One of the great challenges facing the Bond series as it entered the twenty-first century was competition.

To prevent this, Bond joins the tournament, using funds supplied by the government and supervised by Vesper Lynd ( Eva Green), a woman who initially despises 007’s arrogance. When James Bond ( Daniel Craig) foils that plot, Le Chiffre is forced to enter a no-limits, winner-take-all poker tournament in Montenegro to win back the money he lost. Although he informs his new client that there will be no risk, Le Chiffre immediately uses most of the money to short stock in an aeronautics company-knowing that the terrorist organization he belongs to (what we later learn is a reincarnation of SPECTRE) will blow up their touted airliner prototype.

Running time: 144 minutes.Ī mysterious financial expert named Le Chiffre ( Mads Mikkelsen) is introduced to an African rebel leader ( Isaach De Bankolé) who decides to funnel him a huge trove of cash for investment purposes. Worldwide box office gross: $594.4 million (US gross: $167.4 million international gross: $427.1 million). ★★★★: The twenty-first film in the Eon Productions James Bond series.

Cast Casino Royale 2006