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He just seemed to "turn up" from what I remember.
As for putting the corpse in the dumpster, it's pretty obvious that Bond was trying to buy time. He knew thet Quantum would come loking for him, but he also knew the first people on-scene would be the La Paz police, who might not be in Quantum's pocket. Especially given that the situation didn't go down as originally planned, which probably involved Bond being arrested for Mathis' murder. Bond knew it would take some time for the police to work out exactly what had happened and for word to travel to the people pulling the strings, so he attempted to slow them down even further by dumping Mathis' body in the dumpster and taking the money, staging the scene of the crime to make it look like a mugging gone wrong. He was attempting to keep the polcie busy by setting things up to look like two separate crimes, hoping that it would be a while before anyone worked out that Mathis was connected to the two police. For the most part, it worked - he was able to get up in the air and inspect the Tierra Projects before anyone from Quantum realised where he was. And even then, it took a phonecall from the man at the airstrip to tip them off.
Bond may not have liked leaving Mathis behind like that, but what other choice did he have? He knew Quantum was closing in, and that the CIA and MI6 were being manipulated. He couldn't simply leave Mathis' body in the middle of the street, where Mathis could easily be painted as corrupt. Nor could Bond take Mathis with him, because that would involve laeving Mathis' body in the car when he and Camille took the DC-10 to the skies. And he couldn't afford to waste time looking for a more dignified place to leave Mathis' body because there was a very real chance that Quantum could have caught up with him.
As Bond pointed out, Mathis would not have minded having his body left in a dumpster like that. And I tend to agree with that sentiment. Mathis had been a spy for a long time, and he knew the realities of his chosen career. Like I said, I think Mathis was filled with this enormous sadness. He no doubt did something or knew something that left a lasting impression on him, one that made him uncomfortable to say the least. It was never really explored (though implied), but I think it might make an interesting subplot in BOND 23 - especially since Mathis admitted his was a cover-name. Mathis joined with Bond because he was looking for a place to die. The where and how did not matter; what he died for was important. Mathis was able to help Bond towards his measure of comfort, and in doing so, was able to make his own peace. When he said that it didn't hurt anymore, he wasn't talking about his wounds - he realised he was dying and knew it was time to let go of his own demons. That's what stopped hurting. And because he was able to let go, whatever happened next didn't matter to Mathis.
I would have to say that Bond breaking into M's place was two fold to prove to M that in a juvenile way he could get into secure places and to use her network connection.
That doesn't make sense according to the clip though.
If you look at the last 17 seconds Bond just leaves Mathis in the skip (dumpster) with the dead policeman lying right next to it. You can even see the flashing blue lights on the motorcycle. It would only take the authorities a few seconds to connect the two.
Of course, you could assume that every officer in the La Paz police department is corrupt, but I don't think so. Felix Letier clearly says that General Medrano cannot stage his coup until he pays off the army and the police. He certainly has loyal followers in the police, but the fact that he only has two officers go after Bond, and the way they do it very discreetly, implies his influence is limited.
Even the police put the 2 together:
"Renee Mathis has been shot dead in Bolivia. The police claim it was Bond".
Later on Mi6 say that according to the Bolivians it was a "routine stop" but Bond shot the police when they discovered Mathis's body.
In fairness we don't know if the police were corrupt and deliberately set Bond up or if that's just the conclusion they jumped to when they arrived at the scene.
And if you were paying attention in the film, nobody in Quantum knew where Bond was until the man at the airstrip told them, so the ruse worked. They were corrupt. 1) They were waiting for Bond to leave the party; they take off as soon as he does. 2) They knew Mathis was in the boot the entire time; they had no reason to ask Bond to open it. 3) They opened fire on Mathis as soon as they realised he was still conscious. They had obviously been told by Lieutenant Orso that Mathis' body would be in the back of the car. Why would Orso risk everything by entrusting the task of pulling Bond over to someone who wasn't crooked?
I think you're just trying to pick holes in the argument that Bond was trying to slow the polcie down for the sake of expressing moral outrage as the way Bond treated Mathis' body. But as I've repeatedly pointed out to you, Bond did what he did for reasons that were totally understandable.
I think you're just trying to pick holes in the argument that Bond was trying to slow the polcie down for the sake of expressing moral outrage as the way Bond treated Mathis' body. But as I've repeatedly pointed out to you, Bond did what he did for reasons that were totally understandable.
Ok. I didn't mean to pick holes on purpose and in fairness I didn't mean THOSE TWO policemen (I think we can assume they were corrupt) but the others who would presumably come to the crime scene later.
Still, I'll drop this.