James Bond, Die Another Day. Declassification of the 20th James Bond movie including opening, title song, credits, villains, girls, gadgets, chases, binds, one-liners, and locations.

Opening

• night surfs on large wave into North Korean coast, intercepts helicopter to assume Mr. Van Bierk's identity, rigs briefcase of diamonds to be delivered with plastic explosives, detonates plastic explosives after his cover is blown, chases down Colonel Moon in a hijacked hovercraft and sends Moon and his hovercraft over a cliff into river below just after he gets off by jumping up and grabbing a bell

Title Song/Credits

• "Die Another Day" by Madonna
• naked silhouetted women moving composed of molten metal and ice, scorpions, diamond refractions and Bond being tortured

Villains

• Gustav Graves, British knight who is really Colonel Moon undergone gene-replacement therapy to take on new identity after presumed dead (Toby Stephens)
• Colonel Moon, renegade North Korean colonel set on taking over South Korea funded by illicit diamond smuggling (Will Yun Lee)
• Zao, Colonel Moon's henchman with diamond fragments embedded in the side of his face (Rick Yune)
• Mr. Kil, Graves' bodyguard in Iceland (Lawrence Makoare)
• Miranda Frost, Graves' publicist and Verity's fencing protege who is really an MI6 agent undercover working the Graves case but who sells her loyalties out to Graves for a fencing gold medal and betrays Bond (Rosamund Pike)

Girls

• Giacinta 'Jinx' Johnson, U.S. secret agent working same case as Bond (Halle Berry)
• Miranda Frost, Graves' publicist and Verity's fencing protege who is really an MI6 agent undercover working the Graves case but who sells her loyalties out to Graves for a fencing gold medal and betrays Bond (Rosamund Pike)
• Peaceful Fountains of Desire, masseuse (Rachel Grant)
• Verity, fencing instructor (Madonna)
• nurse (Cristina Contes)

Gadgets

• Aston Martin V12 Vanquish, car with invisible mode that projects the images from tiny cameras onto its light-emitting polymer skin, remote control, front-firing missiles and machine guns, target-seeking shotguns, ejector seat, sliding roof, traction tire spikes and radial thermal imager
• Jaguar XKR, car with telescoping machine gun, side- and front-firing missiles, mortars, battering ram and radial thermal imager
• Icarus satellite that acts as a second sun to allow crops to grow year-round, but that is also cover for a laser weapon to be used to carve an invasion path from North Korea into South Korea
• palace in Iceland made entirely of ice
• rocket-propelled ice dragster
• switch blade body gliders used for drop from aircraft into enemy territory
• satellite controller suit with built-in self-defender 100,000 volt glove
• fiber-optic dream machine mask
• robotic torture table with multiple laser arms
• mine-avoiding hovercrafts
• tank-buster depleted uranium guns
• flame-thrower guns
• ultra-high frequency sonic agitator unbreakable-glass-breaking ring
• surf board with sliding-door weapons compartment
• laser watch
• plastic explosives detonator watch
• plastic explosives detonator mobile phone
• virtual reality training simulation glasses
• rope descender-ascender
• pocket-sized scuba oxygen tank mouth piece
• satellite GPS transmitter combat knife
• camera that can transmit photo for identification

Chases

• hovercraft chased by hovercraft with Bond shooting out land mines to explode other hovercraft, ending with hovercraft going over cliff into river below just after Bond gets off by jumping up and grabbing bell
• foot chase after Zao on foot and taking off in helicopter
• rocket-propelled ice dragster chased by Icarus satellite laser beam across ice, ending with dragster going over cliff and hanging from edge by rope anchor
• Aston Martin chased by Jaguar across ice featuring Aston Martin flipping upside down from missile explosion and right-side-up from activation of ejector seat while upside down with roof open and culminating with a sequence through the melting ice palace

Binds

• with his cover blown and ordered to be killed, uses watch to detonate plastic explosives and uses disturbance to hijack a hovercraft
• fighting with Colonel Moon atop hovercraft, dives to avoid flame thrower, steps on accelerator to suck Moon against fan cage and jumps up to grab bell just before hovercraft goes over cliff into river below
• detained by General Moon, tortured, imprisoned for fourteen months and seemingly about to be executed, gets traded back to Britain in exchange for Zao
• detained by MI6 after it is believed he gave up information while tortured, fakes no heart rate and zaps doctors with defibrillators to escape
• being choked by Zao with IV bag wires, elbows him in the gut, slams his head into x-ray viewer, grabs the pendant around his neck and punches him in the face. The pendant holds logo-engraved African conflict diamonds that lead Bond to Graves
• with fencing wager with Graves having escalated into a true sword fight with Graves seemingly wanting to kill him, manages to outfight him and draw first blood from his torso
• needing to break into Graves' diamond mine, uses laser watch to cut a whole in ice and swims under ice up through a hole into a river of an interior jungle
• fighting with Mr. Kil among laser arms and about to be choked and stabbed to death, is saved when Jinx presses button to turn on laser and impale Mr. Kil through the back of the head with it
• about to be shot by Miranda at Graves' orders, uses sonic agitator ring to break the glass floor they are standing on, sending him and Miranda down to the floor below
• being shot at by Miranda and Zao, uses rope descender-ascender to rise to top of dome and scale down the outside wall of the dome
• being chased by Icarus satellite laser beam across ice in ice dragster, heads toward cliff and ejects rope anchor just before going over cliff to remain hanging from edge
• with Icarus laser beam fast approaching, gets dragster hood and brake chute to use to kite surf to safety after ice chunk breaks off and falls into ocean creating a massive tidal wave
• turned upside down in Aston Martin from missile explosion, activates ejector seat while upside down with roof open to turn right-side-up
• about to be fired on by mortars from Zao's Jaguar, activates target-seeking shotguns to shoot out mortars in midair
• chased by Zao throughout melting ice palace, cornered and about to be rammed by Zao, activates traction tire spikes and invisible mode to secretly back car up inclined wall, causing Zao to miss and drive right through wall into lobby below
• with Zao still alive and trying to swim out of icy water, shoots out chandelier wire to drop chandelier on Zao and kill him
• with Jinx flooded in her room of the melting ice palace, rams through doors with Aston Martin, uses sonic agitator ring to break windshield and pull Jinx into car, then saves her with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation
• with missile fired on Icarus about to be destroyed by its beam, air drops into North Korean territory with Jinx using switch blade body gliders
• unable to get a clear shot at Graves, cuts through fence, chases his plane down runway and pulls up onto landing gear
• with Graves commanding Icarus to cut a swath into South Korea and having just shot his own father, shoots a hole in window to depressurize cabin and suck many guards to their death
• in a fight to the end with Graves and nearly electrocuted to death, pulls Graves' parachute ripcord to send him clutching to side of plane and electrocutes him to cause him to let go and get sucked into jet engine
• with plane breaking up from having flown through Icarus' beam, opens rear hatch, activates conveyer belt and boards helicopter to exit out rear of plane just before it explodes, but helicopter won't start until seconds before it would have impacted the ground

One-liners

• "Don't blow it all at once," to Colonel Moon and Zao as they inspect the diamonds in the briefcase he rigged with plastic explosives
• "Saved by the bell," after jumping up and grabbing bell just before hovercraft goes over cliff into river below
• "Tell it to the concierge," after General Moon says he does not condone what they do here in the torture chamber
• "I'm checkin' out," to doctors and nurses holding him for observation after he fakes no heart rate and zaps doctors with defibrillators
• "Thanks for the kiss of life," to nurse while escaping after she gave him mouth-to-mouth resuscitation
• "I'm sure you do," when Peaceful introduces herself as a masseuse that comes compliments of the manager
• "I'm not that kind of customer," to Peaceful's "I'm not that kind of masseuse," after Bond kisses her neck and lifts her skirt to reveal a gun strapped to her thigh
• "Magnificent view," to Jinx after watching her walk in from the surf
• "Oh, I'm just here for the birds," to Jinx as he establishes his cover as an ornithologist
• "They feast like there's no tomorrow," when Jinx asks what the predators do when the sun goes down
• "Buenos dias," to various locals as he sneaks through their rooms as part of his plan to get onto Isla Los Organos to find Zao
• "Lucky I asked for it shaken," to stewardess as she brings him his martini during a bit of turbulence
• "I have been known to keep my tip up," to Verity's "I see you handle your weapon well"
• "Can I expect the pleasure of you in Iceland?" to Miranda after Graves invites him to Iceland for a demonstration of his Icarus satellite
• "Then maybe it's time you let me get on with my job," to M's "Well, it seems you've become useful again" after he furnishes her with information on Graves
• "You know, you're cleverer than you look," to Q after he demonstrates the sonic agitator ring
• "How time flies," when Q issues him his 20th gadget watch
• "Maybe you've been down here too long," when Q shows him his new car but there is nothing to see because it is in invisible mode
• "Just took a few seconds, Q," after Q says he ought to be able to shoot through the manual to his car in a few hours, but he throws it up for car shotguns to automatically track and shoot it
• "Well, there's a name to die for," when Mr. Kil introduces himself
• "I see you don't chase dreams, you live them," to Graves after he enters his ice palace
• "A palace of ice - you must feel right at home," to Miranda as she greets Bond in the ice palace
• "Wonderful - would you like to show me more?" when Miranda shows him his room
• "Vodka martini - plenty of ice if you can spare it," to bartender in ice palace
• "They don't look too convinced - come on put your back into it," to Miranda after she pulls him aside and kisses him to cover for his snooping around the grounds
• "It's only a number," to Miranda's "This is crazy - you're a 00" as they start to make out in bed
• "So you live to die another day, Colonel," to Graves at gunpoint as Bond reveals he knows Graves' true identity - Colonel Moon
• "Looks can be deceptive," to Graves' "So, Ms. Frost is not all she seems" when she pulls a gun on him
• "Yes, occupational hazard," to Miranda's "It was so good of you to bring your gun to bed with us" after he tries to shoot her but discovers he has no bullets
• "The coldest weapon of all," to Graves as he explains how he won over Miranda's loyalty and used all of her assets against him including her sex
• "You know I've missed your sparkling personality," to Zao after he is caught
• "Looks like your friends have bailed," to Graves after he depressurizes cabin and sucks many guards to their death
• "Time to face gravity," to Graves' "Time to face destiny" after he pulls Graves' parachute ripcord to send him clutching to side of plane and electrocutes him to cause him to let go and get sucked into jet engine
• "I should have warned you - my relationships don't last either," to Jinx's "I told you I was a jinx," as they are plummeting towards the ground in a helicopter that won't start
• "Now, you said something about going down together?" to Jinx after their helicopter starts at the last second before they would have impacted the ground
• "See - it's a perfect fit," to Jinx's "Wait - don't pull it out yet" (referring to diamond in her navel)
• "Well, it's got to come out sooner or later," to Jinx's "Leave it in" (referring to diamond in her navel)
• "Especially when you're bad," to Jinx's "I'm so good"

Locations

• Spain
• Iceland
• Maui, Hawaii, United States
• Norway
• England

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