Bond, while on holiday, meets the beautiful but deadly Xenia Onatopp, a member of a Russia mafia group and attempts to stop Xenia and another person taking the 'Tiger' helicopter, a new design and protected against any form of jamming. Meanwhile, Natalya Siminova, a Russian computer programmer is shocked when her team is wiped out by Xenia and Natalya's boss General Ourumov who steals the top secret space weapon Goldeneye, a satellite which triggers a nuclear pulse in the target area which destroys all electronic equipment. Bond is sent to discover who's got control of the weapon and teaming up with Natalya finds that the real villain is someone who knows Bond of old. An old friend of Bond, Alec Trevelyan, plans to destroy London using Goldeneye to gain revenge on Britain and he is even more dangerous as Alec is an ex-00 agent himself...

This was Pierce Brosnan's first appearance as James Bond. After Roger Moore was considered too old to continue, Pierce was offered the role of James Bond in The Living Daylights (1987), but lost out due to his contractual obligations to "Remington Steele" (1982).

Bill Tanner:
Seems your hunch was right, 007. It's too bad the Evil Queen of Numbers wouldn't let you play it...

[M walks in]


M:
You were saying?


Bill Tanner:
No, no, I was just... just um...


M:
Good. Because if I want sarcasm, Mr Tanner, I'll talk to my children, thank you very much.

Revealing mistakes: Bond leans against a stone wall in the weapons factory, and it flexes.

Written by Bono & The Edge
Produced by Nellee Hooper
Performed by Tina Turner
Executive Produced by Bono & The Edge
Ms. Turner appears courtesy of VIRGIN RECORDS/EMI GLOBALA LIMITED.