The Living Daylights (1987)
Country: GB
Technical: col/scope 130m
Director: John Glen
Cast: Timothy Dalton, Maryam d'Abo, Jeroen Krabbé
Synopsis:
Bond helps organise the defection of a top Soviet general and, when that fails, sets out on the trail of an unprincipled arms dealer who wants to trigger a new World War.
Review:
What looks like a return to a more serious approach to the role (emoting included) is really just a nimble gear change into a voguish Indiana Jones formula. The situations, the ever-present heroine, the good-humoured concern for self-preservation are all there; the sexual innuendo normally associated with the series is not. However, while it is refreshing to have an actor of some credentials take the lead, and while for at least half its length the film even has a storyline requiring some attention, initial good impressions are eventually dissipated by a return to formula.
Country: GB
Technical: col/scope 130m
Director: John Glen
Cast: Timothy Dalton, Maryam d'Abo, Jeroen Krabbé
Synopsis:
Bond helps organise the defection of a top Soviet general and, when that fails, sets out on the trail of an unprincipled arms dealer who wants to trigger a new World War.
Review:
What looks like a return to a more serious approach to the role (emoting included) is really just a nimble gear change into a voguish Indiana Jones formula. The situations, the ever-present heroine, the good-humoured concern for self-preservation are all there; the sexual innuendo normally associated with the series is not. However, while it is refreshing to have an actor of some credentials take the lead, and while for at least half its length the film even has a storyline requiring some attention, initial good impressions are eventually dissipated by a return to formula.
Country: GB
Technical: col/scope 130m
Director: John Glen
Cast: Timothy Dalton, Maryam d'Abo, Jeroen Krabbé
Synopsis:
Bond helps organise the defection of a top Soviet general and, when that fails, sets out on the trail of an unprincipled arms dealer who wants to trigger a new World War.
Review:
What looks like a return to a more serious approach to the role (emoting included) is really just a nimble gear change into a voguish Indiana Jones formula. The situations, the ever-present heroine, the good-humoured concern for self-preservation are all there; the sexual innuendo normally associated with the series is not. However, while it is refreshing to have an actor of some credentials take the lead, and while for at least half its length the film even has a storyline requiring some attention, initial good impressions are eventually dissipated by a return to formula.