Why No Time To Die Says “James Bond Will Return” (Despite Craig Leaving)
Warning: Major spoilers ahead for No Time To Die
Despite the movie's dramatic climax and seemingly definitive sense of finality, No Time To Die still declares that "James Bond will return". Although the signature title card, which bookends the film's end credits, is a regular feature in the Bond series, its presence here is somewhat surprising, given No Time To Die's conclusion. However, given James Bond's storied place in cinema, it is perhaps inevitable that the character will make a comeback, even without Daniel Craig.
Unlike other James Bond movies, No Time To Die takes the radical decision to kill off the main character during the film's conclusion. After infiltrating the so-called poison island inhabited by the supervillain Safin, Bond and his 007 replacement Nomi conclude that the only way to save the world is to blow up the base. This requires manually opening some Second World War-era missile silo doors to allow the explosives to enter the building, rather than harmlessly bouncing off. Unfortunately, thanks to the intervention of Safin, Daniel Craig's James Bond is forced to make the terrible choice between saving himself and ensuring the facility's destruction in No Time To Die's ending. He opts for the latter, sacrificing himself in order to destroy the base and save the world.
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No Time To Die's ending is tough to watch, even if the literal and more figurative deaths of Craig's Bond tie his segment of the franchise up quite nicely. After all, the actor has inhabited the part since 2006's Casino Royale. Not only that, but he has always been believable as his own iteration of James Bond — one that is dark, brooding, and often gravely
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