Casino Royale
dir. Martin Campbell (2006)
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Standard Bond fare except that the villain triumphs and 007 needs rescuing. The film then reboots with a happy-end romance so unbelievable that it is redeemed only by turning out to be fake… whereupon a second plot twist makes it real again.