of a cinematic franchise since Batman Begins, Casino Royale offers a new Bond identity. Based on the Ian Fleming novel that introduced Agent 007 into a Cold War world, Casino Royale is the most brutal and viscerally exciting James Bond film since Sean Connery left Her Majesty's Secret Service. Meet the new Bond; not the same as the old Bond. Daniel Craig gives a galvanising performance as the freshly minted double-0 agent. Suave, yes, but also a "blunt instrument," reckless and possessed with an ego that compromises his judgment during his first mission to root out the mastermind behind an operation that funds international terrorists. In classic Bond film tradition, his global itinerary takes him to far-flung locales, including Uganda, Madagascar, the Bahamas (that's more like it) and Montenegro, where he is pitted against his nemesis in a poker game, with hundreds of millions in the pot. The stakes get even higher when Bond lets down his armour by falling in love with Vesper (Eva Green), the ravishing banker's representative fronting him the money.

For longtime fans of the franchise, Casino Royale offers some retro kicks. Bond wins his iconic Aston Martin at the gaming table, and when a bartender asks if he wants his martini "shaken or stirred," he disdainfully replies, "Do I look like I give a damn?". There's no Moneypenny or "Q," but Dame Judi Dench is back as the exasperated M who, one senses, admires Bond's "bloody cheek." A Bond film is only as good as its villain, and Mads Mikkelsen as Le Chiffre, who weeps blood, is a sinister dandy. From its punishing violence and virtuoso action sequences to its romance, Casino Royale is a Bond film that, in the words of one character, 'makes you feel it', particularly during an excruciating torture sequence. Double-0s, Bond observes early on, "have a short life expectancy". But with Craig, there is new life in the old franchise yet, as well as genuine anticipation for the next one when, at last, the signature James Bond theme kicks in following the best last line ever in any Bond film. To quote Goldie Hawn in Private Benjamin, "now I know what I've been faking all these years". --Donald Liebenson

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Customer Reviews:
The best bond movie ever
Whoa! What a pleasant surprise. This is just like a bond film, except it is actually good. Great action, great acting and you connect with the characters. The picture quality is simply amazing though my hi-def TV. The soundtrack is lush. This is one of my favourite blu-ray disks.

BLU RAY AT IT'S VERY BEST!!!
I decided to up grade my normal DVD format to the blu ray Deluxe Edition and I am so glad I did it is truely amazing. We all know the film is very different to the Bond we all know but this film is a must buy for your blu ray collection. A great action film with some brillant stunts which look even better on blu ray. The picture is pin sharp and I mean pin sharp as for the sound again top draw stuff. This release just pips The Island for the best blu ray picture I've seen so don't think any longer just buy it you won't regret it a very worthy purchase for any blu ray collection.

blue ray ? i dont think
have the original dvd. once i got my new plasma decided to buy the blue ray as it was on special offer.. dont bother, the film itself is great but the blue ray version is no different to the dvd i played the same bit of the film one after the other and could see no difference

Cut to the chase...
This is a superb blu ray release in all aspects apart from one: it is cut in the torture scene. As most of us would agree, the film itself is an exciting modern incarnation of Bond, and the quality of this release certainly does it justice. Picture and audio quality are sublime and the extras are first rate.

If you can live with the cuts, this is the blu ray for you. If you can't, buy the deluxe edition from amazon.fr. It is uncut, region B (same as UK) and features the same high quality transfer and extras. The English audio is still presented in TrueHD, and the menus even load up in English. The box for the French blu ray doesn't have the swish cover, and it costs you a little more to import it, but the delivery service from amazon.fr is exemplary, and it's more than worth the trouble.

If you are a purist like me who hates the BBFC's antics and want to watch the film as the director intended, this is the blu ray for you. Casino Royale might have moved to Montenegro in this film adaptation of the book, but if you want the real Casino Royale, France is still the place to look.

Amazing Film
I love this film, especially the poker scene. Cant say that the blu-ray edition is noticably better, however for the price, one for the blu-ray collection.

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