Leiter, who is also undercover playing the game, feels that Bond can beat Le Chiffre and gives him the $5 million. Vesper refuses to grant Bond the $5 million necessary to re-buy, so he decides to assassinate Le Chiffre, but American CIA agent Felix Leiter intervenes. However, Bond is later betrayed when Le Chiffre misleads Bond by committing his tell when he has a strong hand, and Bond loses his entire initial stake. Bond meets up with Mathis, his contact in Montenegro, and Vesper Lynd, a Treasury agent, who is assigned to look after Bond's handling of the $10 million buy-in.ĭuring the game, Bond discovers the poker tell that Le Chiffre commits when he is bluffing. MI6 enters Bond in the tournament to bankrupt Le Chiffre if he succeeds, it will deny Le Chiffre the money he needs and force him to aid the British government in exchange for protection from his creditors. To recoup this loss, Le Chiffre sets up a high-stakes Texas hold 'em poker tournament at Casino Royale in Montenegro. Bond foils the attack and stock price does not fall, causing huge losses for Le Chiffre. Anticipating a plan to blow up a new airplane, Le Chiffre short sells shares of the airliner's manufacturer. Le Chiffre, an unscrupulous banker who manages money for terrorist organizations, uses his connections to stage attacks against certain companies in order to buy put options for their shares with his clients' funds. Bond's actions are recorded on closed-circuit television and exposed in the world press, which enrages M, his boss at MI6. When surrounded by embassy soldiers, Bond kills the bomb-maker and blows up part of the embassy in the process. The two engage in a parkour-inspired chase sequence that ends in the embassy building of Nambutu. Unlike in other Bond films the opening is filmed in black and white, and the gunbarrel sequence is modified to form part of the opening titles.īond then travels to Madagascar in pursuit of an international bomb-maker, Mollaka.

The killing of the associate in the men's room leads to the opening credits.

Bond must make two kills to qualify for Double-0 status, granting him a licence to kill: first, Dryden's associate, and then the section chief himself. Plot summary Spoiler Warning: The following contains important plot details of the entire film.Īt the opening of the film, Bond is sent on a mission to kill an MI6 section chief, Dryden, who has sold British secrets.

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