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Summary: Really a great Bond movie!!!
Review: First of all, this is about 10 times better than Timothy Dalton's second flick as 007, Licence to Kill, which was a good movie, but didn't quite make it into my list of fantastic Bonds. The Living Daylights is a charming, romantic, fast-paced adventure, which, in my opinion can hold a candle to movies as historic as Goldfinger and From Russia With Love. Dalton is on top of his career as Bond, and proves right away that he needed no time to adapt to the character as Moore did (3 movies in fact).This film starts off with a bang as an unknown madman, part of an international conspiracy called "smiert spionem" (kill spies), ruins a routine MI6 training session as he kills off several 00 agents, until getting outrun by 007. The movie itself is centered around an important KGB defector who doublecrosses the secret service after promising loyalty, and hooks up with a dirty dealing American arms dealer named Brad Whitaker (played by Joe Don Baker), who wants to help the KGB defector finance his "smiert spionem" conspiracy. Along with a ruthless KGB henchman named Necros, Georgi Koskov (the KGB defector, played by Jeroen Krabbe) fights time and 007 to carry out his whimsical plans. The movie is equipped with fantastic action sequences such as a chase down an Austrian ski slope in a cello case, a fantastic mid-air brawl with Necros and Koskov, and a climatic thriller in Whitaker's villa, where the insane arms dealer tries to fry Bond in his battle room. This is a fantastic movie not only because it has a great plot, great actors, and a great bond, but because it also has a bond girl who bond seems really attracted to. Kara Milovy, a Slovakian cellist, seems to have a real romance with Bond, which is a nice refresher since most Bond fans are used to the classic "love 'em and leave 'em" plot line. All in all, a great movie!!!! Just for the sake of it, here is my Bond "gold collection" list of 5: -from russia, with love -goldfinger -the spy who loved me -the living daylights -for your eyes only
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Summary: A Great Bond Thriller
Review: Great movie, the music is amazing and the plot, very interesting. Although Dalton wasn't the best Bond, he does make a great debut as Secret Agent OO7. Maryam d'Abo is as beautiful as ever, and perfect as the leading woman, The globe-trotting of this film is indeed exciting, from the streets of Eastern Europe to the deserts of Afganastan, this is a movie I enjoy watching again and again
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Summary: Dalton excels as bond!
Review: Handsome, rugged, believeable. Dalton is what Bond was ment to be. Great story. Also music score is great. Pierce Bronson is a whimp! Don't be a poser. Buy this.
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Summary: The two episode wonder!
Review: I am one of the few people I know of that truly thought Timothy Dalton was an excellent Bond. This is the man, along with the production crew behind him, that brought respectability back to this franchise. It wasn't about gadgets anymore...it wasn't about stupid, lowest-common-denominator jokes anymore. It was about making 007 a viable, respectable character again, with tight plots that involved mechinations more like those in the REAL world with just a TOUCH of the fantastic to make it interesting. In this piece, 007 has to deal with weapons and opium smugglers working out of Russia, the US and Afghanistan and there are double crosses all over the place! Even Bond's long time buddy, CIA agent Felix Leiter, isn't sure what he's up to! Dalton had the look, the acting ability and experience to make this a good, gripping adventure from beginning to end, with none of the silliness that made the Moore movies such a drag. I'm sure, somewhere, Cubby Broccoli is smiling, knowing that, even though Dalton only lasted for two movies, he helped revive a franchise that was ready to roll over and die another day!
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Summary: He's Back.. And badder then ever!
Review: I had my doubts before seeing this dvd about this film because of all the negitive remarks about daltons portral of bond. After seeing it, I really do beleave that THIS is EXACTLY what Brosnan is missing in his films. Bond is a hardass in this film, who doesent take crap from anyone. Also, this movie has the 2nd most beleavable bond girl relationship in the entire series, (2nd only to FYEO). You get the feeling that bond really gives a crap about this girl, and the girl really has feelings for him and is not just atracted to bonds sex appeal. This really adds to this movies value. The Aston Martin is back in all of its glory. Q sequences are great also. This film has a great story that makes u watch it to try and figure it out, while being treated to a great amount of action. My only complaint about the movie is the main villin doesen't have that BAD GUY feel to him at all, but maybe it just adds more realism to the movie that these guys are more human bad guys, rather then mad men trying to take over the world. Necros, the main henchman actuly does a lot of stuff in the film. Probley the most a henchman has ever done in a bond movie. Great film, Great action. IF ONLY DALTON MADE MORE THEN 2 BOND FILMS. A must see.. DO NOT HESITATE TO BUY IF YOU GET THE CHANCE. THIS IS THE REAL JAMES BOND!!!
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Summary: A Great Bond movie
Review: I hated Dalton in license to kill but he was great in the living daylights. He seems exactly like flemmings bond. It goes to show you that reading the books before you make a movie is good. The plot is fine and the villians were so so but the action is cool. Pros-Great action, good theme song, and good acting by dalton Cons-lame villians, really lame villians
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Summary: Great Bond Film
Review: I have seen every Bond film and this is one of the best. It has everything a Bond fan can ask for, and Dalton does a good job as 007. Although the subject matter is a little outdated, it is still an excellent movie.
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Summary: Really 4 1/2 Stars
Review: I like The Living Daylights. I am, unlike many Bond fans, a great fan of Timothy Dalton as 007. He ain't no Connery- and that's a good thing. He's a harder-edge Bond that brings out the hard-eged side of the Connery embodiment- minus the Roger Mooreish slapstick. This colder James Bond character was, in my opinion, perfect for the late 80's; athough, I think it got just a little too dark in 1989's Licence To Kill. I really like how TLD left the light, brainless fun of the absolutly dreadful A View To A Kill and got back into the more serious vein of some of my favourite Bond films such as From Russia With Love (in my opinion, the best), the overrated On Her Majesty's Secret Service, and the surprisingly good For Your Eyes Only. This is must see for any fan of a serious Bond film.
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Summary: Has trouble
Review: I liked this film mainly for two reasons. They are the stunts and Dalton's performance. Everything else is poor. Myram D'Abo is dull and very boring, Kuscov and Whitaker are spirited but not at all menacing, there is about no action, the script is very thin, the plot is very confusing, the settings are not exotic, and John Barry's score is his worst. The gadgets are okay, yet many other OO7 filmshave much better gadgets. If you want my to see some good OO7 films, check out From Russia With Love, Goldfinger, The Spy who Loved Me, GoldenEye, and A View To a Kill. Avoid You Only Live Twice, The Man With The Golden Gun, Moonraker, The Living Daylights, and The World is Not Enough.
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Summary: surprisingly good
Review: I liked this video much more than I thought I would. As someone who thinks 007 can only be Connery or Brosnan, I resisted Dalton and Moore until I had no choice. I'm still not crazy about Moore, but Dalton does a good job with the role even if he is somewhat more pedestrian than either Connery or Brosnan. Plus, I liked the story. It helped that they brought back the Aston Martin (complete with squeaky brakes). Even though Connery mentions a Bentley in Goldfinger, the Aston Martin is the original 007 ride. For reasons that are known only to the producers, they put Moore into an American Motors standard issue in TMWTGG (Did they think that because it had the same initials as Aston Martin, it was the same pedigree?), or a Lotus in FYEO. It also helped that Dalton's relationship with Maryam d'Abo actually developed over the course of the film making it more genuine. He may not be Connery or Brosnan, but you could do a lot worse (several times over) than this title.
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