GoldenEye (1995) is the seventeenth
spy-fi film in the
James Bond series, and the first to star
Pierce Brosnan as the fictional
MI6 officer
James Bond. The film was directed by
Martin Campbell and is the first film in the series not to take story elements from the works of novelist
Ian Fleming. The story was conceived and written by
Michael France, with later collaboration by other writers. In the film, Bond fights to prevent an ex-MI6 agent, gone rogue, from using a satellite against
London in order to cause global financial meltdown.