History isn't kind to men who play God.
The first trailer for No Time to Die, the twenty-fifth installment of the James Bond film series, has been released, teasing actor Daniel Craig's fifth and reported final outing as the popular British secret agent 007.
The 2-minute, 35-second trailer opens in southern Italy, with Bond racing his battered Aston Martin DB5 through the streets of Matera, as he and Dr. Madeleine Swann (Léa Seydoux, reprising her role from Spectre) are being pursued by a car and a motorcycle.
"Why would I betray you?" Madeleine asks Bond during the chase.
"We all have our secrets," replies Bond. "We just didn't get to yours yet."
Later during the sequence, someone in the car opens fire on Bond, who jumps over the side of a tall bridge, swinging down on a cable.
As we see two men breaking into a skyscraper and detonating an explosive device, Bond's superior officer and head of MI6 known as M (Ralph Fiennes) remarks, "The world is arming faster than we can respond. Where's 007?"
We cut to Jamaica, where Bond has left active service and is enjoying a tranquil life. He's met by his longtime friend and CIA field officer Felix Leiter (Jeffrey Wright), who tells him, "I need a favor, brother. You're the only one I trust with this."
Bond takes his DB5 out of storage, then is met by another British agent named Nomi (Lashana Lynch), who tells him, "The world's moved on, Commander Bond."
"Are you a Double-O?" asks Bond.
"Two years," she replies stiffly, "so stay in your lane. You get in my way, I will put a bullet in your knee...The one that works."
In a separate scene, we see Bond, Nomi and M's assistant Eve Moneypenny (Naomie Harris) walking side by side. "I thought you two would get along," quips Moneypenny.
We shift to another scene, where Bond is asked for his name by an MI6 security guard. "Bond," he replies, delivering the classic introduction with a hint of annoyance. "James. Bond."
Inside, Bond and Moneypenny arrive at the office of MI6 quartermaster Q (Ben Whishaw), who observes dryly, "So, you're not dead."
Bond brushes past Q into the office, quipping, "Hello, Q. I missed you."
Later, Bond heads to a prison and is warned by the warden about a special prisoner, "He's the most valuable asset this country has. If you feel yourself losing control..."
"I'm not going to lose --" Bond starts to respond, until he sees Nomi down a corridor with Madeleine. "-- control."
Bond confronts his incarcerated archnemesis, Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Christoph Waltz, also reprising his role from Spectre). "James..." Blofeld begins, "...you gave up everything for her. When her secret finds its way out, it'll be the death of you."
We glimpse Madeline opening a box and finding a mask inside with the lower portion of its face cracked and missing. Her eye begins to tear up.
In a separate scene, Bond asks Madeleine, "What is it?"
"You don't know what this is," she replies.
We're then introduced to the film's villain, Safin (Rami Malek). "James Bond," begins Safin, "license to kill, history of violence...I could be speaking to my own reflection..."
We glimpse new Bond girl Paloma (Ana de Armas) at a formal gathering, where Bond is surrounded by dozens of men and women as a spotlight shines down upon him.
"...only your skills die with your body," continues Safin as we see him wearing the cracked mask and standing atop a frozen lake as someone underneath the water pounds at the ice. "Mine will survive long after I'm gone."
"History isn't kind to men who play God," Bond replies defiantly.
We then see an assortment of action sequences involving Bond, Paloma and Nomi, where we return to the sequence in Matera. As Bond's battered DB5 takes direct gunfire to its windows, Bond activates the car's mounted machine guns that emerge from its headlights. He spins the car around, spraying a circle of bullets at his attacks.
In the trailer's final glimpse, we see Bond recreating the iconic gunbarrel opening as he fires his weapon down a long tunnel.
If you'd like to view the trailer, you can check it out below thanks to the official James Bond 007 account on YouTube...
No Time to Die is schedule to arrive in theaters on April 8, 2020.
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