When Police kicks open the doors of the elite underground fight club Knuckledust, they find seven levels of hell, filled with the dead bodies of countless fighters, assassins and goons. Only one man, beaten up to a pulp, is still breathing: Hard Eight.

时值2012年年末，宇宙中的行星即将连成一线。随之形成的全蚀将给地球带来巨大的波动，严重危及人类的安全。为此，银河议会的众人聚集在一起，商讨各行星的命运。他们需要集合所有八块“透镜”以维系宇宙的平衡。由奥格姆勋爵领导的八名理事会成员分别是八位“创世者”，他们每人掌管一个星球，并负责保管各星球相对应的“透镜”。不幸的是，“地球透镜”偶然坠入人间，藏匿在意大利的伊夫雷亚镇。如果“透镜”落入恶人之手，人类的命运将岌岌可危。正当世界走向歧途时，受命运指引的女孩索菲肩负着寻找和拯救“透镜”的使命。

Le Chiffre, a banker to the world's terrorists, is scheduled to participate in a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro, where he intends to use his winnings to establish his financial grip on the terrorist market. M sends Bond—on his maiden mission as a 00 Agent—to attend this game and prevent Le Chiffre from winning. With the help of Vesper Lynd and Felix Leiter, Bond enters the most important poker game in his already dangerous career.