MI6 agents
James Bond and Eve assist on a mission in Turkey to recover a computer hard drive stolen from a murdered MI6 agent that contains details of almost all undercover
NATO agents in terrorist organisations. Bond and Eve chase the killer, mercenary Patrice, and attempt to recover the disk. During the chase, Bond is shot in the shoulder. While fighting Patrice, Bond is accidentally shot by Eve and is later considered "missing, presumed killed".
The head of MI6,
M, comes under political pressure to retire during a meeting with the
Intelligence and Security Committee Chairman, Gareth Mallory. On her return from the meeting, MI6 is
hacked and an explosion occurs in the
offices, killing eight MI6 employees. Bond, having used his supposed death to retire, learns of the attack and returns to London.
Shrapnel taken from his earlier shoulder wound helps identify Patrice, and Bond tracks the mercenary to Shanghai.
Meanwhile, three NATO agents are killed after their identities are exposed, and further releases are threatened. After Patrice assassinates a target, he and Bond fight. Patrice falls to his death before Bond can learn of his employer. Searching Patrice's equipment, Bond finds a
gambling chip which leads him to a casino in
Macau. Sévérine, who Bond saw earlier during the assassination, warns him that he is about to be killed, but promises to help him if he will kill her employer. Bond beats his attackers and joins Sévérine on her boat. They travel to an island, where they are taken prisoner by the crew and delivered to Sévérine's employer, Raoul Silva. A former MI6 agent working under M, Silva holds her responsible for his torture and imprisonment by the Chinese. Silva kills Sévérine, but Bond overpowers his guards and captures Silva for extraction to the UK.
Back at MI6's underground headquarters
Q attempts to decrypt Silva's laptop, but inadvertently enables it to hack the MI6 systems allowing Silva to escape into the
London Underground tunnel system as part of his plan. Pursued by Bond, Silva disguises himself as a policeman and attacks M during a
public inquiry into her handling of the stolen hard drive. Bond arrives to join Mallory and Eve in beating off Silva's attack, and M is hurried from the building by her aide,
Bill Tanner. Bond drives M away from the scene and takes her to his empty and remote childhood home in Scotland: Skyfall Lodge. He instructs Q to leave an electronic trail for Silva to follow, a decision supported by Mallory.
At Skyfall, Bond and M are met by Kincade, the
gamekeeper to the Bond family estate. The trio are only lightly armed, but they improvise a series of
booby traps. When Silva's men arrive, Bond, M and Kincade fight off the first assault, although M is wounded. Silva arrives by
helicopter[9] with a second wave, and Bond sends M and Kincade off through a secret tunnel at the back of a
priest hole to a chapel on the grounds. The second assault uses firepower from the helicopter, and Silva throws
incendiary grenades into the building. Bond detonates two gas canisters with a stick of dynamite and retreats down the same tunnel as M and Kincade. The resulting blast causes the helicopter to crash, killing a number of Silva's men. Silva sees Kincade's torch beam, follows and arrives at a frozen lake ahead of Bond. Bond fights Silva's sole remaining follower, and the two fall through the ice, where Bond kills him. Silva meanwhile makes his way to the chapel and forces his gun into M's hand where he begs her to kill them both. Bond arrives and kills Silva, but M collapses from her earlier wound and dies. Her position as head of MI6 is taken by Mallory, while Eveintroducing herself as
Eve Moneypennydecides not to return to the field as an agent, but to work as M's secretary.