Casino Royale (DVD)

Daniel Craig is not the most exciting Bond to come along, nor is Casino Royale truly a Bond film. It’s more a take-off on all the other blood and guts movies hitting the theatres these days.

No cars that turns into a plane or boat, no amazing gadgets to outfox the bad guys. Just smash and shoot. Oh, and hit the balls with a cement ball on a chain, through a bottomless chair. Nice touch.

Not only is this not a relaxing delve into the fantasy of sexy spy-dom, it’s convoluted story line along with the mumblings of the characters makes it an effort to try to follow.

The crowning touch of bad taste, just to be sure you have a foul taste when the movie is finally over, James really doesn’t give a damn if his martini is shaken or stirred. Yuck!