![]() Silva kills Sévérine, but Bond alerts MI6 reinforcements who capture Silva for rendition to Britain.Īt MI6's new underground headquarters, Q attempts to decrypt Silva's laptop, but inadvertently gives it access to the MI6 servers, allowing Silva to escape. Once an MI6 agent, Silva turned to cyberterrorism and orchestrated the attack on MI6. They travel to an abandoned island off the coast of Macau, where the crew captures and delivers them to Sévérine's employer, Raoul Silva. Bond thwarts the attack and joins Sévérine on her yacht, the Chimera. She warns him he is targeted by her bodyguards, but promises to help if Bond kills her employer. Recognising her tattoo, he concludes she was a sex slave "rescued" by a criminal who now employs her, a man Bond wishes to meet. There, Bond is approached by Sévérine, Patrice's accomplice. Bond finds a casino token Patrice intended to cash in for the assassination, leading him to a casino in Macau. Moneypenny joins Bond in his investigation on orders from Mallory. The two fight and Patrice falls to his death before Bond can learn his employer's identity. In Shanghai, Bond follows Patrice but is unable to prevent him killing a target. He meets Q, MI6's new quartermaster, who gives him a radio beacon and a Walther PPK pistol. ![]() ![]() He fails a series of physical, medical, and psychological examinations, but M approves his return to the field, ordering him to identify Patrice's employer, recover the hard drive, and kill Patrice. Bond, who used his presumed death to retire, learns of the attack and returns to service in London. Although she claims she is still useful, MI6's servers are hacked, and M receives a taunting computer message moments before the MI6 building explodes. Three months later, due to a public inquiry into M's handling of the stolen hard drive, she is pressured to retire by Gareth Mallory, the chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament and a former SAS officer. Bond is presumed dead and Patrice escapes with the hard drive. As Bond and Patrice fight atop a moving train, M orders Moneypenny to shoot Patrice, despite not having a clear shot Moneypenny inadvertently hits Bond, who falls into a river. In Istanbul, MI6 agents James Bond and Eve Moneypenny pursue mercenary Patrice, who has stolen a hard drive containing details of undercover agents. The next film in the series, Spectre, was released in the US and Canada in November 2015, with Craig reprising his role, Sony Pictures returning to distribute, and Mendes returning to direct. It became the seventh-highest-grossing film of all time, the highest-grossing film in the UK, the highest-grossing film in the series, the highest-grossing film worldwide for both Sony Pictures and MGM, and the second-highest-grossing film of 2012. It was the fourteenth film to gross over $1 billion worldwide, and the only James Bond film to do so. It received highly positive reviews from critics for Mendes's direction, the performances (particularly from Craig, Bardem, and Dench), action sequences, cinematography, and musical score. Skyfall won several accolades, including two Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, and two Grammy Awards. The release coincided with the 50th anniversary of the series, which began with Dr. It was the first James Bond film to be screened in IMAX venues, although it was not filmed with IMAX cameras. Skyfall premiered at the Royal Albert Hall, London, on 23 October 2012 and was released in the UK on 26 October and in North America on 9 November. Filming began in November 2011, primarily in the United Kingdom, with smaller portions shot in China and Turkey. When production resumed, Logan, Purvis, and Wade continued writing what became the final version. Development was suspended when MGM ran into financial trouble, and did not resume until MGM emerged from bankruptcy in December 2010 meanwhile the original screenwriter, Peter Morgan, left the project. Mendes was approached to direct after the release of Quantum of Solace in 2008. It sees the return of two recurring characters after an absence of two films: Q (played by Ben Whishaw) and Miss Moneypenny (played by Naomie Harris). The story centres on Bond investigating an attack on MI6 that leads to a wider plot by former agent Raoul Silva to discredit and kill M as revenge for abandoning him. It was theatrically distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing. It was directed by Sam Mendes and written by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, and John Logan and features the theme song " Skyfall", co-written and performed by Adele. The film is the third to star Daniel Craig as fictional MI6 agent James Bond and features Javier Bardem as Raoul Silva, the villain, and Judi Dench as M. Skyfall is a 2012 spy film and the twenty-third in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions.
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