The film opens with a flashback
A young girl named Madeleine tends to her ailing mother, while a man in a mask approaches
their home
she runs to hide, but The man enters the house
he introduces himself to her mother, as Lyutsifer Safin
and says he is there for Mr. White, as he killed his family
her mother can’t give him an answer, so he shoots her to death
Madeleine goes to hide under her bed, where Safin goes to look for her
he finds her, but She quickly shoots him
she drags his body outside the home, but he turns out to be alive
Madeleine starts running across the icy lake, until she falls
she tries to break the ice, but she can't
Safin approaches her, but can't let the girl die
so he shoots the ice, and pulls her out
Jump to the present, where Madeleine is living with James Bond
Although they are both happy together, she knows that Bond still has lingering thoughts,
about Vesper Lynd
whom she points out is buried close to them
She encourages to let her go, doing the same with her memory of Safin
by writing masked man in French on a piece of paper, and burning it
The next morning, Bond goes to Vesper’s tomb to finally forgive her
He also has a piece of paper ready to burn, that says forgive me on it
Before leaving, Bond sees a SPECTRE calling card nearby
but seconds later, the tomb explodes
Bond recovers quickly, and start escaping
but the assassins go after him, led by a man with a cybernetic eye called Primo, or Cyclops
Bond races back to his room on a motorcycle to get Madeleine
he accuses her of betraying him, since the assassins can't know his place
He gets Madeleine in his Aston Martin car, and ends up in a high-speed chase
The villains corner them in the middle of the plaza
with her begging Bond to make a move, while he sits there, and letting the thugs shoot
at the car
he sees that Madeleine is telling the truth, and activates the machine gun in the car
killing nearly every assassin, except for Primo
Once they are in the clear, Bond takes Madeleine to a train station, where he puts her on a
train
and he parts ways with her, due to his trust in her being destroyed
She tearfully tries to catch him, but the train begins to depart, and he went
Five years later, another team of assassins break into an M 16 lab
They are working under Safin, he contacts Valdo, who is the head scientist in the lab
and warns him about what is coming
The assassins take Valdo and another scientist, while killing the rest of the team
And They are there to acquire Heracles, a deadly bioweapon
that can be used as a poison through skin-to-skin contact
After getting what they want, they take Valdo with them, and kill the other man
MI6 catches wind of this, with Moneypenny going to talk to M about it
but he remains tight-lipped on what Heracles is, and demands to know where 7 is
Bond is now retired from MI6, and living in Jamaica
He runs into Felix, and his colleague Logan
They go to a nightclub, where Felix tells Bond about Valdo's capture
and the break-in to the lab
Bond has little interest, in getting involved in recovering Valdo
and he also tells Felix, that he has a suspicious feeling about logan
As Bond tries to go home, he finds that his car isn’t working
and He is approached by a woman called Nomi, who gives him a ride on her motorcycle
When they get back to his place
she quickly drops her facade to reveal, that she isn't only an agent with MI6, but also
the new 7
and she tells him, that Valdo is her target
and said to Bond to stay out of her way
M and Billm, talk to Q about retrieving files, which stolen from the lab
Bond contacts M
to ask him, what he has done involving Valdo, and SPECTRE
M hangs up and tells Bill, that he wants to get in touch with Blofeld
Blofeld is locked up in Belmarsh, and seen talking to himself
Felix has Bond go to Cuba, to meet a CIA operative, named Paloma
They infiltrate a SPECTRE meeting, where Blofeld is using a robotic eye
like the one that Primo uses, to observe the party
Meanwhile, Valdois being forced to set up Heracles in the facility, but seen switching
a vial from the device
Once Bond and Paloma realize, that Blofeld is up to something
the entire party turns their focus on Bond
The Heracles poison is released into the room, with the intent to kill Bond
But many of the people in the party dropped dead, and what happens is the opposite
Bond and Paloma remain unaffected
The two face off against gunmen, including Primo
they try to escape, but Nomi shows up to apprehend Valdo
After killing off several henchmen, Paloma gets a car
and spots Valdo trying to make a run for it
She rams the car into the structure, that he is climbing down
causing him, to collapse into the car
Bond takes Valdo and parts ways with Paloma, after she gives him a cigar for Felix
and he takes him away on a rickety old plane
Bond brings Valdo to Felix’s boat, to meet with him and Logan
When they start to interrogate Valdo, over Heracles and why it specifically didn't affect
Bond
Logan grows nervous, and tells Valdo to stop talking
but Valdo says that SPECTRE, was always the main targets
so he changed the DNA sample during the poisoning, to kill them instead of Bond
and he also says that M helped him create Heracles
When Bond asks how Blofeld knew he would be there
he quickly realizes that Logan is a double agent working with Valdo
During a struggle, Logan shoots Felix and gets away with Valdo
and they blow a hole into the ship, to cause it to sink
Although Bond tries to help Felix, they know his wound is too severe
and Felix resigns himself to his fate
Bond regrettably leaves his friend behind, before managing to break free and escape
Bond returns to MI6, to confront M
he demands to be let into Belmarsh, to speak to Blofeld
but M, refuses, and ends up sending Bond out, because he pissed him off
and he calls Nomi in, to tell her that he wants everything in Blofeld’s cell scanned,
even the man himself
On his way out, Moneypenny offers to help Bond
That night, they go to the house of Q, as he is preparing to have dinner with his pet
They ask him to take a look at the files they recovered, and when he does
they discover files on the SPECTRE targets, with only Blofeld remaining
There are also thousands of other files on others, regarding their DNA samples all over
the world
Bond tells Q to get him into Belmarsh to meet with Blofeld, but he says only one person
has access to him
Cut to Madeleine going to her job as a psychiatrist
She goes to her office to find Safin there, but she doesn’t immediately recognize him
until he presents her with his broken mask
Once she becomes frightened, he tells her that he needs her for something
Bond later meets with the whole MI6 team, to be reinstated as an agent
They review files over a SPECTRE operative’s funeral
where five family members, who came into contact with him, are now dead from contracting the
Heracles poison
then, M explains that Heracles, wasn't meant to be as harmful as it is now
because it was only meant to be designed for specific targets, through contact over those
it doesn’t affect
but now it has been weaponized using nanobots, to go after targets and anyone related to
them
M finally approves for Bond to meet with Blofeld, and find out whatever he can
Bond goes to Belmarsh, and reunites with Madeleine
He tries to shake her hand, but she declines
Once Blofeld is brought out to them, Madeleine starts to grow nervous, and tries to leave
Bond grabs her wrist. but she pulls away and leaves
Bond is left talking to Blofeld
who taunts him, and says he set up the attack at Vesper’s tomb
to deliberately make Bond believe, that Madeleine set him up
He taunts Bond again, to the point where he grabs Blofeld to physically attack him
As Bill enters to stop Bond, they see that Blofeld has been poisoned to death, by Bond’s
touch
Bond learns that he was infected with Heracles after touching Madeleine, and he can’t get
it out
she has fled her apartment, and nobody can find her
Bond goes after her, and finds her at her childhood home
To his surprise, he finds that she has a daughter
her name is Mathilde, and Madeleine claims she isn't Bond’s
After putting Mathilde to bed, Madeleine informs Bond on who Safin is
Blofeld instructed Madeleine’s father, to kill Safin’s whole family
which left him as the only survivor, with facial disfigurements
She also mentions an island, that Safin’s family had
where his base of operations currently is
Bond gives Q info on locating Safin, and Q informs MI6, that the island is located between
Japan and Russia
Nomi is looking for Logan, but Bond learns that he and Safin’s other minions are close
so he gets Madeleine and Mathilde out of the house for safety
On the road, Safin’s assassins chase after the three
Bond runs two off the road, but their van is also knocked off the road
Bond shoots at the assassins, and sets trap for a couple of others, until Logan comes
out to try to kill Bond himself
Bond overturns his van, and causes him to crash
Logan crawls out, and asks for Bond’s help
In retribution for Felix’s death, Bond pushes Logan's van down to crush him
He learns that Madeleine and Mathilde have been abducted, and taken to the island
Bond rejoins MI6, where Nomi relinquishes the 7 title to Bond
and they head out to the island, to stop Safin and save Madeleine and Mathilde
Meanwhile, the villain brings the two to his garden, where other poisonous plants are developed
including the nanobots, being harvested for the Heracles poison distribution
Bond and Nomi are brought to the island, where they break into the facility, and go after
the gunmen
They capture Valdo, and plan to blow the place up, but they don’t have enough explosives
to get the job done
After continued threats
Nomi pushes Valdo into a pool of nanobots, where he is gruesomely dissolved
The other workers flee, once they see the effects of the nanobots
Madeleine manages to escape from Primo’s captivity, by throwing hot tea in his face
Bond found Safin with Mathilde in his captivity
When Safin threatens them, Bond gets on his knees and begs him, to not hurt them
but Bond then takes out a concealed pistol, and kills the guards
but Safin escapes through a hatch with Mathilde
However, the little girl bites his hand, and he just lets her go
and she hides until Madeleine finds her
Bond runs into them. and helps them getaway
Primo attacks Bond, but he uses gadget watch of Q
to fry Primo’s cybernetic eye, and make it blow up in his head, killing him
Bond goes to open the hatch doors, to allow the Royal Navy to launch missiles to destroy
the facility
He succeeds and starts to make his way out, until he finds that they are closing again
because of Safin
Bond goes to open them again, but is attacked by Safin
he shoots Bond, and infects him with nanobots specifically targeting Madeleine and Mathilde
Bond fights him, and breaks his arm before shooting him dead
He manages to open the doors again
but he realizes he can't leave the island, without hurting Madeleine and Mathilde
He contacts Q, who has Nomi put Madeleine on the line for him
They share a final moment together, reaffirming their love for one another
and Madeleine confirms that Mathilde, really is Bond’s daughter
He stands as the missiles arrive, obliterating the facility, and Bond himself
and Everyone else realizes what has happened after
Back at MI6, M, Tanner, Q, Moneypenny, and Nomi all gather for a toast to Bond’s memory
Madeleine drives Mathilde to Matera, to continue their lives
and she decides to tell Mathilde, the story about her father