Henry Fallon, who is wheelchair bound and is suffering from a neurological disorder, apparently commits suicide and Morse has mixed feelings working on this case as he was once engaged to the dead man's wife, Susan Fallon. The body was found
英国海军的德文郡号军舰在中国领海内被遭到不明鱼雷攻击沉没。为了查明情况，英国海军决定动用武力，派出军舰前往出事海域进行反击。然而却被秘密情报负责人M（朱迪·丹奇 Judi Dench 饰）阻止，并派出代号007的情报员詹姆斯·邦德（皮尔斯·布鲁斯南 Pierce Brosnan 饰）去查清真正的原因，避免两国之间一触即发的战争。在不断深入的调查中，媒体大亨卡佛（乔纳森·普雷斯 Jonathan Pryce 饰）进入了邦德的视线。而且在卡佛举办的晚宴上，邦德遇上了前女友帕丽丝（泰瑞·海切尔 Teri Hat
