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Bond's Coldest Ever Kills
Roadphill
United Kingdom
Apologies if this thread has been done before.
So the title essentially says it all!
Which of Bonds likely 100's of kills do you think are the coldest?
I shall list a few of my personal choices(not in order) Feel free to add any of your own and/or list them in order of coldness, if you will.
Professor Dent-Doctor No: The original cold blooded murder, commited by Bond. In fairness this type of scene has probably been bettered since, but it really established 007 as a different type of Anti-hero, and was likely quite shocking to the contemporary audience.
Vargas- Thunderball: A spear gun to the chest? The casualness of it and the quip at the end put this one on the list for sure.
Sandor-The Spy Who Loved Me: Although Bond had just been in a brutal fight with Sandor, he had him prone and beaten, with Sandor literally holding on for dear life, to Bond's tie. Maybe it's the casualness of the slapping of the hand away, or the quip, but this kill is ice cold.
Loque-For Your Eyes Only: This was such a cold blooded kill that Roger Moore actually lobbied for the scene to be changed. Thankfully it wasn't, and it really sets the tone for the second half of the film. Great stuff.
Unnamed Russian Soldier: Octopussy: This is probably not as obvious a one as the others. The fact that he is essentially innocent, the look of pure shock on the poor fellows face as he gets a bullet between the eyes, and that he hasn't even got his gun drawn, that do it for me.
Kilifer-Licence To Kill: This one speaks for itself. Kilifer is a nasty turncoat, and he deserves what he gets. But he is prone, and pleading for his life. Brutal stuff.
Kauffman-Tomorrow Never Dies: Like Kilifer, he undoubtedly deserves what he gets. But again the pleading makes this what it is.
Elektra-The World Is Not Enough: Maybe it's a bit of and old fashioned attitude, but to kill an unarmed woman, is particularly brutal. Even if she is a lunatic. The fact that Bond has feelings for her takes it to another level. One of the weaker films in the series, no doubt, but probably Brosnan's best ever scene.
Unnamed Agent-Casino Royale: Beating something half to death, then drowning them in the sink? This pretty much set the standard for the way Daniel Craig's Bond was going to operate.
Greene- Quantum Of Solace: Another of the weaker films in the series, but what a great scene. Greene is vile, but he is broken and defeated. Sending him off into the desert with a can of crude oil to drink is as cold as it gets.
So the title essentially says it all!
Which of Bonds likely 100's of kills do you think are the coldest?
I shall list a few of my personal choices(not in order) Feel free to add any of your own and/or list them in order of coldness, if you will.
Professor Dent-Doctor No: The original cold blooded murder, commited by Bond. In fairness this type of scene has probably been bettered since, but it really established 007 as a different type of Anti-hero, and was likely quite shocking to the contemporary audience.
Vargas- Thunderball: A spear gun to the chest? The casualness of it and the quip at the end put this one on the list for sure.
Sandor-The Spy Who Loved Me: Although Bond had just been in a brutal fight with Sandor, he had him prone and beaten, with Sandor literally holding on for dear life, to Bond's tie. Maybe it's the casualness of the slapping of the hand away, or the quip, but this kill is ice cold.
Loque-For Your Eyes Only: This was such a cold blooded kill that Roger Moore actually lobbied for the scene to be changed. Thankfully it wasn't, and it really sets the tone for the second half of the film. Great stuff.
Unnamed Russian Soldier: Octopussy: This is probably not as obvious a one as the others. The fact that he is essentially innocent, the look of pure shock on the poor fellows face as he gets a bullet between the eyes, and that he hasn't even got his gun drawn, that do it for me.
Kilifer-Licence To Kill: This one speaks for itself. Kilifer is a nasty turncoat, and he deserves what he gets. But he is prone, and pleading for his life. Brutal stuff.
Kauffman-Tomorrow Never Dies: Like Kilifer, he undoubtedly deserves what he gets. But again the pleading makes this what it is.
Elektra-The World Is Not Enough: Maybe it's a bit of and old fashioned attitude, but to kill an unarmed woman, is particularly brutal. Even if she is a lunatic. The fact that Bond has feelings for her takes it to another level. One of the weaker films in the series, no doubt, but probably Brosnan's best ever scene.
Unnamed Agent-Casino Royale: Beating something half to death, then drowning them in the sink? This pretty much set the standard for the way Daniel Craig's Bond was going to operate.
Greene- Quantum Of Solace: Another of the weaker films in the series, but what a great scene. Greene is vile, but he is broken and defeated. Sending him off into the desert with a can of crude oil to drink is as cold as it gets.
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@Slazenger7 good shout for sure
Yes. With that and Mathis in the skip, QOS's Bond is hard to warm to.
Slate ok. But the way he disposes of Mathis... I don't dislike QOS as many of us seem to do, but that's really one of the actual low points in the film.
Stromberg.
Dryden.
Sanchez.
What a cool comment.
In most of these it's in self defense even if it's brutal, it's someone evil, or it's Bond's mission specifically to kill them, so it's hard to feel too bad for them.
Excellent example. It's such a quick moment too. No lingering. No remorse. Bond has to keep moving. Nasty business.
@CountJohn perhaps it was more obvious than I thought. I just hadn't heard the unfortunate fellow mentioned or discussed before.
Yes, I feel it's the one that all of the other cold killings are judged by. It was the first too so in that sense it's the benchmark. Although it obviously didn't feature as a scene in the 1958 Fleming source novel (Professor Dent wasn't a character there) it's still an important scene. More than any other it showed James Bond was a different kind of antihero character to what had came before.
Good call on the Russian agent. Right between the eyes too. But it was kill or be killed
I don't think any of the terrorists are named on screen but he's called Fisher