The parkour chase itself also greatly advances Bond's character development on the fly, showing his brutish athleticism when he bursts through a wall before using a hydraulic lift to swiftly descend to ground level after his enemy.
Casino Royale immediately establishes Craig's Bond as a force to be reckoned with in his determined pursuit of his target. In establishing a bleaker tone for Craig's Bond films, Casino Royale was essentially a reboot meant to take Bond into grittier territory after 2002's CGI-heavy Die Another Day.
