Plot summary

Barely reined in by MI6, James Bond, the cold-blooded Agent 007, embarks on his dangerous first assignment to track down sly banker Le Chiffre, the underworld's preferred chief financier. Now, after losing tons of his international terrorist clients' money, Le Chiffre is hell-bent on winning it all back at a marathon high-stakes poker game at the Casino Royale in Montenegro, unaware that Bond is determined to bankrupt the greedy banker at the card table. However, as the nerve-racking Texas hold 'em tournament ratchets up the tension, James Bond will soon find himself in a tight spot as Le Chiffre is a force to reckon with. But is he capable of stopping Bond, the agent with a Licence to Kill (1989)?—Nick Riganas