Quantum of Solace

Shortly after capturing Mr. White, James Bond drives him from Lake Garda to Siena, Italy. Evading pursuers, Bond delivers White to M, who interrogates White regarding the mysterious organisation Quantum. When White responds that their operatives are everywhere, M's bodyguard Craig Mitchell shoots a guard and attacks M. Bond chases Mitchell and kills him; in the confusion, White escapes. Searching Mitchell's flat in London, Bond and M discover Mitchell had a contact named Edmund Slate in Haiti. Slate is a hitman sent to kill Camille Montes at the behest of her lover, environmentalist entrepreneur Dominic Greene. Greene is helping exiled Bolivian General Medrano, who Murdered Camille's father in an attempt to gain more political power and than he raped and murdered Camille's Mother and Sister. Dominic Greene Offers to help overthrow the current Bolivian government and let Medrano become the new president in exchange for a seemingly barren piece of desert. After foiling Camille's assassination attempt on Medrano by "rescuing" her, Bond follows Greene to a performance of Tosca in Bregenz, Austria. Meanwhile, the head of the CIA's South American section, Gregg Beam, along with agent Felix Leiter, strike a noninterference deal with Greene for access to putative stocks of Bolivian oil, which the CIA believes to be the reason for Greene's interest in the land. Bond infiltrates Quantum's meeting at the opera, after listening to their Conversation That Bond Believes is about Acquiring Oil in Bolivia, Bond then identifies Quantum's executive board members, and a gunfight ensues. A Special Branch bodyguard working for Quantum member Guy Haines, an advisor to the British Prime Minister, is thrown off a roof by Bond after refusing to answer his questions. He lands on Greene's car and is shot dead by one of his men. Assuming Bond killed the bodyguard, M orders him back to London for debriefing. When he disobeys, she revokes his passports and cancels his payment cards. Bond heads to Talamone and tries to convinces his old ally René Mathis to accompany him to Bolivia as well as identify the pictures that Bond took of the Quantum Members, Mathis agrees to do both and they leave for Bolivia. Upon arriving they are greeted by consular employee Strawberry Fields, who demands Bond return to the UK immediately. Bond seduces her, and they attend a fundraising party held by Greene. At the party, Bond again rescues Camille from Greene, and they leave. The Bolivian police pull Bond and Camille over but discover Mathis unconscious in the car's boot. Bond inadvertently uses Mathis as a shield as he is shot by one of the officers before Bond kills both of them. Mathis dies urging Bond to forgive himself, as well as his former lover, Vesper Lynd, for betraying him. Bond leaves Mathis' body in a dumpster on the side of the road. Camile confronts Bond by saying, "Is this how you treat all of your friends?" and Bond responds with "He wouldn't care." The following day, Bond and Camille survey Quantum's intended land acquisition by air; their plane is damaged by a Bolivian fighter plane and helicopter. They cause the helicopter to crash and trick the pursuing plane into destroying itself, skydive into a sinkhole, and discover that Greene and Quantum have been secretly damming Bolivia's supply of fresh water to create a monopoly. Back in La Paz, Bond meets M and learns that Quantum killed Fields by drowning her in crude oil. Bond meets Leiter, who discloses Greene and Medrano will meet at a hotel in the Bolivian desert to finalise their agreement, and warns him to escape as the CIA's Special Activities Division arrives. Bond and Camille infiltrate the Perla de la Dunas (Pearl of the Dunes) hotel, where Greene blackmails Medrano into signing a contract that will make Medrano the leader of Bolivia in exchange for the land rights. The contract will make Greene Bolivia's sole water provider at significantly higher rates and allow him and Quantum to control 60% of Bolivia's national resources while at the same time creating a drought throughout the entire country. Bond avenges Mathis by killing the escaping police chief, takes down the security detail and confronts Greene. Meanwhile, Camille kills Medrano, avenging the rapes and murders of her family. Bond and Camille escape the hotel (which is powered by flammable hydrogen fuel cells) as it is destroyed by fire. Bond captures Greene and interrogates him about Quantum. Bond then leaves him stranded in the desert with only a can of engine oil to drink. Bond and Camille kiss, and she wishes him luck in conquering his demons. In Kazan, Russia, Bond finds Vesper's former lover, Yusef Kabira, a member of Quantum who seduces agents with valuable connections and is indirectly responsible for her death. After saving Kabira's latest target, Corrine, who works in Canadian intelligence, Bond allows MI6 to arrest Kabira. Outside, M tells Bond that Greene was found dead in the middle of the Bolivian desert, shot twice in the head with oil found in his stomach. Bond admits that M was right about Vesper. M tells Bond "Bond, I need you back,"; he responds with 'I never left.". Bond drops Vesper's necklace behind him as he walks away in the snow.

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