Skyfall
James Bond chases assassin Patrice through the streets of Istanbul to recover a flash drive containing the names of every MI6 and NATO agent embedded in terrorist organisations around the world. As Bond and Patrice fight on top of a moving train, on M’s orders field agent Eve attempts to shoot Patrice, but she hits Bond. He falls 300 feet into the water below and is presumed dead. MI6 is attacked, forcing M to relocate the agency underground. These events cause her authority and position to be challenged by Mallory, the new chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee. Bond returns broken and full of doubts. He fails MI6’s physical and psychological tests, but M lies to him and tells him he has passed, and she sends him on a mission to track down Patrice in Shanghai. Assuming Patrice’s identity, Bond follows clues that lead him to Severine in Macau, and then to her master, Silva, on an abandoned island. Silva is a former MI6 agent seeking revenge for M’s betrayal of him, but Bond captures him before he can carry out his plan. As M goes in front of a board of inquiry, and Q tries to hack into Silva’s computer, Silva escapes and Bond goes in pursuit. Silva attacks the board of inquiry, but Bond gets M out safely and drives her north to his ancestral home in Scotland, Skyfall. With the help of groundskeeper Kincade, Bond and M defend Skyfall from Silva’s assault, and defeat him, but not before M receives a fatal wound. Later Bond reports to Mallory – the new M – and is ready to take on his new mission.
Production Details:
| Release Date: 22 November, 2012 | Australia Box Office: $59.9 million |
| Duration: 143 min | Box Office (Total): $1.12 billion |
| Rating: M | Budget: $200 million |
| Director: Sam Mendes | Cast: Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, Judi Dench, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Bérénice Marlohe, Albert Finney, Ben Whishaw, Rory Kinnear, Ola Rapace, Helen McCory |
| Screenplay: Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, John Logan | Composer: Thomas Newman |
| Producer(s): Barbara Broccoli, Michael G. Wilson | |
| Co-Producer(s): Andrew Noakes, Stacy Perskie, David Pope | Title Track: “Skyfall” by Adele Written by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth |
Location(s):
🇬🇧 England – Pinewood Studios, Longcross Studios, Hankley Common, Primerose Street, Virgin Active Pool (Canary Wharf), Charing Cross Underground Station, National Gallery, Smithfield Market, Old Vic Tunnels, Trinity College Oxford, Great Suffolk Street, Broadgate Tower, Department for Energy & Climate Change, Parliament Square, Whitehall, SIS Headquarters Vauxhill, Vauxhill Bridge, New Cross, Old Royal Navy College, Trinity Square, Westminister, 82 Cadogan Square Chelsea, Four Seasons Hotel
🇬🇧 Scotland – Glencoe
🇹🇷 Turkey – Istanbul, Deutsche Orient Bank, Eminönü Square, Grand Bazar, Varda Bridge, Calis Beach Fethiye
🇯🇵 Japan – Hasima Island (exteriors)
🇨🇳 China – Yan’an Elevated Road Shanghai, Shanghai Pudong International Airport
Vehicle(s):
| Aston Martin DB5 | Honda CRF 250L |
| Jaguar XJ8 | AugustaWestland AW101 Helicopter |
| Land Rover Defender 110 Double Cab | AugustaWestland Wildcat |
| Land Rover Discovery 4 | Chimera |
| Range Rover Series III (L322) | London Underground 1996 Stock Train |
| Mercedes S300 (W221) | |
| Audi A5 |
Gadget(s):
● Walther PPK/S 9mm Short (with a Micro-Dermal Sensor in the Grip)
● Radio Transmitter
Weaponry:
● Walther PPK 7.65mm
● Walther PPK/S 9mm Short (with a Micro-Dermal Sensor in the Grip)
● Beretta 70
● Heckler & Koch HK416 Assault Rifles
● Anderson Wheeler 500 NE Double Barrelled Rifle
● AN/MI4 Grenades
● Lightbulb Bombs
● Hunting Knife