Skyfall Quotes – ‘Sometimes the old ways are the best.’

Starring: Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Ben Whishaw, Rory Kinnear, Bérénice Marlohe, Albert Finney, Ola Rapace, Helen McCrory

OUR RATING: ★★★★☆

Story:

Spy thriller sequel directed by Sam Mendes. The story centers on James Bond’s (Daniel Craig), who after his latest assignment goes terribly wrong, it leads to undercover agents around the world being exposed, and MI6 being attacked, forcing M (Judi Dench) to relocate the agency. With MI6 now compromised inside and out, M turns to the one man she can trust, Bond. Aided only by a field agent, Eve (Naomie Harris), Bond takes to the shadows and follows a trail to Silva (Javier Bardem), a man from M’s past who wants to settle an old score.

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Best Quotes (Total Quotes: 98)

[first lines; Bond arrives at an MI6 safe house in Istanbul, when he enters the room he finds an agent is wounded, Bond speaks to M through his earpiece]
James Bond: Ronson’s down. He needs medical evac.
M: Where is it? Is it there?
James Bond: Hard drive’s gone.
M: Are you sure?
James Bond: It’s gone. Give me a minute.
[Bond goes over to Ronson and looks at the his chest wound]
M: They must have it. Get after them.
[Bond tries to stop the bleeding by applying pressure to the wound]
James Bond: I’m stabilizing Ronson.
M: We don’t have the time!
James Bond: I have to stop the bleeding.
M: Leave it!
[Bond reluctantly leaves Ronson]

[after Bond leaves Ronson he emerges from the building, another agent drives up in a jeep and Bond gets it]
James Bond: Have you got him?
Eve: He’s in the black Audi. What about Ronson?
James Bond: He’s been hit.
[back at MI6 headquarters]
Tanner: We’re sending in an emergency evacuation squad.
James Bond: They’ll be too bloody late!

[as Eve follows the assassin, Patrice, she swerves and breaks one of the side mirrors of the jeep]
James Bond: That’s alright, you weren’t using it.
[Eve swerves and breaks off the other side mirror]
Eve: I wasn’t using that one either.
[they pursue the Audi through the Grand Bazaar, as Eve drives next to the Audi Bond reaches over and grips the steering wheel maneuvering it to hit the side of the Audi, the Audi flips onto its side and skids into some stalls]
James Bond: Keep your head down!
[Bond gets out of the jeep and starts shooting at Patrice in the Audi, Patrice gets out and starts shooting at Bond with a machine gun, the police arrives on the scene and Patrice takes off on one of their bikes, Bond follows him on a bike that was parked nearby]

[Eve starts up the jeep again and starts driving off after Bond and Patrice]
Eve: Tanner, which way?
Tanner: Keep going, I can direct you from there.
[to Bond and Eve]
M: You both know what’s at stake here, we cannot afford to lose that list!
James Bond: Yes, ma’am.

[as Bond is hot in pursuit of Patrice, Tanner follows the situation back at MI6 headquarter]
M: Where are they now?
Tanner: On the rooftops of the Grand Bazaar.
[Bond forces Patrice off the rooftops, onto the street, Eve is on the road waiting for instructions from Tanner]
Take a left. There’s a bridge, you can cut him off.
[Eve takes off and manages to block Patrice on an overpass, but he instead drives off the overpass and onto a passing train, Bond then revs his bike and jumps onto the train after him]
M: What happened to him?
Eve: They’re on the train, ma’am.
M: What do you mean, on the train?
Eve: I mean, they’re on top of a train.
M: Well, go after them, for God’s sake!

[Eve follows the train on a stretch of road]
Tanner: He’s going out of range
M: You’ve got to track him, we’re blind here. What’s going on?
Eve: I’m still with them.
[Tanner to one of his team members]
Tanner: Get me CCTV, satellite, anything.

[back on the train, as Patrice and Bond shoot at each other, Bond runs out of bullets, he manages to get into a backhoe loader using the machine’s metallic shovel attachment to turn, as Patrice continues to shoot at Bond a few bullets strike the metallic edge of the frame shattering the glass and embedding shrapnel in Bond’s chest, this in turn makes the machine’s shovel attachment knock off a few cars off the train, nearly hitting Eve’s jeep]
Eve: Three VW Beetles, I think!
[Eve watches as Patrice fires at the coupling mechanism holding the car to the train]
Eve: He’s uncoupling the cars.
[Bond drives the backhoe over some parked cars in front of it, slams the shovel attachment down, digging into carriage where Patrice has gone into, Bond then scales the machinery and jumps through the hole, stopping momentarily to adjust his cuff]
M: 007, are you alright?
[Bond addresses the passengers on the train]
James Bond: Just changing carriages.
M: What’s going on? Report!
Eve: It’s rather hard to explain, ma’am. 007 is still in pursuit.

[Bond catches up with Patrice on top of the train and they start fighting, Eve follows the train on a stretch of road as far as it can go, when the train passes through a tunnel she realizes that she is at the end of the line]
Eve: There isn’t going to be much more road, I can’t go any further.
[as the train emerges from the tunnel, Eve leaver her Jeep and takes out her gun targeting Patrice as he’s fighting with Bond]
Eve: I may have a shot.
[as she tries to shoot Patrice, Bond keeps getting in the way as they fight]
Eve: It’s not clean. Repeat, I do not have a clean shot. There’s a tunnel ahead, I’m going to lose them!
M: Can you get into a better position?
Eve: Negative. There’s not time!
M: Take the shot.

[Eve hesitates as Bond is in the way of Patrice]
M: I said, take the shot!
Eve: I can’t, I may hit bond!
M: Take the bloody shot!
[Eve takes the shot, Bond hears this as Eve fires, hitting Bond and sending him flying off the train and into a river below, Patrice looks on at Eve as the train goes under the tunnel and he escapes]
Eve: Agent down.
[back at MI6 headquarter, M stares out at the window looking on the Thames]

[M sits in her office at night and struggles to write an obituary for Bond, three months later we see M meeting Tanner outside a government building]
M: It’s like being summoned to the headmaster’s study.
Tanner: It’s a new chairman, just standard procedure.
M: Bloody waste of my time is what I call it.
[M meets with Gareth Mallory, a member of the government]
Gareth Mallory: I’m sorry to have to deal with such a delicate subject on our first encounter. But, M, I have to be frank with you.
M: I think that would be a good idea.
Gareth Mallory: The Prime Minister’s concerned.
M: Well, you can tell him, my operatives are pursuing every avenue.
Gareth Mallory: Have you considered pulling out the agents.
M: I’ve considered every option.
Gareth Mallory: Forgive me, if that sounds like an evasion.
M: Forgive me, but why am I here?

Gareth Mallory: Three months ago you lost a computer drive containing the identity of almost every NATO agent embedded in terrorist organization across the globe. A list, which in the eyes of our allies, never existed. So, if you’ll forgive me, I think you know why you’re here.
M: Are we to call this, ‘civilian oversight’?
Gareth Mallory: No, we’re to call this ‘retirement planning’. Your country has only the highest respect for you and your many years of service. When your current posting is completed, you’ll be awarded, GCMG with full honors. Congratulations.
M: You’re firing me.
Gareth Mallory: No, ma’am. I’m here to oversee the transition period leading to your voluntary retirement in two months time. Your successor has yet to be appointed, so we’ll be asking you…
[M stands up]
M: I’m not an idiot, Mallory. I knew I can’t do this job forever, but I’ll be damned if I’m going to leave the department in worse shape than I found it.
Gareth Mallory: M, you’ve had a great run. You should leave with dignity.
M: Oh, to hell with dignity. I’ll leave when the job’s done.
[M turns and leaves Mallory’s office]

[after her meeting with Mallory as M and Tanner are in the car, Tanner receives a call alerting him of a situation back at MI6 headquarters]
Tanner: Ma’am, alert at the Q branch, someone’s trying to decrypt the stolen hard drive. They’re tracing the encroaching signal.
[Tanner looks at his laptop as they are tracing the signal]
Tanner: Localizing now. Signal’s in the UK. London.
[to the driver]
M: Get us back to base as soon as possible.
Tanner: It’s coming from MI6.
M: What?
Tanner: The data bank is linking to our network. Correction, this is behind our firewall. We should shut down.
M: No! Track it. We have to know where it’s coming from.

[Tanner makes a call]
Tanner: Strip the head and strike the source.
M: How the hell did they get into our system?
[Tanner talks into his phone]
Tanner: Get it trace back now.
[Tanner looks at his laptop, as the source has been found he turns to M]
Tanner: It appears, it appears to be your computer, ma’am.
M: Shut it down.
[as Tanner tries to shut down the system suddenly the screen shows the British flag and M’s image pops up in the middle wearing a crown and laughing, then M’s face turns into a skull and the flag burns and message appears ‘Think on your sins’]

[as they try to get back to MI6 headquarters they hit a police road block, M gets of the car in frustration and approaches one of the policemen]
M: For God’s sake! Just get out of the way! Don’t you recognize the car?
Vauxhall Bridge Police Guard: Madam…
[suddenly the MI6 building explodes and M watches in horror]

[we see Bond on an island, having a night of casual sex, he then takes pain killers for the shrapnel that’s still in his shoulder, then we see him going to carrying out the bet of drinking tequila without getting stung by a scorpion on his hand, the next morning he’s still at the same bar drinking when he sees a news report on the TV that MI6 has been hit by a terrorist attack and realized he needs to return to London]

[M stands by coffins of the MI6 employees that were killed by the attack, Tanner enters]
Tanner: It’s time to go, ma’am.
M: I’m going to find whoever did this.
[M returns home that night, as she goes to pour herself a drink she hears a clink, turns and sees Bond’s silhouette in the darkness]
M: Where the hell have you been?
James Bond: Enjoying death. 007 reporting for duty.
[M turns on the light in the room, Bond is holding a bottle of alcohol and glass in his hand]
M: Why didn’t you call?
James Bond: You didn’t get the postcard? You should try it sometime, get away from all of it. It really lends perspective.
M: Ran out of drink where you were, did they?
James Bond: What was it you said? ‘Take the bloody shot.’

M: I made a judgment call.
James Bond: You should have trusted me to finish the job.
M: It was a possibility of losing you or the certainty of losing all those other agents. I made the only decision I could, and you know it.
James Bond: I think you lost your nerve.
M: Well, what do you expect, a bloody apology? You know the rules of the game, you’ve been playing it long enough. We both have.
James Bond: Maybe too long.
M: Speak for yourself.

James Bond: Ronson didn’t make it, did he?
M: No.
James Bond: So this is it. We’re both played out.
M: Well, if you believe that, why did you come back?
James Bond: Good question.
M: Because we’re under attack. And you know we need you.
James Bond: Well, I’m here.
M: You’ll have to be debriefed, and declared fit for active service. You can only return to duty when you’ve passed the tests, so take them seriously. And a shower might be in order.
[M turns to start walking out of the room]
James Bond: I’ll go home and change.
M: Oh, we’ve sold your flat. Put your things into storage. Standard procedure on the death of an unmarried employee with no next of kin. You should have called.
James Bond: I’ll find a hotel.
M: Well, you’re bloody well not sleeping here.
[M walks off and leaves the room]

[Bond gets driven to the new MI6 headquarters]
Tanner: The assailant hacked into the environmental control system, locked out the safety protocols and turned on the gas. All of which should have been impossible, on top of that they hacked into her files. They knew her appointments, they knew she’d be out of the building.
James Bond: They weren’t targeting her, they wanted her to see it.
[as they drive underground]
James Bond: Where are we, Tanner?
Tanner: New digs.
[they arrive at a set of underground bunkers]
Tanner: The whole building was declared strategically vulnerable.
James Bond: That’s putting it mildly.
Tanner: He was able to breach the most secure computer system in Britain. So we’re on war footing now.

[they enter the bunker and walk through a tunnel]
Tanner: This was part of Churchill’s bunker. We’re still discovering tunnels dating back to the eighteenth century. Quite fascinating, if it wasn’t for the rats.
James Bond: When do I see M?
Tanner: Tomorrow you’ll see M, and Mallory too, if you’re lucky.
James Bond: Who’s Mallory?
Tanner: The new Chairman of Intelligence and Security Committee. A charming man, I think you and he are really going to hit it off.
[as they finally reach MI6 headquarters]
Tanner: Welcome to the new MI6.

[Bond is on a running machine doing a physical examination and Tanner continues to debrief him]
Tanner: We’ve attempted to trace the computer message, but it was sent by an asymmetrical security algorithm, which bounced the signal all over the globe through over a thousand different servers. And now that they’ve accessed M’s codes it’s only a matter of time before they’re able to decrypt the list.
[then we see Bond doing sit-ups as Tanner continues]
Tanner: Q branch have been analyzing the picture, but so far nothing. General feeling is it’s probably someone from her past, perhaps when she was running things in Hong Kong. She’s no idea what it all means.
James Bond: And you believe that?

[we see Bond doing pull-ups]
Tanner: The truth is, we don’t have a clue who took the list, or what they plan to do with it.
[Bond starts to look tired and stops doing the pull-ups]
Tanner: We can always do this later.
James Bond: You know what, let’s.
[Tanner and the other agents leave the room, Bond’s legs give way and he sits, looking exhausted, we then see him doing target shooting practice where he keeps missing the target as the shrapnel in his shoulder is hurting him]

[for his psychological exam, Bond enters a room with a two-way mirror, where M, Mallory and Tanner watch on the other side]
Doctor Hall: I’d like to start with some simple word associations, just tell me the first word that pops into your head. For example, I might say day, and you might say…
James Bond: Wasted.
[Hall smiles]
Doctor Hall: Alright. Gun?
James Bond: Shot.
Doctor Hall: Agent?
James Bond: Provocateur.
Doctor Hall: Woman?
James Bond: Provocatrix.
Doctor Hall: Heart?
James Bond: Target.
Doctor Hall: Bird?
James Bond: Sky.
Doctor Hall: M?
James Bond: Bitch.
Doctor Hall: Sunlight?
James Bond: Swim.
Doctor Hall: Moonlight?
James Bond: Dance.
Doctor Hall: Murder?
James Bond: Employment.
Doctor Hall: Country?
James Bond: England.
Doctor Hall: Skyfall?
[Bond pauses, not answering]
Doctor Hall: Skyfall?
James Bond: Done.
[Bond gets up, looks at the mirror, where M and Mallory are watching, and walks off, Mallory turns to M]
Gareth Mallory: Well, this is going well.

[as the shrapnel in his shoulder is hurting, frustrated Bond takes a knife and digs it all out, he then takes the shrapnel pieces to Tanner]
James Bond: Get these analyzed. For her eyes only.

[Bond is suited up and pacing as he waits in a room when Eve enters]
Eve: She’s ready for you.
James Bond: I’m sorry, have we met before?
Eve: I’m the one who should say sorry.
James Bond: Well, it’s only four ribs, and some of the less vital organs.
[Bond walks towards her, he leans closer to her as he passes her by]
James Bond: Nothing major.
[Eve smiles as she follows him]

[as Eve escorts Bond to M]
James Bond: Not enough excitement in Istanbul?
Eve: I’ve been reassigned. Temporary suspension from field work.
James Bond: Really?
Eve: Mm. Something to do with killing 007.
James Bond: Well, you gave it your best shot.
Eve: It was hardly my best shot.
James Bond: I’m not sure I can survive your best.
Eve: Doubt you’ll get the chance.
James Bond: Well, do me a favor, will you. If they do ever let you back out there, warn me first.
Eve: I’m assisting Gareth Mallory in the transition and then I’ll be back in the field.
James Bond: It’s what you want?
Eve: Yes, of course.
James Bond: It’s not for everyone.
[at that moment Tanner comes up behind them]
Tanner: Ah, 007, it’s this way.
[Bond ignores Tanner and continues talking to Eve]
James Bond: In your defense, a moving target is much harder to hit.
[Bond starts to walks off]
Eve: Then you better keep moving.
[Bond smiles as he walks off]

[sitting in M’s office, looking at M’s china Bulldog ornament with the British flag painted on its back]
James Bond: The whole office goes up in smoke and that bloody thing survives.
M: Your interior decorating tips have always been appreciated, 007.
[Bond stands has Mallory enters the room]
M: 007, Gareth Mallory.
Gareth Mallory: I hope I haven’t missed anything, the P.M. does prattle on in a crisis.
[Mallory and Bond shake hands]
Gareth Mallory: Bond.
James Bond: Mallory.
[Mallory sits in the chair next to Bond]
M: I’ve just been reviewing Bond’s tests.
[looking at Bond]
M: Seems you’ve passed, by the skin of your teeth. You’re back on active service.
Gareth Mallory: Congratulations.
James Bond: Thank you.
[Bond gets up]
James Bond: I’ll, um, I’ll be outside.

[Bond starts to walk off]
Gareth Mallory: I only have one question. Why not stay dead? You have the perfect way out, go and live quietly somewhere. Not many field agents get to leave this cleanly.
James Bond: Do you get out in the field much?
Gareth Mallory: You don’t need to be an operative to see the obvious. It’s a young man’s game. Look, you’ve been seriously injured, there’s no shame in saying you’ve lost a step. The only shame will be in not admitting it until it’s too late.
James Bond: Hire me, or fire me. It’s entirely up to you.
M: If he says he’s ready, he’s ready.
[Mallory looks at M]
Gareth Mallory: Perhaps you can’t see it, or maybe you won’t.
M: What exactly are you implying?
Gareth Mallory: You’re sentimental about him.
M: As long as I’m head of this department, I’ll choose my own operatives.
Gareth Mallory: Fair enough.
[Mallory starts to walk off and stops by Bond before leaving]
Gareth Mallory: Good luck, 007. Don’t cock it up.
[Bond looks at Mallory as he leaves M’s office]

[after Mallory leaves M’s office]
Tanner: We’ve analyzed the shrapnel fragments. You’re lucky it wasn’t a direct hit, it would have cut you in half. It’s a depleted uranium shell, military grade.
[Bond and M look at Tanner’s computer monitor showing the results]
Tanner: Hard to get, extremely expensive and only used by a select few.
[Tanner presses a button on his computer bringing up photos of three male suspects]
Tanner: Recognize anyone?
[Bond points the photo of Patrice]
James Bond: Him.
Tanner: Okay. The name’s Patrice, he’s a ghost, no known residence or country of origin.

James Bond: So how do we find him?
Tanner: Well, luckily, we still have one or two friends left in the CIA. They’re after him for the Yemeni Ambassador’s murder, and they’re getting close. Intel is he’s going to be in Shanghai in two days time, probably on a job.
M: You’re to go there and wait further instructions. If he turns up, he’s yours. Find out who he works for and who has the list. Then terminate him for Ronson.
James Bond: With pleasure. Is there anything else you want to tell me?
M: No. Report to the new quartermaster for your documentation. He hasn’t set up shop yet, but Tanner will put you two together. Good luck.
James Bond: Thank you.
[Bonds starts to walk off]
M: 007?
[Bond turns just as he’s about leave the office]
M: You are ready for this?
James Bond: Yes, ma’am.
[Bond leaves]
Tanner: I didn’t know Bond passed the tests.
M: He didn’t.

[Bond is sitting down in a museum, looking at a painting, when Q arrives and sits next to him]
Q: Always makes me feel a bit melancholy. A grand old war ship, being ignominiously hauled away for scrap. The inevitability of time, don’t you think? What do you see?
James Bond: A bloody big ship. Excuse me.
[Bond starts to get up]
Q: 007. I’m your new Quartermaster.
James Bond: You must be joking.
Q: Why, because I’m not wearing a lab coat?
James Bond: Because you still have spots.
Q: My complexion is hardly relevant.
James Bond: Your competence is.
Q: Age is no guarantee of efficiency.
James Bond: And youth is no guarantee of innovation.
Q: I’ll hazard I can do more damage on my laptop sitting in my pajamas before my first cup of Earl Grey than you can do in a year in the field.
James Bond: Oh, so why do you need me?
Q: Every now and then a trigger has to be pulled.
James Bond: Or not pulled. It’s hard to know which in your pajamas. Q.
[Bond and Q shakes hands]
Q: 007.

[Q takes out an envelope from his coat pocket and gives it to Bond]
Q: Ticket to Shanghai, documentation and passport.
James Bond: Thank you.
Q: And this.
[Q hands a black box to Bond, Bond opens it revealing a gun inside]
Q: Walther PPK/S nine-millimeter short, there’s micro sensor in the grip. It’s been coded to your palm print, so only you can fire it. Less of a random killing machine, more of a personal statement.
James Bond: And this?
[Bond points to the empty space small square next to the gun, Q hands over the little metallic square item]
Q: Standard issue radio transmitter. Activate it and it broadcasts your location, distress signal. And that’s it.
James Bond: A gun, and a radio. Not exactly Christmas, is it?
Q: Were you expecting and exploding pen? We don’t really go in for that anymore.
[Q gets up and starts to walk off, but turns to face Bond again]
Q: Good luck out there in the field. And please return the equipment in one piece.
[Q walks off]
James Bond: Brave new world.

[in Shanghai, Bond goes for a swim at his hotel, then waits at a bar when gets instructions that Patrice will be at the airport tomorrow, Bond waits for Patrice at the airport, follows him from a distance as he arrives at a large skyscraper and kills the security guard, Bond enters the building and follows Patrice as he boards the elevator and bolts after him, climbing up and grabbing onto a bar on the bottom of the elevator, he follows Patrice into a server room and watches him assemble a rifle and carves out a hole in the glass, he then aims his gun at the opposite building where an elderly Chinese business man is meeting with Severine and as he looks at painting, Patrice fires and kills the business man before jerking back to fire at Bond, they start fighting and Patrice’s gun blows away the rest of the window]

[Bond manages to dangle Patrice out of the window and shouts]
James Bond: Who’s got the list?!
[Patrice says nothing as he holds on to Bond’s arm]
James Bond: Tell me, who are you working for?!
[Patrice’s hand starts slipping and he suddenly falls to his death, Bond frustrated then looks up to see Severine staring at him from the opposite buildings before slipping out of her view in the darkness, Bond then checks out Patrice’s gun case and finds a casino chip from Macau]

[back in London, M receives another message from the cyber terrorist which directs her to a YouTube channel which lists 5 agents names, photos and which terrorist cell they are embedded with, M calls Tanner]
M: Tanner? He’s posted the first five names. Their cover’s blown. They’re in danger, get them out now.
[M reads the end of the cyber terrorist’s message; ‘Five more. Every Week. Think on your sins.’]

[in Macau, Bond is in his hotel room prepares to shave when there’s a knock at the door, Bond gets his gun out and waits]
Eve: Room service.
[Bond recognizes Eve’s voice and opens the door]
James Bond: I didn’t order anything. Not even you.
Eve: I have got some new information.
James Bond: Aren’t you a little overqualified to be delivering messages?
Eve: It’s all part of the learning curve. And Q’s afraid of flying.
James Bond: Of course he is.

[Bond goes back to getting prepared for shaving]
Eve: So, whoever stole the list, has already decrypted it. They posted the first five names on the web.
James Bond: Well, it was only a matter of time.
Eve: Oh, that’s just the start. They’re posting five more next week and the week after. It’s some kind of sadistic game.
[Eve watches as Bond gets his razor to start shaving]
Eve: Cut-throat razor. How very traditional.
James Bond: Well, I like to do some things the old-fashioned way.
[Eve moves closer to Bond]
Eve: Sometimes the old ways are the best.
[as Bond is about to start shaving he pauses, then turns and hold the razor out to Eve]
Eve: Are you putting your life in my hands again?

[Eve is shaving Bond with his razor]
James Bond: M’s already briefed me on the list. Raising the tantalizing question of what you’re really doing here.
[as Eve slowly shaves Bond they start flirting with each other]
Eve: My official directive was to help, in any way I can.
James Bond: Like spying for Mallory.
Eve: You know, Mallory is not as bad as you think.
James Bond: He’s a bureaucrat.
Eve: You should do your homework. Gareth Mallory was a Lieutenant Colonel…
James Bond: Lieutenant Colonel in Northern Ireland Hereford Regiment, spent three months at the hands of the IRA.
Eve: So, there’s more to him than meets the eye.
James Bond: We’ll see.
[as Eve pauses, Bond looks down at her cleavage]

Eve: Keep still.
[she pushes his face back up]
Eve: This is the tricky part.
[she slowly uses the razor to shave his throat]
Eve: Now, that’s better. You look the part now.
James Bond: Mm-hmm?
Eve: Mm-hmm.
James Bond: And what part is that?
[Eve moves closer to him as she wipes his face with a towel]
Eve: Old dog, new tricks.

[Bond arrives that the casino by boat, and as he enters he sees Eve is already there and speaks to her via his earpiece, as they avoid contact with each other]
James Bond: Good evening.
Eve: Evening.
James Bond: Don’t touch your ear. I’ve got three exits, and lots of blind spots.
Eve: I’ve got them covered.
James Bond: You look beautiful in that dress.
Eve: You don’t scrub up so bad yourself.
James Bond: Mm, it’s amazing what one can do with an extra pair of hands.
Eve: You’re telling me.
James Bond: Do you gamble?
Eve: I like a little flutter now and then. Who doesn’t like to take chances?

[at the casino’s cashier booth]
Floating Dragon Cashier: Good evening, sir, how may I help you?
James Bond: I’d like to cash this in, please.
[Bond passes the chip he’d taken from Patrice’s gun case to the cashier]
Floating Dragon Cashier: One moment, sir.
[the cashier leaves with the chip, Bond turns and looks around the casino as he waits and spots Severine, she turns and looks at him recognizing him from when he killed Patrice, the casino’s floor manager and his assistant walk up to Bond with a briefcase]
Floating Dragon Floor Manager: Good fortune tonight, sir.
James Bond: Let’s hope so.
[Bond opens the case to check the money and closes the case]
Floating Dragon Floor Manager: With compliments of the house.
[the manager gives Bond some casino chips]
James Bond: Thank you.

[after taking the case with the money, Bond walks over to a casino table and watches when Severine comes and stands next to him]
Severine: Now you can afford to buy me a drink.
James Bond: Maybe I’ll even stretch to two. I’m guessing I’ve got four million Euros in here.
Severine: Not bad. I like this game.
James Bond: Well, why don’t we play another?
Severine: I don’t gamble. I’m not very lucky.
James Bond: Bit of luck with our friend in Shanghai.
Severine: I’ve been waiting to see who would redeem the chip. You made such a bold entrance into our little drama.
James Bond: Did I overcomplicate the plot?
Severine: Who doesn’t appreciate the occasional twists? Mister…
James Bond: Bond. James Bond.
Severine: Severine. So, Mr. Bond, shall we discuss your next performance over that drink?
James Bond: I’d like that.
[referring to Severine’s bodyguards]
James Bond: Will your friends be joining us?
Severine: That, I’m afraid, is inevitable.

[as Bond follows behind Severine towards the bar, Bond hears Eve through his earpiece]
Eve: She’s pretty.
James Bond: I know.
Eve: If you like that sort of thing.
[Bond takes his earpiece off and whispers into it]
James Bond: I’ll keep you posted.
[as he walks past Eve, who’s sitting a table drinking, he drops his earpiece into her drink]

[as they drink at the casino bar]
Severine: Would you mind if I ask you a business question?
James Bond: Depends on the question.
Severine: It has to do with death.
James Bond: A subject in which you’re well-versed.
Severine: How would you know that?
James Bond: Only a certain kind of woman wears a backless dress with a Beretta 70 strapped to her thigh.
Severine: One can never be too careful when handsome men in tuxedo’s carry Walthers. I am correct in assuming you killed Patrice?
James Bond: Yes.
Severine: Might I ask why?
James Bond: I want to meet your employer.
[Severine pauses for a moment before replying]
Severine: Be careful what you wish for.
James Bond: You’re scared.
Severine: Thank you for the drink. Mr. Bond.

[as Severine is about to leave, Bond stops her by placing his hand on her wrist]
James Bond: You put on a good show. But ever since we sat down, you haven’t stopped looking at your bodyguards. Well, three of them is a bit excessive. They control you, they’re not protecting you.
[he turns her wrist round to reveal the tattoo on her wrist]
James Bond: Tattoo on your wrist, is Macau sex trade. You belonged to one of the houses. What were you, twelve? Thirteen? I’m guessing he was your way out. Perhaps you thought you were in love. But that was a long time ago.
Severine: You know nothing about it.
James Bond: I know when a woman is afraid and pretending not to be.
Severine: How much do you know about fear?
James Bond: All there is.
Severine: Not like this. Not like him.

James Bond: I can help you.
Severine: I don’t think so.
James Bond: Let me try.
Severine: How?
James Bond: Bring me to him.
Severine: Can you kill him?
James Bond: Yes.
Severine: Will you?
James Bond: Someone usually dies.
[Severine smiles]
James Bond: Perhaps you can. When I leave, they’re going to kill you. If you survive, I’m on the Chimera. North harbor. Berth seven. We cast off in an hour. Very nice to have met you, Mr. Bond.
[Severine stands to leave]
Severine: Good luck.
[Severine turns and walks off, Bond turns to the bar and sees her three bodyguards are staring at him, he raises his glass to them before drinking from it]

[as Bond is about the leave the casino he’s cornered by Severine’s bodyguards, Bond attacks them with his metallic briefcase and beats the other two agents before the first bodyguard recovers and tackles him off the bridge and into a pit of Komodo dragons, the man disarms Bond and tries to shoot him with the Walther]
James Bond: Good luck with that.
[the gun doesn’t fire and the Komodo dragon takes hold of the man from behind, Bond then climbs back out of the pit only to come face to face another bodyguard aiming a gun at him, at that moment Eve arrives uses her stiletto heel to knock the gun aside and knock him out and holds up the metal briefcase]
James Bond: Thank you.
[Bond climbs out of the pit and Eve holds the briefcase with the money towards Bond]
James Bond: Put it all on the red.
[Bond then turns and starting walking out of the casino]
James Bond: It’s the circle of life.

[Severine waits for Bond on her boat, but he doesn’t show up, thinking that he’s dead, she orders the boat to cast off and goes to take a shower, Bond sneaks in and comes up behind her as she’s showering and start kissing her neck]
James Bond: I like you better without your Beretta.
Severine: I feel naked without it.
[she turns and they start kissing]

[back in London, M arrives at Mallory’s office he has the TV on which is reporting the news about one of the exposed MI6 agents]
BBC News Anchor: Good evening. The controversy surrounding the Ministry of Defense has escalated today as images of the Hussein assassination continued to circulate. We should warn you, some viewers might find these images disturbing. Captain Hussein, an MI6 operative imbedded in the Middle East was one of the five agents exposed in what is now being considered the greatest internal security breach in modern British history. The Prime Minister continues to express public support for MI6 while the opposition has taken the position…
[Mallory turns the TV off and looks at M]
Gareth Mallory: …has taken the position we’re a bunch of antiquated bloody idiots fighting a war we don’t understand and can’t possibly win.
M: Look, three of my agents are dead already. Don’t embroil me in politics now.
Gareth Mallory: The Prime Minister’s ordered an inquiry. You’ll have to appear.
M: Oh, standing in the stock at midday. Who’s antiquated now?
Gareth Mallory: For Christ’s sake, listen to yourself. We’re a democracy and we’re accountable to the people we’re trying to defend. We can’t keep working in the shadows, there are no more shadows.
M: You don’t get this, do you? Whoever’s behind this, whoever’s doing it, he knows us. He’s one of us. He comes from the same place as Bond. The place you say doesn’t exist. The shadows.

[Bond gets on the deck of on Severine’s boat and activates his little radio transmitter, he then goes and joins Severine as she looks at the island ahead]
Severine: It’s not too late, you could turn back now.
[suddenly the crew come towards them]
James Bond: I wouldn’t be so sure.

[as the crew Severine’s boat takes them as hostages to an abandoned island]
Severine: They abandoned it almost overnight. He made them think there was a leak at the chemical plant. It’s amazing, the panic you can cause with a single computer. He wanted the island, so he took it.
James Bond: Does this ‘he’ always get what he wants?
Severine: More than you know.
[Severine is taken away to a different direction and Bond gets taken into a building]
Severine: I’m sorry.

[Bond has been tied to a chair in a room full of computer servers, then an elevator descends from the upper levels of the building and Silva emerges]
Silva: Hello, James. Welcome! Do you like the island?
[Bond doesn’t answer, Silva starts walking slowly towards Bond]
Silva: My grandmother had an island. Nothing to boast of, you could walk along it in an hour. But still it was, it was a paradise for us. One summer, we went for a visit and discovered the place had been infested with rats. They’d come on a fishing boat and gorged themselves on coconut. So how do you get rats off an island? Hmm? My grandmother showed me. We buried an oil drum and hinged the lid. Then we wired coconut to the lid’s base and the rats would come for the coconut and boing, boing, boing, they would fall into the drum. And after a month you’ve trapped all the rats. But what did you do then? Throw the drum into the ocean? Burn it? No? You just leave it. And they became to get hungry. And one by one, they start eating each other, until there are only two left. The two survivors. And then what? Do you kill them? No. You take them and release them into the trees. But now they don’t eat coconut anymore. Now they only eat rat. You have changed their nature.

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[Silva stands in front of Bond]
Silva: The two survivors, this is what she made us.
James Bond: I made my own choices.
Silva: Hmm. You think you did. That’s her genius.
James Bond: Station H. Am I right? Hong Kong?
Silva: Hm-hmm. ’86 to ’97. Back then, I was her favorite. And you’re not nearly the agent I was, I can tell you that.

Silva: Just look at you, barely held together by your pills and your drink.
James Bond: Don’t forget my pathetic love of country.
Silva: You’re still clinging to your faith in that old woman, when all she does is lie to you.
James Bond: She never lied to me.
Silva: No?
James Bond: No.
Silva: What do you score in your marksmanship evaluation?
James Bond: Seventy.
[Silva laughs before giving him his true score]
Silva: Forty. Did she tell you the psychologist cleared you for duty?
James Bond: Yes.
Silva: No. No.

[Silva goes to one of his computers and brings up Bond’s evaluation results and starts reading it out loud]
Silva: Medical evaluation; fail. Physical evaluation; fail. Psychological evaluation; alcohol and
substance addiction indicated. Oof! Pathological rejection of authority based on unresolved childhood trauma.
[Silva looks at Bond for a moment before continuing to read Bond’s evaluation results]
Silva: Subject is not approved for field duty and immediate suspension from service advised.
[Silva walks back towards Bond]
Silva: What is this if not betrayal? She sent you after me, knowing you’re not ready, knowing you would likely die.
[to Bond]
Silva: She sent you after me, knowing you’re not ready, knowing you would likely die. Mommy was very bad.

[Silva opens the top button of Bond’s shirt and pulls it aside to reveal the shrapnel wound on his shoulder]
Silva: Oops. See what she’s done to you.
James Bond: Well, she never tied me to a chair.
Silva: Her loss.
[Silva then softly touches the base of Bond’s neck with his fingers]
James Bond: Are you sure this is about M?
Silva: It’s about her, and you, and me. You see, we are the last two rats. We can either eat each other. Mm? Or eat everyone else.

[Silva softly touches Bond’s neck]
Silva: Huh, you’re trying to remember your training now. What’s the regulation to cover this?
[Silva runs his hands down Bond thighs]
Silva: Well, first time for everything. Yes?
James Bond: What makes you think this is my first time?
Silva: Oh, Mr. Bond. All that physical stuff is so dull. So dull. Chasing spies. So old-fashioned.
[Silvan unties Bond’s hands]
Silva: Your knees must be killing you.

[after untying Bond’s hands]
Silva: England. The Empire. MI6. You’re living in a ruin, as well. You just don’t know it yet. At least here there are no old ladies giving orders, and no little gadgets from those fools in Q branch. If you wanted, you could pick your own secret missions, as I do. Hmm? Name it. Name it!
[Silva walks to one of his computers and brings up a screen]
Silva: Destabilize a multinational by manipulating stocks? Easy!
[he walks to another computer and brings up another screen]
Silva: Interrupt transmissions from a spy satellite over Kabul? Done! Rig an election in Uganda, all to the highest bidder.
James Bond: Or a gas explosion in London?
Silva: Hmm. Just point and click.
James Bond: Well, everybody needs a hobby.
Silva: So what’s yours?
James Bond: Resurrection.
Silva: Let me show you something.
[Silva walks off and Bond follows him with Silva’s men behind them]

[Silva takes Bond out into the courtyard full of abandoned items which were left behind by the previous inhabitants of the island, there’s music playing on the speakers around the courtyard]
Silva: It tells a story, doesn’t it? They left the island so quickly, they couldn’t decide what to take, what to leave, what was important. I think this everyday reminds me to focus on the essentials. There’s nothing, nothing superfluous in my life. When a thing is redundant, it is eliminated.
[Bond sees Severine is tied to a statue with blood at the corner of her mouth; Silva pours Bond a drink]
Silva: Fifty year old Macallan. A particular favorite of yours, I understand. So, what’s the toast?
[Silva hands Bond his drink]
Silva: To the women we love?
[Silva snaps his glass to Bond’s]

[Silva walks towards Severine]
Silva: Darling. Darling, your lovers are here.
[Silva kisses Severine, who looks frightened]
Silva: No, no, no. Stand up straight. Keep still. And whatever you do, don’t lose your head. Don’t lose your head.
[Silva places his glass of drink on top of Severine’s head]
Silva: Don’t lose your head.

[after Silva places his glass of liquor on Severine’s head he walks back towards Bond]
Silva: Time to redeem your marksmanship scores. Let’s see who can be the first
to knock the glass from her head.
[Silva gives Bond an old dueling gun whilst one of his guards points his gun at Bond]
Silva: And just to be sporting, I’ll let you go first.
[Bond turns to face Severine’s direction and cocks his gun]
Silva: Let’s see who ends up on top.
[Silva’s guard points his gun at Bond’s head while Bond points his gun at Severine and takes aim, but pauses]
Silva: Ah, I can’t believe it. I can’t believe it. Did you really die that day? Is there any of the old 007 left?
[Bond fires and misses, hitting part of the statue]

Silva: My turn.
[Silva shoots Severine in the head and killing, knocking the glass on her head to the ground]
Silva: I win. What do you say to that?
James Bond: It’s a waste of good scotch.
[suddenly Bond attacks the guard behind him, takes his gun and kills all the guards leaving him and Silva alone, he points his gun at Silva]
Silva: What are you doing to do now? Take me back to her? All on your own?
James Bond: Who says I’m on my own?
[Silva starts to hear helicopters, he looks up to see they are surrounded by MI6 helicopters, which had tracked Bond’s position from the little transmitter that Bond had activated earlier on Severine’s boat before arriving on the island]
Silva: The latest thing from Q branch, called a radio.

[at the new MI6 headquarters, M and Bond go to see Silva, who has been contained within a glass cell]
M: Alright. Time to say hello.
[the guard opens the door to the area where Silva is sat in his glass cell, M walks up to his cell]
Silva: You are smaller than I remember.
M: Whereas I barely remember you at all.
Silva: Strange, for me it feels just like yesterday. Are you surprised?
M: Not particularly. But then you always were a slippery one.
Silva: Maybe that’s why you liked me so much.
M: You flatter yourself.
Silva: Oof. No remorse. Just as I had imagined.
M: Regret is unprofessional.
[Silva laughs]

Silva: Regret is unprofessional. They kept me for five months in a room with no air, they tortured me, and I protected your secrets, I protected you. But they made me suffer. And suffer. And suffer. Until I realized, it was you who betrayed me. You betrayed me. So, I had only one thing left. My cyanide capsule in my back left molar. You remember, right?
[M coldly looks at Silva]
Silva: So, I broke the tooth and bit into the capsule, it burned all my insides, but I didn’t die. Life clang to me like a disease. And then I understood why I had survived. I needed to look in your eyes one last time.
M: Well I hope it was worth it.

M: Mr. Silva, you’re going to be transferred to Belmarsh prison, where you’ll be remanded in custody until the Crown Prosecution Service deem you fit to stand trial for…
Silva: Say my name. Say it! My real name. I know you remember it.
M: Your name is on the memorial wall of the very building you attacked. I would have it struck off. Soon, your past will be as non-existent as your future. I’ll never see you again.
[M turns and starts walking away]
Silva: Do you know what it does to you? Hydrogen cyanide?
[Silva reaches into his mouth and removes his prosthetic dentures, his cheeks sink away and we see that he only has a few teeth remaining, the capsule had eaten away at his flesh and he now requires the prosthesis to maintain the structure of his face]
Silva: Look upon your work, Mother.
[M and Bond walk away, Silva puts his prosthetic dentures back in and starts laughing]

[as they walk away from Silva’s cell holding area]
M: Let me know what you recover from his computers. Has he transmitted the lists, if so, to who? I want this resolved.
James Bond: Yes, Ma’am.
[M stops in her tracks and turns to look at Bond]
M: His name is Thiago Rodriguez. He was a brilliant agent. But he started to operating beyond his brief, hacking the Chinese. The handover was coming up and they were onto him, so I gave him up. I got six agents in return and a peaceful transition.
Tanner: We should go, Ma’am. Court of inquiry will be in 30 minutes.
M: I want to know what’s on that computer.

[as Q tries to decode Silva’s computer]
Q: Now, looking at Silva’s computer, it seems to me, he’s done a number of slightly unusual things. He’s established fail-safe protocols to wipe the memory if there’s any attempt to access certain files. Only about six people in the world could program safe-guards like that.
James Bond: Of course there are. Can you get past them?
Q: I invented them. Right then.
[Q places some USB cables into Silva’s computer]
Q: Let’s see what you’ve got for us, Mr. Silva. We’re in.
[we see Silva sat in his cell, cross-legged, then we’re back at Q’s lab]
Q’s Assistant: Sir, what do you make of this?
[Q turns to look at the large screen showing what’s been decoded from Silva’s computer]
Q: This is omega site. Best encrypted level he has. Looks like obfuscated code to conceal its true purpose. Security through obscurity.

[M and Tanner are at the tribunal where M is facing scrutiny for the deaths of the NATO agents]
Clair Dowar MP: Ladies and gentlemen, if I might have order. I’d like to begin proceedings. We’re gathered today to address important issues concerning the future of our national security.
[back at Silva’s cell, we see Silva stand and stretch]
Silva’s Isolation Guard: Going somewhere?
[Silva says nothing and just zips up his jump suit; back at the tribunal]
Inquiry Member: So you believe the security of MI6 during the recent crisis has been up to scratch?
M: Well, I believe we have apprehended the responsible party and are taking all necessary steps to ensure that the sensitive information is contained.
Clair Dowar MP: Ah! So it’s a job well done.
M: Well, I’m not saying it’s all gone perfectly, but…
Clair Dowar MP: You’ll forgive me for not putting up the bunting. I find it rather difficult to overlook the monumental security breaches and dead operatives for which you are almost single handedly responsible.

[back at Q’s lab as Q tries to decode Silva’s computer]
Q: He’s using a polymorphic engine to maintain the code. Whenever I try to gain access, it changes. It’s like solving a Rubik’s cube that’s fighting back.
[Bond notices letters on the decoder]
James Bond: Stop. Go in on that.
[the letters match up to show the name of an old subway railway station]
James Bond: Granborough. Granborough Road. It’s an old tube station on the Metropolitan line, been closed for years. Use that as the key.
[Q uses it as the base of the algorithm, which unfurled a detailed map]
Q: Oh, look it’s a map!
James Bond: It’s London. Subterranean London.

[suddenly the glass doors on the ground flip open]
Q: What’s going on? Why are the doors open?
[Bond quickly realizes that Silva has hacked the system and he bolts out of the lab, Q turns to look at the screen as it comes up with message ‘System Security Breach’]
Q: Oh, no! Can someone tell me how the hell he got into our system?
[Q looks at the screen again when a red skull pops up with the message ‘NOT SUCH A CLEVER BOY’]
Q: Oh, shit!
[Q quickly takes out the USB cables from Silva’s computer]
Q: Shit, shit, shit! He hacked us.

[when Bond reaches Silva’s holding area, he sees the guards are down and the glass cell is empty]
James Bond: Oh, no!
[Bond talks to Q through his earpiece]
James Bond: Q, he’s gone.
[Bond sees the Silva has escaped into the underground catacombs beneath the cell through the maintenance hatch, Bond starts climbing down it]
James Bond: I’m on a stairwell below isolation. Do you read me, Q?
Q: I can hear you. I’m looking for you. Got you. Tracking your location. Just keep moving forward. Enter the next service door on your right. If you’re through that door, you should be in the tube.
James Bond: I’m in the tube.
Q: Bond, this isn’t an escape, this was years in the planning. He wanted us to capture him, he wanted us to access his computer. It was all planned. Blowing up HQ, all the emergency protocols, knowing we’d retrieve down here.
James Bond: I got all that. What he’s got planned next that worries me.

Q: District line is the closest. There should be a service door on your left.
James Bond: Got it.
[Bond tries to open the door]
James Bond: It won’t open.
Q: Of course it will. Put your back into it.
James Bond: Why don’t you come down and put your back into it?
[Bond tries pushing the door]
James Bond: No, it’s stuck.
[Bond looks around and hears something]
James Bond: Oh, good. There’s a train coming.
Q: Hmm. That’s vexing.
[as the train gets closer, Bond shoots at it and pushes the door again and just as the train passes him by Bond goes through the door]
James Bond: I’m through.
Q: Told you! We’ve alerted security, police are on their way.

[we Silva has escaped to the underground station, as he walks down some steps, two of his men dressed as policemen pass him a package, we then see Bond find his way into the tube station looking for Silva]
Q: Where are you now?
James Bond: Temple tube station, along with half of London.
[Q spots Bond on once his monitors]
Q: Oh, I see. Here you are.
James Bond: I know where I am, Q. Where is he?
Q: Just a second, I’m looking for him.
James Bond: There’s too many people, I can’t see him.
Q: Welcome to rush hour on the tube. Not something you’d know much about.
James Bond: Train’s leaving. Do I get on the train?
Q: Don’t get on the train unless he’s on it. Give us a minute.
James Bond: Do I get on the train?

[as Q searches surveillance footage to find Silva he spots him dressed as a policeman getting on the train]
Q: Bond?
James Bond: What?
Q: Get on the train.
[as the train has started moving, Bond is forced to race after the train and jump onto the last carriage, a husband and wife waiting for the tube watch Bond as he jumps onto the train]
Husband at Tube Station: He’s keen to get home.

[after jumping onto the last tube on the train, the tube driver looks at Bond in shock]
James Bond: Open the door please.
[the tube driver just stares at Bond in shock]
James Bond: Open the door!
[the tube driver opens the door and Bond steps in]
James Bond: Health and safety. Carry on.
[Bond starts walking through the carriages on the train]
Q: Where are you?
James Bond: Take a wild guess, Q.
Q: He’s in disguise now, he’s dressed as a policeman.
James Bond: Of course he is.
[Bond hunts for Silva through the train, back at his lab Q checks his tracking device keeping an eye on the train’s movement]
Q: Where is he going? Where is he going?
[Bond looks at the tube map on the train and suddenly realizes where Silva is going]
James Bond: He’s going for M. Tell Tanner, get her out of there.

[back at M’s tribunal]
Clair Dowar MP: You’ve overlooked or chosen to ignore hard evidence and consistently, almost obstinately relied on…
[Tanner gets the message from Q and whispers into M’s ear]
Tanner: Silva’s escaped. Bond’s in pursuit. We need to get you to secure location immediately, Ma’am.
M: Like hell am I going to show him my back.
Clair Dowar MP: Are we straining your attention?
M: No, please, Minister, proceed.
[back on the train Bond continues to hunt for Silva on the train]
James Bond: Excuse me.
[Bond suddenly spots Silva in the next carriage and as the train comes to stop, Silva bolts out of the train and Bond chases after him through the tube station, but he loses Silva in the crowd of patrolmen that have been called to the station, Silva laughs and slips through an access door which Bond notices left open]

[as the tribunal continues]
Clair Dowar MP: It’s as if you insist on pretending we still live in the golden age of espionage, when human intelligence was the only resource available. Well, I find this rather old-fashioned belief demonstrates a reckless disregard for every…
Gareth Mallory: Excuse me, Minister, I don’t mean to interrupt, but just for the sake of variety, might we actually hear from the witness?
Clair Dowar MP: Of course.
M: Thank you.

[Bond follows Silva down into another set of catacombs and as Silva tries to ascend out of a manhole, Bond fires his gun, missing each time until he nearly hits Silva’s hand]
Silva: Ow!
James Bond: I won’t miss next time, Mr. Silva.
Silva: Not bad! Not bad, James, for a physical wreck.
James Bond: Why, thank you.
Silva: You caught me. Now, here’s your prize. The latest thing from my local toy store. It’s called ‘radio’.
[Silva presses a button on his radio, which explodes part of the ceiling, creating a hole]
Silva: Wooh!
James Bond: I do hope that wasn’t for me.
[Silva laughs]
Silva: No. But that is.
[Bond turns and looks up at hole and sees the train approaching fall through the hole which forces Bond to sprint out of the way and Silva escapes up the manhole, gets out onto the street, his men pull up in a police car, Silva gets in they drive him off]

[back at M’s tribunal]
M: Chairman, ministers. Today I’ve repeatedly heard how irrelevant my department has become. Why do we need agents, the double o section? Isn’t it all rather quaint? Well, I suppose I see a different world than you do. And the truth is that what I see frightens me. I’m frightened because our enemies are no longer known to us. They do not exist on the map, they are not nations, they are individuals. Look around you, who do you fear? Can you see a face, a uniform, a flag? No.
[we see Silva and his men arrive at the building where the tribunal is taking place and kill all the security guards]
M: Our world is not more transparent now. It’s more opaque. It’s in the shadows. That’s where we must do battle. So, before you declare us irrelevant, ask yourselves. How safe do you feel?
[M pauses for a moment]
M: Just one more thing to say. My late husband was a great lover of poetry. And, um, I suppose some of it sunk in, despite my best intentions. And here today I remember this. I think, from Tennyson.

[at the same time we see Bond emerge from the tube station and starts running in the streets, trying to get to the tribunal]
M: We are not now that strength which in old days moved earth and heaven. That which we are, we are. One equal temper of heroic hearts, made weak by time and fate, but strong in will. To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
[suddenly Silva bursts into the room with his men and begins firing, he points his gun at M and they stare at each other, as he’s about to shoot M, Mallory hops over the bar and pulls M out of the way of and gets shot in the arm]

[Bond arrives on the scene as Silva is shooting, Bond kills one of Silva’s men, he kicks a gun to Eve, who provides cover fire as does Mallory after he finds a gun on the ground, Bond then shoots some fire extinguishers to create cover for Tanner and M to escape, forcing Silva to retreat, Bond then leaves the building and sees Silva drive off, Tanner gets M into her car and as he’s about to get inside, the car drives off leaving Tanner behind]
M: 007, what the hell are we doing? You kidnapping me?
James Bond: That would be one way of looking at it.
M: Too many people are dying because of me.
James Bond: If he wants you, he’s going to have to come and get you. We’ve been one step behind Silva from the start. It’s time to get out in front and change the game.
M: And I’m to be the bait?
[Bond looks at M from his rearview mirror]
M: Alright. Just us. No one else.

James Bond: Q, I need help.
Q: I’m tracking the car, where are you going?
James Bond: I’ve got M. We’re about to disappear.
Q: What?
James Bond: I need you to lay a trail of breadcrumbs impossible to follow for anyone except Silva. Think you can do it?
Q: I’m guessing this isn’t strictly official.
James Bond: Not even remotely.
Q: So much for my promising career in espionage.

[Bond takes M to a storage garage]
James Bond: Well I’m not hiding in there if that’s your brilliant plan. company cars is they have trackers.
[Bond opens the storage room, turns on the light and we see his vintage Aston Martin parked inside]
M: Oh, and I suppose that’s completely inconspicuous.
James Bond: Get in.
[Bond drives off]
M: It’s not really comfortable, is it?
James Bond: Are you going to complain the whole way?
[bond flips open the shift knob cap which has the button for ejecting the passenger seat]
M: Oh, go on and then, eject me. See if I care.
[Bond smiles and closes the shift knob cap]
M: Where are we going?
James Bond: Back in time. Somewhere we’ll have the advantage.

[at Q’s lab, Q and Tanner try to create a false trail for Silva to follow]
Q: It’s a fine line. If the breadcrumb’s too small, then he might miss it. Too big, and Silva will smell a rat.
Tanner: Yes, but you’d think even Silva will be able to spot that
Q: He’s the only one who could.
[Tanner turns and sees Mallory standing behind them]
Tanner: Sir.
Q: Oh.
Gareth Mallory: What are you doing?
Q: We’re just monitoring.
Gareth Mallory: Creating a false tracking signal for Silva to follow.
Tanner: Well, sir, um…
Q: Well, no…
Gareth Mallory: Excellent thinking, get him isolated. Send him on the A9, it’s a direct route, you can monitor his progress more accurately and confirm it with the traffic cameras.
Q: But, uh, what if PM finds out?
Gareth Mallory: Then we’re all buggered. Carry on.
[Mallory turns and leave and Q and Tanner carry on creating the tracker]

[Bond takes M to Scotland, he’s stopped and is standing on a cliff overlooking a land]
M: Is this where you grew up?
James Bond: Hmm.
M: How old were you when they died?
James Bond: You know the answer to that, you know the whole story.
M: Orphans always make the best recruits.
[Bond smiles and looks up at the sky]
James Bond: Storm’s coming.

[Bond drives them to Skyfall, the manor house in which Bond’s family lived; referring to the house as they get out of the car]
M: Christ!
James Bond: Mm-hmm.
M: No wonder you never came back.
[they go inside where, Bond looks around the house, where all the furniture has been covered with sheets, Bond hears a noise and sees Kincade walk in carrying a shotgun]
Kincade: James. James Bond.
James Bond: Good God. Are you still alive?!
Kincade: Huh. It’s nice to see you, too.
[they shake hands]

James Bond: M, this is Kincade. Gamekeeper here since I was a boy.
Kincade: Pleased to meet you, Emma!
M: Mr. Kincade.
[M and Kincade shake hands]
Kincade: You’re a tad late, they’ve sold the place when they thought you were dead. It seems they were wrong. What are you doing here?
James Bond: Some men are coming to kill us. We’re going to kill them first.
Kincade: Then we’d better get ready.
James Bond: Do we still have a gun room?
Kincade: Ah.

[Kincade takes them to the gun room which is now empty of all weapons]
Kincade: They sold the lot to a collector from Idaho or some such place. They were shipped out weeks ago. There’s just your father’s old hunting rifle. We couldn’t let that go.
[Kincade gives Bond the rifle, M looks disappointed]
M: And this is what we’ve got.
Kincade: There might be a couple sticks of dynamite from the quarry. But, if all else fails, sometimes the old ways are the best.
[he takes out his hunting knife and puts it on the table]

[Kincade and Bond are out on the grounds so that Bond can test the rifle]
Kincade: So, who is it we’re supposed to be fighting?
James Bond: There’s no ‘we’ in it, Kincade. This is not your fight.
Kincade: Try and stop me, you jumped-up little shit.
[Bond gets his rifle ready]
Kincade: Now, remember what I taught you, don’t let it pull to the left.
James Bond: I’ll do my best.
[Bond takes aim and shoots the china cup on the tree trunk a few feet away]
Kincade: What did you say you did for a living?
[Bond says nothing and walks off]

[M is sat in the house looking out the window at the grounds of Skyfall]
Kincade: Emma! I brought you some things. The nights get cold here.
[Kincade gives M a long scarf]
M: Thank you, Mr. Kincade. It’s a beautiful old house.
Kincade: She is. And like all great ladies she still has her secret ways. Let me show you this.
[Kincade opens the door to a secret passage]
M: Priests-hole?!
Kincade: Yeah, from Reformation times. The tunnel leads under the moor. You get in danger, this is the place to come. The night I told him his parents had died, he hid in here for two days. When he did come out, he wasn’t a boy anymore. Uh! Let’s get on.
[we then see, Bond, M and Kincade go about the house setting booby traps in order to ambush Silva and his men and making weapons from items in the house]

[as they wait inside the house for Silva and his men to arrive]
M: I fucked this up, didn’t I?
James Bond: No. You did your job.
[Bond turns and looks at M]
James Bond: I read your obituary of me.
M: And?
James Bond: Appalling.
M: Yeah, I knew you’d hate it. I did call you ‘an example of British fortitude’.
James Bond: That bit was alright.

[suddenly they hear the dogs barking outside]
James Bond: Are you ready?
Kincade: I was ready before you were born, son.
[Silva’s men arrive and begin their assault, as they stand in front of the entrance, Bond activates his car’s special feature, a Gatling gun which shoots down a few of the men, several make it into the building and hunt for M, Kincade kills two]
Kincade: Welcome to Scotland.
[as the rest of the men make it inside the house, M sets off some of their booby traps taking them down]

[back inside the house, as Kincade drops his gun, one of Silva’s men takes aim at Kincade’s head, Bond turns up and promptly shoots him in the head]
James Bond: You dropped something?
[we then see as M tries to hide as one of Silva’s men gets near her, she hides behind an antique wardrobe and fires her pistol at the man but misses, he responds with a barrage of gunfire, just then Bond turns up and shoots the man, he goes to M, who’s crouching down]
James Bond: You hurt?
M: Only my pride. I never was a good shot.
[Bond takes off the mask on the dead man, frustrated that it’s not Silva]
James Bond: He’s not here. He’s not here.

[Bond hears the sound of a chopper blasting music through the air, realizing it’s Silva]
James Bond: Always got to make an entrance.
[he turns to M and Kincade]
James Bond: You two, go to the kitchen. Now!
[Bond starts firing his rifle at the same time the chopper starts firing at the house, as Silva is landing his chopper, Bond turns to Kincade and M]
James Bond: Go to the chapel. Use the tunnel.
[Kincade leads M through the underground passage, as the chopper lands, there’s more shots taken at the house, Bond manages to get out the way and find a rifle from one of the dead men]

[as his chopper lands, Silva gets out and addresses his men]
Silva: Everyone, listen to me. Don’t you dare touch her! She’s mine!
[Silva approaches the house, shouting and Bond]
Silva: Time for you to come out and say ‘hello’?
[Bond starts shooting his rifle, but Silva takes cover behind a wall and throws in a grenade through the window, Silva then gets his men to destroy the Aston Martin, we then see M and Kincade go through the tunnel, M realizes that she was shot by Silva’s man earlier, they emerge out of the tunnel and look at the burning house in the distance]
Kincade: Come on. This way.
[Kincade helps M as they run to the church in the distance]

[as Silva throws in more grenades, Bond realizes that the only way to get out is to destroy Skyfall Manor, so he takes two gas tanks and a stick of dynamite, as he sets off the explosive, he goes to the tunnel and takes one last look at the house]
James Bond: I always hated this place.
[as Bond makes a run for it through the tunnels, outside Silva shouts]
Silva: Are you getting warm?
[suddenly the house explodes and kills all but two of Silva’s men and the shrapnel takes down the helicopter, which crashes into Skyfall Manor destroying it; as Kincade helps M get to the church, Silva turns and sees the light from Kincade’s flashlight in the distance, he turns to his men]
Silva: Just make sure Bond’s dead! Now it’s me and her.

[Bond comes out of the tunnel, sees Silva in the distance following M, he runs swiftly to chase him down but comes across one of Silva’s men, Bond quickly kills him and carries on chasing after Silva when he comes across a frozen lake, Bond carefully runs across it only to be stopped halfway by Silva shooting near his feet]
Silva: You see what comes of all this running around, Mr. Bond? All this jumping and fighting, it’s exhausting. Relax. You need to relax.
[one of Silva’s men appears from behind Bond and holds him at gun point, Silva looks in the distance and sees the light from Kincade’s flashlight]
Silva: Ah, well. Mother’s calling. I’ll give her a goodbye kiss for you.
[Bond suddenly grabs hold of the rifle being held by Siva’s thug, as they struggle the rifle goes off and blows a hole in the frozen lake, as Silva shoots at Bond, the frozen lake falls through taking Bond and the thug down into the icy water, Silva continues onward while Bond chokes the life out of the thug, then he grabs a flare from the thug’s body and melts the frozen sheet of ice above]

[Silva makes it to the church, he notices the gravestone of Bond’s parents and laughs, he then goes inside the church and finds M alone]
Silva: Of course, it had to be here. It had to be this way.
[he starts walking towards M]
Silva: Thank you.
[just then Kincade enters]
Kincade: I can’t find it…
Silva: No!
[Silva aims his gun and shoots the wall near Kincade, Kincade puts his hands up]
Silva: Please, don’t.

[Silva walks up to M and notices that she’s wounded]
Silva: You’re hurt! You’re hurt! What have they done to you? What have they done to you?
[Silva touches M’s face and holds his gun up and then puts the gun in M’s hand]
Silva: Free both of us. Free both of us, with the same bullet.
[he rests his head on M’s shoulder and brings up her hand with the gun up to the side of her head]
Silva: Do it! Do it! Only you can do it. Do it.
[suddenly Silva takes a deep breath in anguish, we see Bond at the doorway and Kincade’s knife buried in Silva’s, Silva turns, looks at Bond and starts shuffling in pain towards Bond, halfway Silva falls to his knees and Bonds walks up to him]
James Bond: Last rat standing.
[Silva then falls flat on his face to the ground as he dies]

[after killing Silva, Bond walks towards M]
M: 007, what took you so long? Oh, I got into some deep water.
[suddenly M falls to the ground in pain and Bond takes her in his arms, noticing her wound]
M: I suppose it’s too late make a run for it.
James Bond: Well, I’m game if you are.
[M looks at Bond]
M: I did get one thing right.
[she takes one last breath and dies in his arms, with tears in his eyes, Bond closes M’s eyes and kisses her forehead as he cries]

[Bond stands on the rooftops of the new MI6 offices, Eve walks up to him carrying a box]
Eve: Wow. I didn’t even know you could come up here.
James Bond: Hate to waste a view.
Eve: I can see why.
James Bond: I thought you were going back on active service.
Eve: I declined. You said it yourself, field work’s not for everyone.
James Bond: If it helps, I feel a lot safer.
[they both smile]
Eve: Her will was read today. She left you this.
[Eve gives Bond the box, he opens it and sees it’s the ugly porcelain bulldog ornament that used to be on M’s desk]
Eve: Maybe it was her way of telling you to take a desk job.
James Bond: Just the opposite. Thank you.
[Eve smiles, turns and walks off]

[Eve and Bond walk into her office]
James Bond: You know, we’ve never formally been introduced.
Eve: Oh. Well, my name’s Eve. Eve Moneypenny.
James Bond: Well, I’ll look forward to our time together, Miss Moneypenny.
Eve: Me too. I’m sure we’ll have one or two close shaves.
[just then Tanner comes through the door of the adjoining office]
Tanner: Morning, 007.
James Bond: Good morning, Tanner.
Tanner: He’ll see you now.
[Bonds nods at Eve and walks into the adjoining office and closes the door]

[last lines]
James Bond: How’s the arm, sir?
[we see Mallory at his desk with his arm still in a sling]
Gareth Mallory: What? Oh, it’s fine. It’ll get better. All pretty shocking for someone unused to field work.
[Bond smiles]
Gareth Mallory: So, 007. Lots to be done.
[Mallory drops a file on the desk in front of Bond, it has ‘007, TOP SECRET’ written on it]
Gareth Mallory: Are you ready to get back to work?
James Bond: With pleasure, M. With pleasure.

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