这次007(皮尔斯•布鲁斯南 Pierce Brosnan 饰)对手是臭名昭著的国际恐怖分子雷纳德(罗伯特•卡莱尔 Robert Carlyle 饰)。为了垄断石油供给权,雷纳德杀害了石油大亨罗伯爵士,当然他也不会放过罗伯爵士的继承人——美丽的依蕾克屈(苏菲•玛索 Sophie Marceau 饰),这个狂人甚至威胁说要在土耳其巨大的输油管道里引发核爆炸。于是007必须驾着高速快艇从西班牙比尔堡的奈维河岸到伦敦的泰晤士河边,再穿越苏格兰的高地,冒着几乎不可能生还的危险去保护罗伯爵士队唯一继承人、粉碎雷纳德的阴谋。连场大战一触即发!James Bond is back. An oil tycoon is murdered in MI6 and Bond is sent to protect his daughter. Renard, who has a bullet lodged in his brain from a previous agent, is secretly planning the destruction of a pipeline. Bond gains a hand from a research scientist, Dr. Christmas Jones who witnesses the action which happens when Bond meets up with Renard, but Bond becomes suspicious about Elektra King, especially when Bond's boss, M goes missing. Bond must work quickly to prevent Renard from destroying Europe.