Daniel Craig's final James Bond adventure has one heck of an ending.
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You could say No Time To Die is the Bond movie to end all Bond movies. Already a hit in the UK, the 25th official 007 movie closes Daniel Craig's 15-year tenure as James Bond with a bang (despite its lack of a post-credits scene).
"In Daniel Craig's final outing as the suave superspy, James Bond finally gets a life," Richard Trenholm said in CNET's No Time to Die review, which is out now in the US and in Australia on Nov. 11. "The result is an epic, explosive and emotional swan song that throws everything it has against the wall for a genuinely unique entry in the series." That's especially true of the bold and unprecedented ending.
Let's dive into the movie's final moment, but be warned: the following SPOILERS should be for your eyes only if you've seen the movie.
Infiltration
Bioterrorist Lyutsifer Safin (Rami Malek) drags Bond's former lover Madeleine Swann (Lea Seydoux) and her daughter Mathilde to his classic villain lair on an old World War II island base between Japan and Russia. Earlier, Madeleine insisted Mathilde wasn't Bond's kid, but those striking blue eyes suggest otherwise.
Madeleine's father, the late Mr. White, killed Safin's family on behalf of terrorist group Spectre when Safin was just a wee lad, so he killed Madeleine's mother to get back at Mr. White. Madeleine got trapped under ice as she tried to escape this attack, but Safin saved her and became obsessed like a big weirdo.
Lyutsifer Safin brings some creepy villainy to the adventure.
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Safin already forced her to take part in his scheme to wipe out Spectre with Heracles, a DNA-based bioweapon containing nanobots that target specific people. Bond unwittingly completes her mission to kill captive Spectre boss Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Christoph Waltz), as part of Safin's revenge (cue maniacal laughter). But there's more: from his base, Safin intends to launch Heracles globally, infecting millions (laughter intensifies).
Newly reinstated as 007, Bond and fellow 00 agent Nomi (Lashana Lynch) infiltrate the island and seemingly succeed in opening the silo doors for a missile strike ordered by M (Ralph Fiennes) to wipe out Safin's base. Nomi escapes with Madeleine and Mathilde, while Bond sticks around to make sure the base is destroyed.
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Bond's fate
The silo doors start to close, so Bond rushes back to reopen them. Could it be a trap? It definitely is.
Safin gets the drop on 007, shooting Bond several times and мультики 2022 онлайн infecting him with nanobots coded to Madeleine's DNA -- meaning he can never touch her or Mathilde again without killing them. What a jerk.
Bond numbly executes Safin and re-opens the silo doors, but it's clear he doesn't have time to escape. Severely wounded, he climbs a ladder to the roof and calls Madeleine to tell her he loves her.
Bond and Madeleine Swann bring us on an emotional rollercoaster.
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"You have all the time in the world," he says.
"She does have your eyes," she responds, confirming that Mathilde is his daughter.
"I know," he says, as the missiles come down on the base. "I know."
With that, Bond is enveloped in the explosions.
Wait, James Bond dies?
Yes, for the first time in the character's 59-year cinematic history (and
Daniel Craig's James Bond: 2006-2021
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What happens after his death?
This was previously used in Ian Fleming's