Casino Royale (2006)

Malcolm Sinclair: Dryden

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• [Dryden, an MOD director, comes into his office late at night. He notices that his safe has been broken into, and soon finds James Bond sitting in the shadows] 

  James Bond : M doesn't mind you earning a little money on the side, Dryden. She'd just prefer it if it wasn't selling secrets.

  [Dryden sits at his desk and quietly opens a concealed drawer, containing a gun] 

  Dryden : If the theatrics are supposed to scare me, you have the wrong man, Bond. If M was so sure that I was bent, she'd have sent a 00. Benefits of being section chief; I'd know if anyone had been promoted to 00 status, wouldn't I? Your file shows no kills. And it takes...

  James Bond : Two.

  [flashback to Bond savagely fighting Dryden's contact, Fisher, in a bathroom] 

  Dryden : [points his gun at Bond]  Shame... we barely got to know each other.

  [pulls the trigger, but nothing happens] 

  James Bond : [holds up the clip from Dryden's pistol]  I know where you keep your gun. I suppose that's something.

  Dryden : [lowers his gun]  True. How did he die?

  James Bond : Your contact? Not well.

  [cut back to Bond beating Fisher, then trying to drown him in a sink] 

  Dryden : Made you feel it, did he? Well, you needn't worry. The second is...

  [Bond draws his gun and kills Dryden. As he falls back, his lifeless hand is seen pushing a photo of himself with his wife and their daughter off the table] 

  James Bond : Yes. Considerably.