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Aug 21, 2008 · Bond Meets an Old KGB Adversary
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Background
When he was younger and a KGB intelligence officer, a conflict with James Bondended with Valentin being shot in the leg, as well as Bond stealing his car and "his girl".
GoldenEye
Years later while in search of Janus, Bond seeks out Zukovsky at his nightclub in St. Petersburg wanting him to set up a meeting for Bond with Janus. Zukovsky initially scoffs at the suggestion of doing Bond a favour, since his knee aches every single day from being shot and is especially unbearable in cold weather. He shoots the sofa Bond was sitting on, trying to get revenge for his knee. However he was persuaded to after being bribed with military equipment and the revelation that when Bon...
The World Is Not Enough
In 1999, Zukovsky is now an owner of a casino in Baku, Azerbaijan. Bond seeks him out for information on terrorist Renard. Later, 007 sees Elektra King lose a simple card game at the casino, sacrificing her $1 million bet to Zukovsky. Bond and Christmas Jones later visit the Russian businessman at his caviar factory and after it is destroyed Zukovsky finally reveals the money is to pay his nephew Nikolai for bringing a submarine to Istanbul. Zukovsky brings Bond, Christmas and his henchman an...
GoldenEye
Valentin's career in the KGB, during which he became famous for using intricate locks and security systems, was ended by SIS Agent 007 shooting him in the knee, giving him a limp. Years later, Valentin runs a successful club called Valentin's outside of a twenty-four hour black market, in a building disguised as a ruin. In 1995, 007 pays Valentin a visit. Zukovsky is not at all pleased to see him and has him incapacitated by one of his guards. He takes the spy to his office where he asks him...
Other Appearances
Zukovsky appears in the classic 007 game, GoldenEye. In it, he arranges for Bond to have a meeting with Janus (later to be revealed as Alec Trevelyan) in the Statue Park level. Zukovsky appears again a few missions later in a timed level, Mission 6 Part III: Streets. Natalya Simonovahas been kidnapped by Janus and is being taken to the Janus Base, meanwhile Bond is in hot pursuit of the villain and his love interest. Bond contacts Zukovsky, who offers to help Bond by calling associates of his...
There was a deleted scene in which Bond later checks Valentin's pulse. Another scene cut out from the movie, is when Dr. Warmflashtakes Valentin in and finds out he was shot in the ribs, and she eventually gets the bullet out.
Despite sharing no screen time together in The World Is Not Enough, Robbie Coltrane and Robert Carlyle, who portrays Renard, had previously appeared together on the British television series, Cracker.Prior to the Daniel Craigera, Valentin was the first recurring Bond ally to be killed on-screen.Travelling to Saint Petersburg, Bond contacts his CIA assistant Jack Wade, who advises him to meet the former KGB agent turned gangster Valentin Dmitrovich Zukovsky and have him arrange a meeting with Janus. Escorted to the meeting by Onatopp, Bond discovers that Janus is led by Trevelyan, who had faked his death at Arkangel.
Nov 17, 1995 · GoldenEye: Directed by Martin Campbell. With Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean, Izabella Scorupco, Famke Janssen. When a powerful secret defense system is stolen, James Bond is assigned to stop a Russian crime syndicate from using it.
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May 19, 2023 · GoldenEye Opening Scene Bond sets out on a daring mission to infiltrate a top-secret Soviet weapons lab, teaming up with fellow agent 006, Alec Trevelyan. However, their plan takes a dark turn when Trevelyan is captured and seemingly executed in front of Bond by the ruthless Colonel Ourumov.
If Bond had killed Valentin before the events of the movie, he wouldn't have an ex-KGB agent to seek out in order to set up a meeting with Janus. Valentin returns to be a supporting ally of Bond's in The World Is Not Enough as well, where he even saves Bond from Elektra King's garrote chair .
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When James Bond points his gun at Valentin Zukovsky it is clear that his gun is a Walter PPK. Notice there are no grooves on the side of the gun towards the back. When Valentin's henchman points his gun at James, grooves can be seen on the side of the gun towards the back of the gun.
