Bond attacks the rig, stopping Blofeld's operation and dispersing his organisation. A fortune in stolen diamonds thrust James Bond back into action and leads him on a nerve-shattering chase through Amsterdam, Los Angeles and, eventually, glittery Las Vegas. Sean Connery, Gert Fröbe, Honor Blackman, Shirley Eaton, Lois Maxwell, Bernard Lee, Cec Linder, Desmond Llewelyn. Bond again meets Goodhead and finds out that she is a CIA agent. Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Mads Mikkelsen, Judi Dench, Jeffrey Wright, Caterina Murino. Bond attacks the hotel where Greene and Medrano are finalising their plans and leaves Greene stranded in the desert with only a tin of engine oil to drink. During his debriefing Koskov alleges KGB's old policy of Smiert Spionam, meaning Death to Spies, has been revived by General Leonid Pushkin, the new head of the KGB. In an effort to tone down the over-the-top action and … Bond and Romanova escape with the Lektor to Venice. When his mission is sabotaged, Bond finds himself captured by the enemy and abandoned by MI6. Bond finds out that Orlov has been supplying Khan with priceless Soviet treasures, replacing them with replicas, while Khan has been smuggling the real versions into the West, via Octopussy's circus troupe. 007 is sent to Japan to investigate the spacecraft theft and astronaut kidnapping in orbit of American Project Gemini spacecraft Jupiter 16 by an unidentified spacecraft. James Bond goes undercover in the treacherous Swiss Alps in this action-packed epic. Stromberg plans to destroy Moscow and New York, triggering nuclear war; he planned to then establish a new civilisation. Bond is instructed to beat Le Chiffre and is aided by a member of HM Treasury, Vesper Lynd. The trail leads him first to Rome, where he learns of a sinister terrorist organisation known as "Spectre"; and later to Austria where he finds former adversary Mr. White, whom Spectre ordered to murder, dying of thallium poisoning. But, ever since Dr No kicked off the mega franchise in 1962, we've asked, which is the best Bond movie? Roger Moore, Yaphet Kotto, Jane Seymour, Gloria Hendry, Lois Maxwell, David Hedison, Bernard Lee, Desmond Llewelyn. Bond escapes and frees the captive Whyte and they establish that Blofeld is using an offshore oil rig as his base. On a non-stop quest for justice that crisscrosses the globe, Bond (Daniel Craig) meets the beautiful but feisty Camille (Olga Kurylenko), who leads him to Dominic Greene (Mathieu Amalric), a ruthless businessman and major force within the mysterious Quantum organisation. While investigating, Bond is captured, but Gonzales is subsequently killed by Havelock's daughter Melina, and she and Bond escape. Bond encounters Chinese agent Wai Lin, who is also investigating the matter and the two agree to work together. The James Bond film was originally set to be released in April 2020, but was one of the first films to be pushed back in the wake of the pandemic. Bond and Swann escape and return to London where Bond joins forces with Mallory and Q to shut down Nine Eyes and apprehend Blofeld. Bond and Felix Leiter then attempt to board Largo's motor yacht, the Flying Saucer, in search of the missing nuclear warheads. There Bond finds out that Drax plans to destroy all human life by launching fifty globes containing the toxin into the Earth's atmosphere. Simonova tracks computer traffic to Cuba and she and Bond travel there and locate Trevelyan, who reveals his plan to steal money from the Bank of England before erasing all of its financial records with the GoldenEye, concealing the theft and destroying Britain's economy. Bond is captured by Kananga, but he escapes, killing Kananga and destroying the poppy crop. All rights reserved. The official website of James Bond 007. James Bond is sent to investigate the murder of three British MI6 agents, all of whom have been killed within 24 hours. Bond deactivates the warhead and then he returns to India, joining an assault on Khan's palace. Bond infiltrates the circus, and finds that Orlov replaced the Soviet treasures with a nuclear warhead, primed to explode at a US Air Force base in West Germany. Zorin unveils to a group of investors his plan to destroy Silicon Valley which will give him a monopoly in the manufacturing of microchips. Bond frees M, kills Elektra and then disarms the bomb on the submarine where he kills Renard. The new James Bond film has been delayed a second time because of the coronavirus and will now be released almost a year behind schedule, delivering another big blow to Hollywood. One of the islands was Crab Key, home to the reclusive Dr. No. Bond follows a lead to the Bahamas, where he meets up with his CIA counterpart and friend Felix Leiter. They escape and follow Kristatos to Greece, where he is killed and the ATAC is destroyed by Bond. James Bond woos a mob boss' daughter and goes undercover to uncover the true reason for Ernst Stavro Blofeld's allergy research in the Swiss Alps involving beautiful women from around the world. It is the third time the Daniel Craig film is … Grant pretends to be another British agent and meets Bond. Roger Moore, Barbara Bach, Caroline Munro, Lois Maxwell, Richard Kiel, Curd Jurgens, Bernard Lee, Desmond Llewelyn. She recruits Donald "Red" Grant as an assassin and Tatiana Romanova, a cipher clerk at the Soviet consulate in Istanbul, as the unwitting bait. James Bond (Roger Moore) is back in an electrifying adventure as 007 investigates the murder of a fellow agent who was found clutching a priceless Fabergé egg. With Daniel Craig, Ana de Armas, Rami Malek, Ralph Fiennes. Bond escapes from the clinic after Blofeld identifies him as the British agent. Bond uncovers a plot between Greene and an exiled Bolivian General, Medrano, to put Medrano in power in Bolivia while Quantum are given a monopoly to run the water supply to the country. From the depths of the ocean to mountain peaks, Bond will fight to the death to keep the device out of the hands of the Russians in this taut, fast-paced thriller, the 12th in the iconic Bond series. Goldfinger's private army break into Fort Knox and access the vault, where Bond fights and kills Oddjob, while American troops battle with Goldfinger's army outside. His target: the ruthless terrorist financier known as Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen). James Bond films: Every 007 movie ranked in order of worst to best. Tanaka's ninja troops attack the island, while Bond manages to distract Blofeld and create a diversion which allows him to open the hatch, letting in the ninjas. Bond breaks into the solicitors office and establishes Blofeld is corresponding with the London College of Arms. Blaming M for his imprisonment, he sets in motion a plan to ruin her reputation before murdering her. A cryptic message from James Bond's past sends him on a trail to uncover the existence of a sinister organisation named SPECTRE. Director: Peter R. Hunt | Stars: George Lazenby , Diana Rigg , Telly Savalas , Gabriele Ferzetti Kristatos tells Bond that Locque is employed by Milos Columbo, Kristatos' former organised crime partner. Pierce Brosnan, Jonathan Pryce, Michelle Yeoh, Teri Hatcher, Judi Dench, Samantha Bond. Upon his arrival, Bond is contacted by Aki, assistant to the Japanese secret service leader Tiger Tanaka. He has been portrayed on film by the actors Sean Connery, David Niven, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig, in twenty-seven productions. After Havelock is murdered by Gonzales, a Cuban hit-man, Bond is ordered to find out who hired Gonzales. Bond aids the defection of KGB officer General Georgi Koskov, by wounding a female KGB sniper, Kara Milovy, a cellist. When Agent 006 (Sean Bean) turns rogue and plans world domination with a terrifying satellite-borne weapon, Bond must pursue his former ally to Cuba, Monte Carlo, Switzerland and Russia, all whilst dodging a sexy, deadly femme fatale (Famke Janssen) who will stop at nothing to put the squeeze on the intrepid spy. It is up to 007 (Sean Connery) to seize the device, but he must confront enemies that include Red Grant (Robert Shaw) and former KGB agent Rosa Klebb (Lotte Lenya). Bond is tasked with investigating a major diamond smuggling ring which begins in Africa and runs through Holland and the UK to the United States. Having embezzled SMERSH's money, Le Chiffre is desperate for money to cover up his theft. The 25th James Bond film looks set to be delayed from its release in April to one later in 2021 as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to hit hard in the UK and US especially. Sean Connery, Donald Pleasence, Akiko Wakabayashi, Mie Hama, Tetsuro Tanba, Bernard Lee, Lois Maxwell, Desmond Llewelyn. Bond and Amasova follow a suspicious tanker owned by Stromberg and establish it is responsible for the missing submarines; the submarine in which they are travelling is also captured by Stromberg. 007 takes to the shadows, following a trail to the mysterious Silva (Javier Bardem), whose lethal and hidden motives have yet to reveal themselves. Zao escapes, but the trail leads to British billionaire Gustav Graves. SPECTRE has hatched a plan to steal a decoder that will access Russian state secrets and irrevocably unbalance the world order. Bond soon establishes that Blofeld is brainwashing his patients to distribute bacteriological warfare agents throughout various parts of the world. Blofeld explains to Bond that his plot is to fake in front of each superpower that Bird One is an enemy spacecraft to transform the Cold War into World War III. Bond beats Le Chiffre at the poker table, but Lynd is kidnapped by Le Chiffre after the game, as is Bond, who is captured while pursuing them; Lynd is ransomed for the money and Bond is tortured. Bond visits Valentin Zukovsky and is informed that Elektra's head of security, Davidov, is in league with Renard: Bond kills Davidov and follows the trail to a Russian ICBM base in Kazakhstan. Bond saves M and attempts to lure Silva into a trap, and while he is successful in repelling Silva's assault, M is mortally wounded. LOS ANGELES, Jan 21: The global release of the James Bond movie No Time to Die was postponed to October from April, its producers said on Thursday, another setback for movie … Bond swears revenge, but is ordered to return to duty by M. Bond refuses, and M revokes his licence to kill, causing Bond to become a rogue agent; although officially stripped of his status, he is unofficially given help by Q. Posing as a Russian nuclear scientist, Bond meets American nuclear physicist Christmas Jones. During the battle, Osato is killed by Blofeld, who activates the base's self-destruct system and escapes. With Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Judi Dench, Jeffrey Wright. In response, British agent James Bond—also known as 007—is sent to Jamaica to investigate the circumstances. While investigating mysterious activities in the world diamond market, Agent 007 (Sean Connery) discovers that his evil nemesis Blofeld (Charles Gray) is stock-piling the gems to use in his deadly laser satellite… and the fate of the world hangs in the balance. The 007 film … The character appeared in a series of twelve novels and two short story collections written by Fleming and a number of continuation novels and spin-off works after Fleming's death in 1964. Meanwhile, Mallory comes under pressure to have British intelligence join a global intelligence-sharing network code-named "Nine Eyes". The pair track the plans across Egypt and identify the person responsible for the thefts as shipping tycoon, scientist and anarchist Karl Stromberg. Koskov is subsequently arrested by Pushkin, while Bond kills Whitaker. James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) pulls out all the stops in this adrenaline-pumping ride across the globe. He escapes, destroying the refinery in the process, and pursues Sanchez, killing him. Bond meets Octopussy, a wealthy woman who leads the Octopus cult. Bond investigates the attack and travels to Russia where he locates Simonova and learns that Trevelyan, who had faked his own death, was the head of Janus. [4] Following Dr. No's release in 1962, Broccoli and Saltzman created the holding company Danjaq to ensure future productions in the James Bond film series. The James Bond film series is a series of spy films based on the fictional character of MI6 agent James Bond, "007", who originally appeared in a series of books by Ian Fleming. On the whole fans were disappointed by the new film after the success of Casino Royale.Sequences such as the car chase in the pre-title sequence were rendered less successful than might have been expected because of extremely fast cuts and shaky camera work. He has been portrayed on film by the actors Sean Connery, David Niven, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig, in twenty-seven productions. Over dinner Grant drugs Romanova, then overcomes Bond. Even as Bond romances a Soviet defector (Daniela Bianchi), he realises he is being lured into a deadly trap and will need all of his abilities to triumph over the forces that seek to destroy him. Bond follows the trail to Blofeld's island headquarters and spaceport, while the spacecraft, Bird One, attacks a Soviet capsule. Bond journeys to Sanchez's home in the Republic of Isthmus and is taken-on to Sanchez's staff, where he manages to raise Sanchez's suspicions against a number of his employees. Bond escapes, freeing the submariners captured from the other submarines and follows Stromberg to his headquarters, where he shoots the tycoon and a torpedo destroys the base. Bond disables the Icarus controls, kills Moon and stops the invasion. Bond investigates the sinking of a British warship in Chinese waters, the theft of one of the ship's cruise missiles—and the shooting down of a Chinese fighter plane. Bond travels to Turkey and meets Ali Kerim Bey, the MI6 officer in Turkey. The global release of the James Bond movie "No Time to Die" was postponed to October from April, its producers said, another setback for movie theaters trying … From a spent golden bullet, Bond tracks Scaramanga to Macau, where he sees Scaramanga's mistress collecting golden bullets at a casino. When U.S. and Soviet spaceships are hijacked in Earth’s orbit, 007 must race to prevent a nuclear war between the two superpowers. They blow a hole in the ship, exposing it to radar, leading to its sinking and thus averting war between Britain and China. Pierce Brosnan returns as 007 in this thrilling adventure. Billie Eilish lands number one with Bond … Roger Moore, Lois Chiles, Michael Lonsdale, Richard Kiel, Corinne Clery, Bernard Lee, Desmond Llewelyn, Lois Maxwell. Oberhauser captures and tortures Bond, revealing that his father was Bond's guardian after the deaths of Bond's parents. Bond moves through the chain, which leads to the Whyte House, a casino-hotel owned by the reclusive billionaire Willard Whyte. Bond is captured when he reconnoitres Goldfinger's plant and is drugged unconscious; Goldfinger then transports Bond to his Kentucky stud farm where he holds Bond captive. Published 4 December 2019. Bond travels to the Amazon looking for Drax's research facility, where he is captured. M's bodyguard, Mitchell, a double agent, attacks M, enabling White to escape. After Ratoff's death, the rights were passed on to Charles K. Feldman,[9] who subsequently produced the satirical Bond spoof Casino Royale in 1967. In the aftermath, questions are raised over M's ability to run the Secret Service, and she becomes the subject of a government review over her handling of the situation. During the battle, Bond kills Drax and his station is destroyed. Bond and Goodhead disable the radar jammer hiding the station from Earth and the US sends a platoon of Marines in a military space shuttle. The Bond films have been nominated for a number of awards throughout their fifty-year history, with most films winning an award; these include successes at the British Academy Film Awards, Golden Globe Awards and Academy Awards. Without James Bond movies, there would be a huge bullet-shaped hole in the cinematic canon. Gareth Mallory takes Bond off active duty for his illegal operation, but Bond continues his investigation off the books. Armed with razor-sharp instincts, a gadget-laden Aston Martin and his licence to kill, Agent 007 must battle diabolical arms merchants who are united in a terrifying conspiracy for world domination that may be linked to the Soviet military high command. Tremble is captured, tortured and killed. Commander James Bond RN—code number 007—is a fictional character created by the British journalist and novelist Ian Fleming in 1952. MGM announced Thursday that the latest James Bond film, "No Time to Die," would move again from its April 2, 2021 release date. Dr. No informs them he is a member of SPECTRE, the SPecial Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge, and Extortion, and he plans to disrupt the Project Mercury space launch from Cape Canaveral with his atomic-powered radio beam. With charm, wit and deadly assurance, Roger Moore steps in as the suave, sophisticated – and lethal – 007 in his first outing as the classic MI6 agent. The unrelenting suspense, breathtaking action and sly wit never let up in this explosively entertaining thriller. After a British spy boat sinks, a marine archaeologist, Sir Timothy Havelock, is tasked to retrieve its Automatic Targeting Attack Communicator (ATAC) communication system before the Russians do. He establishes that Zorin was previously trained and financed by the KGB, but has now gone rogue. This serves as a reboot of the series, with Bond gaining his 00 status in the pre-credits sequence. After receiving a golden bullet with James Bond's code "007" etched into its surface M relieves Bond of a mission locating a British scientist, Gibson, who has invented the "Solex agitator", a device to harness solar power, thereby solving the energy crisis. While searching for Blofeld, the head of SPECTRE, Bond saves Tracy di Vicenzo on the beach from committing suicide by drowning, and later meets her again in a casino. Bond tracks down Milovy and establishes she is Koskov's girlfriend and that the defection was staged. Roger Moore, Maud Adams, Louis Jourdan, Kristina Wayborn, Kabir Bedi, Steven Berkoff, Vijay Amritraj, Desmond Llewelyn, Robert Brown, Lois Maxwell. Nine years later, Bond witnesses the theft by criminal organisation Janus of a prototype Eurocopter Tiger helicopter that can withstand an electromagnetic pulse. Roger Moore portrays Agent 007 with lethal determination as Bond infiltrates the Greek underworld to secure a system capable of controlling a fleet of nuclear submarines. Bond is instructed to investigate the funding of terrorism. The trail leads to the mysterious Octopussy (Maud Adams), whose travelling circus features a company of luscious, athletic women. Bond is ordered to observe bullion dealer Auric Goldfinger. Pierce Brosnan, Halle Berry, Toby Stephens, Rosamund Pike, Rick Yune, Judi Dench, Samantha Bond. He uncovers a link to media mogul Elliot Carver which suggests that Carver had purchased a GPS encoder on the black market. When Bond investigates the hijacking of an American space shuttle, he and beautiful NASA scientist Holly Goodhead (Lois Chiles) are soon locked in a life-or-death struggle against Hugo Drax (Michael Lonsdale), a power-mad industrialist whose horrific scheme may destroy all human life on Earth. He and Goodhead pose as pilots on one of six space shuttles being sent by Drax to a hidden space station. James Bond has been marked for death, and he’ll need all his lethal instincts and seductive charm to survive. What we learned from the first James Bond trailer. Moon is apparently killed and Bond is captured and tortured for 14 months, after which he is exchanged for Zao, Moon's assistant. [1][2], In 1961 the producers Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman joined forces to purchase the filming rights to Fleming's novels. Graves unveils a mirror satellite, "Icarus", which is able to focus solar energy on a small area and provide year-round sunshine for crop development. Bond returns to active duty under the command of the new M, Gareth Mallory. He tracks down and kills a bomb-maker and takes his mobile phone. George Lazenby, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas, Lois Maxwell, Joanna Lumley, Bernard Lee, Desmond Llewelyn. [1] Although Eon Productions and McClory joined forces to produce Thunderball, McClory still retained the rights to the story and adapted Thunderball into 1983's Never Say Never Again. We’ll keep you fully briefed on the amazing 007 events happening across the globe in 2020 and beyond. As first embodied by Sean Connery, Bond set the standard for secret agents on screen. They discover that Carver had used the GPS encoder to push the British ship off course and into Chinese waters to incite a war for ratings. The two witness Renard stealing the GPS locator card and a half quantity of weapons-grade plutonium from a bomb and set off an explosion, from which Bond and Jones escape. SPECTRE's expert planner Kronsteen, known as "Number Five", upon order of the organisation's Number One, devises a plot to steal a Lektor cryptographic device from the Soviets and sell it back to them while exacting revenge on Bond for killing their agent Dr. No; ex-SMERSH operative Rosa Klebb, SPECTRE's Number Three, is in charge of the mission. Between them, they obtain the Lektor, and the three escape with the device on the Orient Express. In 1986 Bond and Alec Trevelyan—agent 006—infiltrate an illicit Soviet chemical weapons facility and plant explosive charges. Roger Moore returns for his fourth stint as James Bond and blasts into orbit in this adventure that takes 007 from Venice to Rio de Janeiro and on to outer space. Bond marries Tracy, but she is murdered shortly afterwards by Irma Bunt, Blofeld's partner. A Drax Industries Moonraker space shuttle on loan is hijacked and Bond is ordered to investigate. Bond investigates millionaire industrialist Max Zorin, who is trying to corner the world market in microchips. The bullet signifies Bond is a target of assassin Francisco Scaramanga and Bond sets out unofficially to find him. But before Bond can stop the madman, he must confront Zorin’s beautiful and deadly companion, May Day (Grace Jones). Bond and Honey escape from the island, killing No and blowing up his compound in the process. Across Roger Moore, Pierce Brosnan, Daniel Craig and others, the film franchise has stood the test of … From the jungles of Madagascar to the beaches of the Bahamas, Bond’s pursuit of Le Chiffre leads to a showdown in a high-stakes poker game at the luxurious Casino Royale in Montenego, and to a jaw-dropping finale on the Grand Canal in Venice. All the films but two were made by Eon Productions. As well as being the first direct sequel in the entire James Bond series, Quantum of Solace is also the shortest Bond film, coming in at 106 minutes, and stylistically very different. [a] The films have won five Academy Awards: for Sound Effects (now Sound Editing) in Goldfinger (at the 37th Awards), to John Stears for Special Visual Effects in Thunderball (at the 38th Awards), to Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers for Sound Editing, to Adele and Paul Epworth for Original Song in Skyfall (at the 85th Awards) and to Sam Smith and Jimmy Napes for Original Song in Spectre (at the 88th Awards). Following them to France, Bond informs Domino of her brother's death and subsequently finds his MI6 colleague killed by Fatima Blush, another SPECTRE agent: Bond kills her. Bond follows the diamonds to a pick-up by Bert Saxby, Whyte's head of security, and then onto a research laboratory owned by Whyte, where he finds that a satellite is being built by a laser refraction specialist, Professor Dr. Metz. Trevelyan is shot, but Bond escapes from the facility as it explodes. The two Bond films produced by third parties have a combined gross of over $200 million. He discovers the victims were all separately investigating the operations of Dr. Kananga, the dictator of a small Caribbean island, San Monique. Bond establishes that the casino is located atop a giant underground headquarters run by the evil Dr. Noah; he and Moneypenny travel there to investigate. Determined to get revenge, Bond goes head-to-head with a sultry spy (Halle Berry), a frosty agent (Rosamund Pike) and a shadowy billionaire (Toby Stephens) whose business is diamonds… but whose secret is a diabolical weapon that could bring the world to its knees. Now, Bond must take on this evil mastermind in a battle to end his reign of terror and prevent World War III. With a combined gross of nearly $7 billion to date, the films produced by Eon constitute the fourth-highest-grossing film series, behind the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Star Wars and Wizarding World films. Roger Moore, Carole Bouquet, Julian Glover, Topol, Lynn-Holly Johnson, Lois Maxwell, Desmond Llewelyn.