No Time to Die
Movie, 2021, Daniel Craig, Set in 2020
No Time to Die is #27 of 27 in release order and #25 of 27 in chronological order in the James Bond.
The story
Bond has left active service and is enjoying a tranquil life in Jamaica. His peace is short-lived when his old friend Felix Leiter from the CIA turns up asking for help. The mission to rescue a kidnapped scientist turns out to be far more treacherous than expected, leading Bond onto the trail of a mysterious villain armed with dangerous new technology.
No Time to Die recap
At the grave of Vesper in Italy, Bond is ambushed and believes Madeleine betrayed him, so he leaves her. Five years later, retired in Jamaica, he is asked by Felix Leiter to rescue a scientist who has stolen Heracles, a nanobot weapon coded to a person's DNA. The new 007, Nomi, is on the same case. In Cuba, a SPECTRE party meant to kill Bond turns into a massacre of SPECTRE itself, and Felix is killed by a traitor. Behind it is Lyutsifer Safin, whose family was murdered by Mr. White, and who once spared a young Madeleine. Blofeld, in prison, dies from Heracles. Bond finds Madeleine has a daughter, Mathilde.
No Time to Die ending explained
Safin kidnaps Madeleine and Mathilde to his island factory, and Bond and Nomi rescue them. Bond stays to open the silo doors for a missile strike and is infected with nanobots coded to Madeleine and Mathilde, so he can never touch them again. He kills Safin, tells Madeleine he loves her, and dies in the missile strike. MI6 toasts him, and the credits promise that James Bond will return. The Craig story is complete; the next film will start again with a new Bond.
Post-credits scenes
No. There is no post-credits scene.
Where to watch No Time to Die
No Time to Die is streaming on Prime Video in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 7.3/10, Rotten Tomatoes 83%
Where it fits
- Release order: after Spectre, the latest.
- Chronological order: after Spectre, before Casino Royale.
What to watch before No Time to Die
In release order, the essentials before No Time to Die (2021) are Casino Royale (2006), Quantum of Solace (2008), Skyfall (2012), and Spectre (2015).
Cast
- Daniel Craig as James Bond
- Léa Seydoux as Madeleine
- Rami Malek as Lyutsifer Safin
- Lashana Lynch as Nomi
- Ralph Fiennes as M
- Ben Whishaw as Q
- Naomie Harris as Moneypenny
- Rory Kinnear as Tanner
- Jeffrey Wright as Felix Leiter
- Billy Magnussen as Logan Ash
- Christoph Waltz as Blofeld
- David Dencik as Valdo Obruchev
Directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga.