CASINO ROYALE: THE FIRST REVIEW
By David Edwards Mirror Film Critic
TURNING to face the world's most famous superspy, the bartender asks: "Shaken or stirred, sir?"
"Do I look like I care?" comes James Bond's icy reply.
Make no mistake, the rulebook has been well and truly torn up for 007's latest movie.
And Casino Royale is a breathless, thrilling romp that will win over a whole new generation of fans.
Easily the best Bond film since GoldenEye, it's 144 minutes of non-stop, end-to-end action that proves there's plenty of life in the world's longest-running movie franchise.
But a word of warning - this is unlike any other Bond flick. Dark, gritty and surprisingly violent, the suave, smooth-talking secret agent of old is replaced by a steely-eyed killer with a dash of vulnerability.
And new 007 Daniel Craig - the man with the golden hair, whose casting provoked an outcry among fans - is simply brilliant, oozing the kind of edgy menace that recalls Sean Connery at his very best.
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