agent who has trained for years for one job: to kill 007. In the pre-title sequence (the first in the series), we’re led to believe that Bond is dead until we see that it was just someone wearing a mask to make himself look like Bond. In Sean Connery’s second outing as James Bond, he was put to the ultimate test. ![]() Only two movies truly made me feel like there was no way Bond was going to make it out of them alive: From Russia with Love and Licence to Kill. Which is why it’s so surprising when these movies sometimes manage to make us believe Bond could actually be killed. The fun of Bond movies isn’t so much guessing whether or not the protagonist is going to live or die, but how stylishly he can overcome his enemies. And when he gets too old, he just gets replaced by a younger actor. ![]() ![]() Kill him off and he shows up a few scenes later, fit as a fiddle and pleased with himself for fooling his enemies. Put him in an overly elaborate death trap and he finds a way to escape. James Bond is the most immortal mortal character ever conceived.
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