The Living Daylights Movie Review
The Living Daylights Review
"The Living Daylights" Overview
Rating: PG
1987
Cast and Crew
Director : John GlenProducer : Albert R. Broccoli,Michael G. Wilson
Screenwiter : Richard Maibaum,Michael G. Wilson
Starring : Timothy Dalton,Maryam d'Abo,Jeroen Krabbé,Joe Don Baker,John Rhys-Davies,Art Malik,Andreas Wisniewski
The casting of Timothy Dalton as James Bond in this 15th entry into the
adventures of 007 is widely considered a classic mistake: Dalton isn't suave
like Sean Connery or even Roger Moore. It's hard to explain, but he's too
outright mean and gruff, and he doesn't come across with the sly sense of humor
that, in my opinion, is essential in a good Bond. The vehicle he has to work
with in The Living Daylights isn't exactly stellar, tagging along with a
European cellist (Maryam d'Abo) as he unravels a KGB plot to kill MI-6 agents.
The settings are on the lackluster side (Afghanistan?), aside from one notable
sequence which gives Bond a trip down a snow-covered mountain in the Bond
girl's cello case.
Bond #15.
Reviewer: Christopher Null
