The rope scene in Casino Royale isn't the only time Craig's Bond is tortured, but it is the most impactful not only in his era of the character but for the franchise as a whole.
The scene ultimately serves as a painfully realistic way of extracting information while also being a torture method that has never really been seen in a movie before. He is a major antagonist in the 2006 James Bond film Casino Royale and was portrayed by Ivorian actor Isaach De Bankolé. While previous scenes of this nature were intense in their own way, they also often felt over-engineered and needlessly complicated.Ĭasino Royale's torture scene strips away the fluff and makes Mikkelsen's more grounded villain even more sinister. Steven Obanno was a fictional feared Lords Resistance Army commander and terrorist who was in league with criminal organization Quantum. Sean Connery's 007, for example, was famously strapped to a table in Goldfinger as a powerful laser inches its way towards his crotch. The torture scene, often carried out by a villain not for information but simply to give 007 a slow and painful death, is a key tenet of the Bond franchise.
Drawing from the grittier Bourne movies, Casino Royale presents a more grounded take on the character, doing away with outlandish gadgets and the corny one-liners to present a 007 film that feels significantly more serious than any past installment. After the suave and increasingly ridiculous films of the Pierce Brosnan era of Bond, Casino Royale announces loud and clear that Craig's tenure will be very different.
