Casino Royale (2006)

Casino Royale rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb8/10· 740K votes

Rotten Tomatoes94%

Metacritic80%

TMDb7.569/10· 12K votes

With 94% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 8/10 on IMDb and 80/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.

About Casino Royale

Le Chiffre, a banker to the world's terrorists, is scheduled to participate in a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro, where he intends to use his winnings to establish his financial grip on the terrorist market. M sends Bond—on his maiden mission as a 00 Agent—to attend this game and prevent Le Chiffre from winning. With the help of Vesper Lynd and Felix Leiter, Bond enters the most important poker game in his already dangerous career.

Cast of Casino Royale

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  Daniel Craig

  as James Bond

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  Eva Green

  as Vesper Lynd

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  Mads Mikkelsen

  as Le Chiffre

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  Judi Dench

  as M

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  Jeffrey Wright

  as Felix Leiter

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  Giancarlo Giannini

  as Mathis

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  Caterina Murino

  as Solange

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  Simon Abkarian

  as Alex Dimitrios

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  Isaach de Bankolé

  as Steven Obanno

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  Jesper Christensen

  as Mr. White

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  Ivana Miličević

  as Valenka

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  Tobias Menzies

  as Villiers

Casino Royale facts

Budget

$150M

Box office

$599M

Collection

James Bond Collection

Our take on Casino Royale

Martin Campbell reboots the Bond franchise by rewinding to the agent's first mission as a newly minted 00, sending him after Le Chiffre, a banker to terrorists who plans to secure his hold on the market at a high-stakes poker table in Montenegro. With Vesper Lynd and Felix Leiter alongside, Bond must beat him at his own game. The result is a leaner, harder-edged action thriller that trades gadgetry for physicality and lets the spy bleed and doubt. Ideal for viewers who want espionage with real stakes and a genuine emotional undertow, or anyone curious how the series reinvented itself. A strong entry point that assumes no prior Bond knowledge.