Review of The Living Daylights (1987) by Donald S — 07 Nov 2008
After the campiness of Roger Moore, the James Bond francise was placed in a new direction. Enter Timothy Dalton, one of the most underrated Bonds of the series. His performance as Bond was probably the closest adaptation to Ian Fleming's vision of Bond. A tough, hardened assassin.
After watching this movie now, I have to say, this is one of the most interesting and saddest stories of the Bond series for all the wrong reasons for being painfully outdated. It starts of with Bond saving Koskov from the KGB, but then later, MI6 was doublecrossed, only to find out that Koskov is using drug money to purchase weapons. Bond shoots it out with the Soviets with the he's not alone, he is helping out Afghanis, you know the same Afghanis that would help out a certain exhiled Saudi religious nut (Don't blame Bond, Rambo did the same thing too).
Ranting aside, this is a classic movie that would make Ian Fleming proud.
This review of The Living Daylights (1987) was written by Donald S on 07 Nov 2008.
The Living Daylights has generally received positive reviews.
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