Legendary British secret agent 007, highly skilled in combat, espionage, and seduction.
Bond is manipulated by Koskov into facilitating his fake defection.
Bond assists Koskov's defection, only to later discover the defection was faked and Koskov is actually a criminal evading arrest.
Bond protects Kara from Soviet agents and falls in love with her.
Bond convinces Kara he is a friend of Koskov's to protect her from KGB pursuit, eventually developing a romantic bond that ends in an embrace.
Bond collaborates with Pushkin to expose the arms deal conspiracy.
Bond and Pushkin join forces; Bond fakes Pushkin's assassination to help them progress their scheme against Whitaker and Koskov.
Necros is Bond's primary physical antagonist throughout the film.
Necros kills Saunders and pursues Bond; Bond fights Necros on the cargo plane and sends him falling to his death.
Bond targets Whitaker as the final objective of his mission.
Bond returns to Tangier specifically to kill Whitaker, infiltrating his estate with Felix Leiter's help.
Saunders provides intelligence support to Bond in Vienna.
Bond visits Saunders in Vienna to investigate financial dealings between Koskov and Whitaker before Saunders is killed by Necros.
Leiter assists Bond in the final confrontation with Whitaker.
Bond infiltrates Whitaker's estate with the help of Felix Leiter.
004 is a fellow MI6 agent killed early in the film.
Bond participates in a training exercise alongside 004, who is subsequently killed by an assassin.
Bond allies with Shah to stop the Soviet opium trade.
Bond frees Shah, a condemned prisoner and Mujahideen leader, and later helps Shah's men escape using a bomb.
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