The eighth installment of the James Bond franchise and the first movie for Roger Moore portraying the imortal role of 007. Three MI6 agents are killed in a short succession, one on San Monique Island in the Caribbean, one in a funeral procession in New Orleans and another in New York. They were known to be monitoring Dr. Kananga, the dictator of Sam Monique, in co-operation with the CIA.
James Bond is sent to New York to investigate Kananga, who is in a meeting at the United Nations. Bond takes a cab from the airport, but his driver is assassinated on a busy motorway, and Bond is nearly killed. He ends up bringing the car to a stop, causing a lot of damage, much to the chagrin of Felix Leiter, Bond's friend in the CIA.
Bond tails the assassin, who drives an easy-to-spot white pimp mobile, to a Fillet Of Soul restaurant. He orders a drink and sits down at a trick booth, that spins around into the wall, leading him into a room where he is held at gunpoint by some gangsters. He strolls around and meets a girl named Solitaire, a virgin tarot reader who can predict the future and see remote events in the present.
Bond is then confronted by Mr. Big, a known gangster who controls most of the muscle in the city. Mr. Big tells his henchmen to waste Bond, and goes back to his business. Bond manages to escape unscathed, just as a CIA agent comes to help him.
Bond goes to the Caribbean to keep on the Kananga's tail, and discovers CIA agent Rosie Carver. The two of them visit San Monique Island, and Bond discovers that Rosie is a double agent, working for Kananga. Rosie tries to run away, but is murdered by Kananga, who fears she may give away his secrets.
Bond escapes the island, returning later in a hang glider, with the assistance of Quarrel Jr., the implied son of Quarrel from Dr.No. Bond sneaks into Kananga's lair, and finds Solitaire. He gets her to pick a card at random from a deck of 52 tarot cards that are all "The Lovers", tricking her into believing that they are meant to be together.
Solitaire loses her fortune-telling powers, thanks to Bond, and fears for her life knowing that Kananga will discover what has happened and is forced to co-operate with Bond.
She escapes with Bond through some poppy fields, discovering that Kananga is running a heroin racket. They head to New Orleans, but they are captured by Mr. Big's henchmen before they arrive. Bond confronts Mr. Big, who reveals himself to be Kananga in disguise.
Mr. Big's henchman Tee-Hee takes Bond to a crocodile farm where the heroin is processed and packaged, and is left on a small island in the middle of a crocodile pond to be eaten alive. He manages to escape, jumping over a row of crocodiles backs, and sets the farmhouse on fire.
Bond returns to Kananga's lair, rescues Solitaire, and kills Kananga with an explosive shark bullet. Bond and Solitaire take a leisurely train ride home, but Tee-Hee surprises Bond and attempts to kill him. Bond manages to throw Tee-Hee out of the window, and he and Solitaire finally get some peace.
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