The film begins in London, with Bond chasing a man named Mitchell across the city. He catches up to him and they fall through the roof of an under construction building, where Bond kills Mitchell. Afterwards, Bond searches Mitchell's flat and finds some tagged bank notes, through which Bond learns that Mitchell had a contact in Haiti. Bond travels to a Haitan hotel to investigate the contact, Edmund Slate. While he snoops around, Slate arrives and the two fight, leading to Bond killing Slate with a piece of broken glass.