History Awesome / NoTimeToDie

** Moreso than killing Bond, Safin's greatest villainous accomplishment is ''breaking his dignity'', being the '''only''' Bond Villain to make 007 ''fall to his knees and beg his forgiveness,'' to keep his little daughter from being harmed by the mad poisoner. Until he's revealed to have been faking it.

** Bond is completely outwitted and set up to be killed by Blofeld, who has arranged the theft of the Heracles nanobot virus and Bond's assassination with it [[MightAsWellNotBeInPrisonAtAll from a secure cell in Belmarsh Prison]]. However, Safin manages to [[OutGambitted out-gambit]] him in turn, subverting his plan to unleash Heracles on Bond via having it reprogrammed to wipe out all of Spectre. [[KickTheSonOfABitch All of them deserve it]], even if it's horrific to look at and Safin is far from a saint himself.

''No Time to Die'' cranks up the action sequences as a last hurrah for Creator/DanielCraig's take on the character. And it does not disappoint.

** When Bond drives into the forest while trying to escape Safin's men, he hands Madeline his gun without a second thought or even looking at her, wordlessly showing that he knows he can trust her to have his back. Indeed, she saves him and Mathilde by doubling back and shooting one of them, then guns down all the mooks after her and her daughter. They only get captured when she runs out of bullets.

* Meta-example. Billie Eilish's title tune becoming the THIRD consecutive Bond theme to win the Oscar for Best Song.

* Madeleine guns down all the mooks after her and her daughter. They only get captured when she runs out of bullets.

->''"Now your weapon is on the run and nobody seems to know who has it. So you can imagine why I’ve come back to play."''

* The Cuba sequence is a frenetic showdown between [[MeleeATrois four different sides with competing goals]], as Safin, Spectre, [=MI6=] and the [=CIA=] all put their plans into action.

-->'''Ash''': [[VillainsWantMercy You won’t be able to stop him... so why don't you help me out, brother?]]\\
'''Bond''': [[AndThisIsFor I had a brother. His name was Felix Leiter.]]
* When Safin discovers Bond and Nomi have infiltrated his base, he demands a direct audience with Bond, using Mathilde as leverage. Bond unhesitatingly agrees to confront him, and tells Nomi to blow the whole facility to hell if he doesn't make it back. [[note]] Which foreshadows the fact that he's willing to die in order to ensure the others safety [[/note]]

-->'''Nomi''': Do you know what time it is?\\

* The final battle, where Bond goes OneManArmy on Safin’s men. Here are the highlights:

* The final battle, where Bond goes OneManArmy on Safin’s men. Highlights include:

* The final battle, where Bond goes OneManArmy on Safin’s men.

* Bond, despite having been shot multiple times still managing to overpower and cripple Safin, then finding the strength to climb out of the silo room so as to get a good enough reception to bid farewell to Madeleine. Then he [[FaceDeathWithDignity contemplates the missiles in the sky without fear]] and [[DyingMomentOfAwesome dies in a blaze of glory]]. Doubles as a major [[TearJerker/NoTimeToDie Tear Jerker]], of course...

* When Safin discovers Bond and Nomi have infiltrated his base, he demands a direct audience with Bond, using Mathilde as leverage. Bond unhesitatingly agrees to confront him, and tells Nomi to blow the whole facility to hell if he doesn't make it back.