 CONT: The admiral warns M that she has 48 hours to investigate  before the British fleet attacks, but the events of the movie take  far longer than 48 hours. Theres no way that an overnight party in  Hamburg, a morning raid on Carvers headquarters, at least twelve  hours of travel time to Vietnam to investigate the Devonshire, not  even counting his rendezvous with Wade, an escape from Carvers  Saigon base, and the investigation of the Chinese bays, could all  take place in just 48 hours.