Basil of MI6

Basil of MI6 (Cantonese: 軍情六處的巴索 Jyutping: gwan1 cing4 luk6 cyu3 dik1 baa1 sok3) is a 2001 English-language Hong Kong spy film directed by Brian Chow and written by Brandon Chow. The unofficial sequel to and its film adaptation, the film is set in the present day and the characters from said works were turned into humans. The plot follows Basil as he attempts to locate a mole in the British intelligence who betrayed him and a British billionaire who is later revealed to be connected to a North Korean operative that he seemingly killed.

Basil of MI6 was released in Hong Kong by on 19 February 2001. It received mixed reviews; some critics praised Chow's direction and its original plot, but others criticized its reliance on CGI and, as well as the villain.

Plot
MI6 agent Basil, formerly a mouse detective who has turned into a human, infiltrates a North Korean military base where Colonel Han Woo-jin, formerly Fidget the Bat, is trading weapons for South African conflict diamonds. After Han's right-hand man Song is contacted by an unknown source who reveals Basil's true identity, Han attempts to kill Basil and a hovercraft chase ensues, ending with Colonel Han accidentally driving his craft off a cliff. Bond survives but is captured by North Korean soldiers and imprisoned by the Colonel's father, General Han, formerly Ratigan.

After fourteen months of captivity and torture at the hands of the, Basil is traded for Song in a prisoner exchange, across the. He is sedated and taken to meet, who informs him that his status as an MI6 agent has been suspended under suspicion of having leaked information under duress to the North Koreans. Basil is convinced that he has been set up by a double agent in the British government. After escaping MI6 custody, he discovers that he is in Hong Kong, where he learns from Cheung, a Chinese agent and old colleague, that Song is in Cuba.

In Havana, Basil meets and shares a tryst with NSA agent Skyler Ward. Basil later follows her to a gene therapy clinic, where patients can have their appearances altered through DNA restructuring. Basil locates Song inside the clinic and attempts to kill him, but Song escapes after a scuffle, leaving behind a pendant which leads Basil to a cache of diamonds, identified as conflict diamonds, but bearing the crest of the company owned by British billionaire businessman Michael Moore. Basil learns that Moore only appeared a year prior, apparently discovering a vein of diamonds in Iceland leading to his current wealth, celebrity, and philanthropy from its assets.

At in London, Basil meets Moore along with his assistant Olivia Flaversham, who is also an undercover MI6 agent and formerly a Scottish mouse. After a fencing battle, Basil is invited by Moore to Iceland for a scientific demonstration. Shortly afterwards, Dearlove tells Basil of MI6's doubts about Moore, restores Basil's MI6 status and offers assistance in the investigation but can only offer him limited assistance because "the world has changed" during his absence.

At his ice palace adjacent to the diamond mine site in Iceland, Moore unveils a new orbital mirror satellite, "Fidget", which is able to focus solar energy on a small area and provide year-round sunshine for crop development. Basil seduces Flaversham and Ward infiltrates Moore's command centre, but is captured by Moore and Song. Basil rescues her and discovers that Moore is in fact Colonel Han, who has used the gene therapy technology to change his appearance and amassed his fortune from sale of the conflict diamonds as a cover for his true plans.

Basil confronts Moore, but Flaversham arrives to reveal herself as the traitor who betrayed Basil in North Korea, forcing Basil to escape from Moore's facility. Basil returns in his to rescue Ward, who has been recaptured in the palace. As Moore uses Fidget to melt the ice palace, Song pursues Basil into the palace using his. Basil kills Song by causing a giant ice chandelier to fall onto him, and revives Ward after she has almost drowned.

Basil and Ward pursue Moore and Flaversham to the and stow away on Moore's  cargo plane. Moore reveals his identity to his father, and the true purpose of the Fidget satellite: to cut a path through the with concentrated sunlight, allowing  to invade South Korea, defeat the  forces of both U.S. and South Korea, and unite the peninsula under the flag of the. Horrified that it would potentially trigger with the United States, General Han tries to stop the plan, but Moore murders him.

Basil attempts to shoot Moore, but he is prevented by a soldier. In their struggle, a gunshot pierces the fuselage, causing the plane to descend rapidly. Basil and Moore engage in a fist fight, and Ward attempts to regain control of the plane. Flaversham attacks Ward, forcing her to defend herself in a sword duel. After the plane passes through the Fidget beam and is further damaged, Ward kills Flaversham. Moore attempts to escape by parachute, but Basil opens the parachute, pulling Moore out of the plane and into one of its engines, killing him and disabling the Fidget beam. Basil and Ward escape from the disintegrating plane in a helicopter from the cargo hold, carrying away Moore's stash of diamonds.

Cast

 * as Basil, a mouse detective who was somehow turned into a human and is now an agent.
 * Darby Moore as Skyler Ward, an agent.
 * Reg Hassell as Michael Moore, a British entrepreneur, alter ego of Fidget / Colonel Han.
 * Susanne Pollatschek as Olivia Flaversham, undercover MI6 agent and double agent who was formerly a Scottish mouse.
 * Rang Min-hyuk as Song Kwang-hyok, a North Korean terrorist working for Moon and living as an exile.
 * Philip Gofton as, the head of MI6.
 * as Dr. David Q. Dawson, Basil's associate and best friend who has turned into human and is now MI6's quartermaster and armourer.
 * Nancy Tso as Felicity, Moore and Flaversham's fencing instructor.
 * as Louie Morgan, Ward's superior in the NSA.
 * as Mrs. Moorhead, Dearlove's secretary.
 * Martin Cambridge as Charles Fleischer, Dearlove's Deputy Chief of Staff.
 * Daryl Lee as Fidget / Colonel Han Woo-jin, formerly a bat who survived the fall, was somehow turned into a human and is a rogue North Korean army colonel, who later uses an alter ego.
 * Desmond Suen as Ratigan / General Han, Colonel Han's father who formerly was a rat.
 * Artem Zhukov as Vasiliy Kozlov, Michael Moore's personal scientist.
 * Malachi Long as Mr. Hull, one of Michael Moore's henchmen.
 * Brandon Chow as Mr. Cheung
 * Deborah Tsui as Ms. Wong, a Chinese agent working for Mr. Cheung, undercover as a masseuse.
 * Norman Chow as General Sagong
 * Matías Javier Contreras as Cigar Factory Worker
 * Eduardo Velázquez as Dr. Ordóñez
 * Josie Emlyn as Airline Hostess
 * as Mr. Van der Knaap
 * John Ching as Concierge at the Fencing Club