Amazon Prime Video original film Spectre was released October 8th, 2021.
#Spectre and #NTTD made a combined $1.654B at the international box office.
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metacritic: 60
imdb: 6.8
oscars: 1 win
Special Agent 007
James Bond is reassigned once again in Mexico City, Mexico.
“I won’t be long. Bottoms up.” — James Bond
“With all due respect sir, it could’ve been worse. Well, better half a block than a whole stadium full of people. You’re right, sir. You have a got a tricky day ahead. It was just a coincidence. I was taking some overdue holiday. Very good, sir. Sir? Congratulations on your new appointment. I suppose we should call you C now. No, I think I’ll call you C, C. That all sounds lovely. Very good, sir.” — James Bond
“Moneypenny. Very good, thank you. What is it? Perfect. You can bring it to me later. My place, 9:00. Come in. No. Thank you. Would you like a drink? That’s a shame. Talking about what, exactly? And what do you think? I don’t know what you mean. In my mailbox just after she died. She wasn’t gonna let death get in the way of her job. I’ve been tracking Sciarra ever since. Nothing insignificant yet. Three days. In Rome. Yes, it’s a bit of a problem. Listen. Could you do a little quiet digging for me? I heard a name in Mexico. ‘The Pale King.’ Yes. Instinct.” — James Bond
“So that’s C’s new digs. Yesterday. What do we know about him? Of course, he did. Including us. Yeah, I’ve noticed. I can hardly wait. Q. Christ! What is it? Well, that sounds marvelous. I completely understand. Does it do anything? M’s idea? I think I do. Q? Well, now you know exactly where I am all of the time. Will you do something for me? Make me disappear. Well, then I suggest you trust me, for the sake of the cats. I’ll send you a postcard.” — James Bond
“I’m sorry for your loss. All too briefly. Life insurance. For your husband, yes. But what about you? I hear the life expectancy of some widows can be very short. No. What a lovely view. Excellent. Time for a drink. He was an assassin. Trust me, he won’t take it personally. Loyal to a man you hated. I know the feeling well. Well, then you have impeccable instincts. I can think of worse ways to go. Bond. James Bond. Did your husband ever mention ‘The Pale King?’ Why? Where? Sounds like fun. I might drop by. Then the man was a fool.” — James Bond
“I’ve called an American friend of mine. Felix. He’ll contact the embassy and get you out of here. You’ll be safe. I have to go. I’m Mickey Mouse. Who are you? You’ve got to be kidding me. No. Moneypenny. Listen, Moneypenny. Hamburg, Tunisia, Mexico City, they’re all linked. It’s one organization coordinating multiple attacks. Of course, she was. Who was that? No, it wasn’t. At this time of night? Of course. Mr. White! Hold that thought. You still there? Run another name, will you? A man called Franz Oberhauser. He’s… and check his files before and after his death. Please, just do it. Okay, Q, give me something. That’s more like it. Here goes nothing. Good evening.” — James Bond
“Upstairs, Mr. White. I was at a meeting recently and your name came up. It wasn’t MI6. It was Rome. Your team, not mine. What did you do? I see. You grew a conscience. Well, the thallium would suggest that he doesn’t like you very much anymore. And clearly the feeling is mutual. So why don’t you tell me how to find him again? Tell me where he is. You’re protecting someone. Your wife. Your son? Your daughter. I can protect her is you tell me where he is. I can keep her alive. You have my word. That’s my word.” — James Bond
“Sounds pretty straightforward. I hadn’t noticed. When I have to. Sometimes. Too much. My parents died when I was young. Old enough to remember. It was a climbing accident. Someone else. Humor me. How does one train at Oxford and the Sorbonne become a consultant, spend two years with Medecins Sans Frontieres and end up here? Forgive me, but anyone might think you were hiding from something. Of course. Carry on. Well, that’s not the sort of thing that looks good on a form. I kill people. Small world? Your father’s dead. Two days ago. Because I was there. I didn’t have to. He did it himself. I came to tell you that your life is in danger and I need your help. I made a deal with him to protect you. Because he knew that I needed something in return. To find L’Americain. Dr. Swann…” — James Bond
Dr. Madeleine Swann
“Please, take a seat. I’ll be with you in just a moment. Please excuse me, Mr. Bond. My name is Dr. Madeleine Swann. Our job today is to analyze your needs, both psychological and physical. I hope you don’t mind. The view can be distracting. I see you filled out most of the paperwork. Just a few questions to complete your evaluation, if I may. Do you exercise? Do you consider your employment to be psychologically stressful? How much alcohol do you consume? Some broader questions. As a child, would you say you were close to your parents? Really? How old? How, if I may ask? So who brought you up? You’re paying a lot of money to be here, Mr. Bond. Who’s asking the questions, you or me? I see you left this final question blank. What is your occupation? And why is that? Where is he? How do you know? Did you kill him? And you came all the way just to tell me this? That my father’s dead? Why? You’re lying. Why would he trust you? And what was that? This interview is over. You have 10 minutes to leave the building. Then I’m calling security”
M
“Start anywhere you like. Take your time, 007, but in five minutes the head of the Joint Security Service is going to walk through that door, and I’ve got to explain to him how one of our agents decided to potter off to Mexico, all on his own, and cause an international incident. Worse? You blew up half a bloody block. You had no authority. None. As you know, we’re in the middle of the biggest shakeup in the history of British intelligence. The ink’s barely dry on this merger with MI5 and already they’re itching for a chance to scrap the double-O program forever. And you’ve just given them one. This is an official question. Mexico City. What were you doing there? Okay. Fine. As of this morning, you are officially grounded. I’m standing you down from all operations indefinitely. 007? I don’t know what you’re playing at, but whatever it is, it has to stop. Now. Not remotely. 007, I’d like you to meet Max Denbigh, head of the Joint Security Service. That’ll be all, 007. Report to Q tomorrow for medical, thank you.”
“Morning. What’s that? It’s not your birthday, is it? An unelected one. Democracy. Please, tell me 007 is in London. Because if he isn’t, you’re in deep shit. You’ve got precisely 10 seconds. Well, I want eyes on him when I get back, understood?”
“I can’t deny I’m impressed you got H.M.G. to cough up for all this. George Orwell’s worst nightmare. My commiserations on losing the Nine Eyes vote. Must have been a blow. Day and a half maybe. Look, Max, I know surveillance is a fact of life. It’s how you use the information that concerns me, and who is using it. Have you ever had to kill a man, Max? Have you? To pull that trigger, you have to be sure. Yes, you investigate, analyze, assess, target. And then you have to look him in the eye. And you make the call. And all the drones, bugs, cameras, transcripts, all the surveillance in the world can’t tell you what to do next. A license to kill is also a license to not kill. You watch MI6 agents?”
Lucia Sciarra
“You knew my husband? What do you do? A little late for that. Me? How can you talk like this? Can’t you see I’m grieving? You’re wasting your time. There are 10 more that will come after me. All you buy me is five minutes. You killed him, didn’t you? My husband. You signed my death warrant. I was respected. He trusted my silence. With him gone, I’m a dead woman. I can trust nobody. Well, I can tell you that I don’t trust you. If you don’t leave now, we’ll die together. Then you’re obviously crazy, Mister… these people, if you just knew what they could do. The power they have. No. The organization, they hardly ever meet. But because of what happened to my husband, they meet tonight. To choose a replacement. The Palazzo Cardenza. Midnight. He was obsessed. He spent more time with them than with me.”
“Leaving your number? Don’t go, James. If you go there, you’re crossing over to a place where there is no mercy.”
Moneypenny
“James? So? How as the meeting? Here. Forensics finally released this. It’s personal effects they recovered from Skyfall. What do you mean? Evening. Have you must moved in? Well, I like what you’ve done with the place. Your delivery. No, thanks. I’m not staying. What’s going on, James? There’s not one person at MI6 who isn’t talking about it. That what you did in Mexico was one step too far. That you’re finished. I think you’re just getting started. All right. I think you’ve got a secret. And it’s something you won’t tell anyone. Because you don’t trust anyone. Jesus. Where did you get it? Well, she was never short of surprises. And what have you found? When’s the funeral? If you think M’s signing off on that, you’re insane. He won’t let you out of his sight. You want me to be your mole. And what make you think you can trust me?”
“It’s just something from an admirer. No, sir. That was last week. Bond? So, she was right. I ran that check. My boss had his credit card stolen. It’s nothing. Why don’t you go back to sleep. No one. It’s just a friend. It’s called life, James. You should try it sometime. The Pale King. It looks like you’ve had dealing with him before. Quantum. That’s him. Last unconfirmed sighting, Altaussee in Austria, four months ago. Yeah. Okay. Go. After his death? What are you talking about?”
Tanner
“Poor old girl. Rigged for demolition in a week. Cheaper to knock her down than to rebuild. Still. Time waits for no man and all that. Anyway, all the money’s been spent on this, the New Centre for National Security. You’ve met him, have you? Classic Whitehall mandarin. Wrote a dossier last year on how the double-O program was obsolete, how drones could do all our dirty work abroad. Went to school with the Home Secretary. This merger’s just the start of it. In three days, there’s a security conference in Tokyo to decide the New World Order. If C gets his way, he’ll have unlimited access to the combined intelligence streams of nine countries. Quite. Well, a lot’s happened while you were away. A train bombing in Hamburg and an industrial explosion in Tunisia. It’s not great timing for us. It’s all rather playing into C’s hands. M, well, let’s say he’s feeling the pressure. Now, this way, 007. Be careful. It’s a trifle slippery. Q wasn’t exactly feeling at home in Whitehall, what with the new merger, so he set up shop here, away from prying eyes, as it were. I hear he’s got something rather special planned for you.”
Q
“007. Please excuse the mess. Everything’s a little bit up in the air, what with the changes and all. Couple of things to get through. Shall we get started? Just relax. That’s it. Lovely. Now, you may feel a small… …prick. Cutting-edge nanotechnology. Smart Blood. Microchips in your bloodstream. Allows us to track your movements in the field. You see those readouts? We can monitor your vital signs from anywhere on the planet. Call it a post-Mexico insurance policy. By direct order of M. Good. Right. Well, I’ve just got one last thing for you and you can be on your way. Magnificent, isn’t she? Zero to sixty in three point two seconds. Fully bulletproof. A few little tricks up her sleeve. It’s a shame, really. She was meant for you, but she’s been reassigned to 009. But you can have this. It tells the time. Might help with your punctuality issues. Precisely. One word of warning. The alarm is rather loud. If you know what I mean. Yes. That old thing is taking quite a bit of time. Mind you, there wasn’t much left to work on. Only a steering wheel. I believe I said, ‘bring it back in one piece,’ not, ‘bring back one piece.’ Anyway, enjoy your downtime, 007. Yes? What do you have in mind, exactly? May I remind you that I answer directly to M. I also have a mortgage. And two cats to feed. Well, it’s lovely to see you, 007. Lovely. Now, I meant to tell you, so we may experience the odd drop in coverage during the first 24 hours… 48 hours after administration, but after that it should work perfectly. Please, don’t.”
“Morning. Good. Yes, fine. Shit. Yes, sir. Oh. Yes. I’ll just take a look now, sir. I have him, sir. He appears to be in Chelsea. I completely understand, sir.”
C
“So sorry. Am I interrupting? It’s a pleasure to finally meet you, 007. I’ve heard a lot about you. Most of it good. Thank you. No, no. ‘Max,’ please. As you wish. Well, my door is always open, 007, for my employees. This merger’s gonna be a whole new chapter for us. We’re going to bring British intelligence out of the Dark Ages into the light.”
“Do not let them tell you we need surveillance. We need more. Much more. I say again, the Nine Eyes committee would have full access to the combined intelligence streams of all member states. More data, more analysis, less likelihood of a terrorist attack. Ladies and gentlemen, it’s time for the security services of the world to unite. Alone, we are weak. Together, we’re a global power. Thank you. Thank you.”
“Good God, the government couldn’t afford this kind of facility. No, it was benefactors mostly, from the private sector. When it goes online, this building will be the most sophisticated data gathering system in history. The world’s digital ghost, available 24/7. I’m glad you like it. Not really. Only a matter of time before the South Africans see the light. And you know what they say, Rome wasn’t built in a day. This is what we need to do to keep the people safe. Double-O program is prehistoric. Come on, M. You can’t really tell me that one man in the field can compete with all of this, running around out there with his license to kill. I didn’t want to have to do this, but it looks like you still can’t control your agents. So maybe there’s something to be said for total surveillance after all. We watch everyone.”
Mr. White
“Do me a favor. Make it quick. I always knew death would wear a familiar face, but not yours. To what do I owe this pleasure, Mr. Bond? I’m flattered London is still talking about me. Last month, I found thallium in my cell phone. It’s done it’s job. I have a few weeks. Maybe less. So, here we are, Mr. Bond, two dead men enjoying the evening. I disobeyed him. I followed him as far as I could. He changed. Our game is our game. But this? Women, children… come on. He’s everywhere. Everywhere! He’s sitting at your desk, he’s kissing your lover, he’s eating supper with family! She left long ago. You won’t find her. She’s clever. She’s smarter than me. She knows how to hide. Yeah. Your word? The word of an assassin! L’Americain. You save her, she can lead you to L’Americain. She knows L’Americain. Try the Hoffler Klinik. You’re a kite dancing in a hurricane, Mr. Bond. So long.”
M (archival footage)
“If anything happens to me, 007, I need you to do something. Find a man called Marco Sciarra. Kill him. And don’t miss the funeral.”
London / MI6
“009 has arrived to pick up the DB10, sir. He’s waiting upstairs.”
“Who is it? Don’t be long.”
“We will now vote on the resolution. Ladies and gentlemen, please cast your vote. The vote is eight to one in favor. However, as you know, we cannot proceed unless by unanimous vote. The Nine Eyes motion is therefore not passed. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. This evening’s session is adjourned.”
Rome, Italy
“Identify yourself, asshole. Who are you?”
“We have adapted many of them into clearinghouses for unapproved drugs. In addition to which, the latest figures show that we presently control 70% of antimalarial vaccines, 34%of H.I.V., and 40% of all oncological drugs across Sub-Saharan Africa. But we face two challenges from the WHO in their campaign against our counterfeit pharmaceuticals. We have now identified the key individuals to target. We expect the same success as we had against the Council on Human Trafficking. since the board’s resignation… …we have placed 160,000 migrated females into the leisure sector. The impending completion of the Global Surveillance initiative… …will mean our capability is second to none… …and now is the moment for aggressive expansion. The news is only good… the news is only good…. our increased surveillance capability… …means government intelligence agencies… …are easily counteracted. We are winning.”
“Thank you, Doctor. Now, on to the matter at hand. After the success of our attacks in Hamburg and Tunisia, the aborted attack in Mexico City and the death of our valued colleague, Marco Sciarra, leaves one of his duties outstanding. Signor Guerra, The Pale King must be terminated. Will you make the journey to Altaussee? Of course. My loyalty to this organization is total. I will protect it with my last breath. There will be no more… …amateurs. No more shows of weakness. Does anyone challenge Signor Guerra for this position? Welcome. State your credentials for succeeding Signor Sciarra. Ciao, Mickey Mouse.”
Blofeld
“Don’t let me interrupt you. It’s funny. All that excitement in Mexico City rang a distant bell. And now, suddenly, this evening, it makes perfect sense. Welcome, James. It’s been a long time. But, finally, here we are. What took you so long? Cuckoo.”
Mexico City
“Where are you going? Welcome, Signor Sciarra. I trust you had a pleasant journey. Do you have it? Yes. It’s over there. When do we blow the stadium? This evening at six. And the flight out of here? All arranged. And then what? Then I visit the Pale King. A toast, my friend. To Death! Meet me in the square!”
