
Although Janus is suspected of initiating the attack, Bond suspects Ourumov, now a general, was involved because the weapon system required high-level military access. The newly appointed M assigns Bond to investigate, after it is determined the blast came from a Soviet-era satellite armed with a nuclear electromagnetic pulse space-based weapon, codenamed "GoldenEye".

An electromagnetic pulse blast suddenly hits the site, destroying it and Russian fighter aircraft, while knocking out all satellite systems in orbit above. Returning to London, Bond oversees MI6 staff monitoring an incident in Severnaya, Siberia, after the stolen helicopter turns up at a radar facility there. While undergoing an assessment nine years later, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Bond attempts to prevent Xenia Onatopp, a member of the Janus crime syndicate, from stealing a Eurocopter Tiger attack helicopter during a military demonstration in Monte Carlo, but is unable to prevent the theft. While Trevelyan is caught and assumed killed by Colonel Arkady Grigorovich Ourumov, the facility's commanding officer, Bond destroys the site and flees. In 1986, MI6 agents James Bond and Alec Trevelyan infiltrate a Soviet chemical weapons facility in Arkhangelsk. It also received award nominations for " Best Special Visual Effects" and " Best Sound" from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. It received positive reviews, with critics viewing Brosnan as a definite improvement over his predecessor. The film accumulated a worldwide gross of over US$350 million, considerably better than Dalton's films, without taking inflation into account. The first Bond film to use computer-generated imagery (CGI), GoldenEye was also the final film of special effects supervisor Derek Meddings's career, and was dedicated to his memory. Principal photography for GoldenEye took place in the UK, Russia, Monte Carlo and Puerto Rico it was the inaugural film production to be shot at Leavesden Studios. It was the first Bond film made after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, which provided a background for the plot. The role of Miss Moneypenny was also recast, with Caroline Bliss being replaced by Samantha Bond Desmond Llewelyn was the only actor to reprise his role, as Q. M was also recast, with actress Judi Dench becoming the first woman to portray the character, replacing Robert Brown.
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The film was released after a six-year hiatus in the series caused by legal disputes, during which Timothy Dalton’s contract for the role of James Bond expired and he was replaced by Brosnan. In the film, Bond fights to prevent a rogue ex-MI6 agent ( Sean Bean) from using a satellite weapon against London to cause a global financial meltdown.

The story was conceived and written by Michael France, with later collaboration by other writers. Wilson, although Albert was still involved as a consultant producer it was his final film project before his death in 1996). Broccoli, following his stepping down from Eon Productions and replacement by his daughter, Barbara Broccoli (along with Michael G. It was also the first James Bond film not produced by Albert R. Directed by Martin Campbell, it was the first in the series not to utilize any story elements from the works of novelist Ian Fleming. GoldenEye is a 1995 spy film, the seventeenth in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions, and the first to star Pierce Brosnan as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond.
