The Living Daylights

Movie

1987

2h 10m

English

Action, Adventure, Thriller

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After a defecting Russian general reveals a plot to assassinate foreign spies, James Bond is assigned a secret mission to dispatch the new head of the KGB to prevent an escalation of tensions between the Soviet Union and the West.

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The Living Daylights

Movie

1987

2h 10m

English

Action, Adventure, Thriller

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Cast

James Bond

Kara Milovy

Brad Whitaker

Kamran Shah

General Leonid Pushkin

Jeroen Krabbé

General Georgi Koskov

Necros

Saunders

Minister of Defence

General Anatol Gogol

Miss Moneypenny

Felix Leiter

Rubavitch

Col. Feyador

Rosika Miklos

Linda (as Kell Tyler)

Catherine Rabett

Liz

Dulice Liecier

Ava

Nadim Sawalha

Chief of Security, Tangier

Alan Talbot

Koskov's KGB Minder

Carl Rigg

Imposter

Tony Cyrus

Chief of Snow Leopard Brotherhood

Michael Moor

Kamran's Man

Directed By: John Glen

Written By: Ian Fleming (Novel), Richard Maibaum (Screenplay), + 1 more

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andiminga says...

11 years ago

Loved the grittiness & fun from the first 2/3. But afterwards it changed back to the silly Bond tropes.

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FinFan says...

10 months ago

With "The Living Daylights" begins a new, albeit short, new chapter. Personally, I've nothing against Dalton. Sure, he's a different kind of Bond. But that is true for every Bond actor. They all brought their own take on the role. But I have to say he's rather dry in his portrayal and he's missing, like they say, panache. The humorous Bond one-liners are not really hitting it home. Maryam D'Abo is not selling it for me. She's a rather atypical kind of Bond girl, the innocent type. And her acting his rather bland. And it felt like even the writers didn't know what to do with her as she really has no purpose. The plot is more grounded, more realistic. No megalomaniac, evil genius with a devilish master plan. It would have been OK had the "villains" in this story not have been caricatures. Now the stunts are in typical Bond fashion and are once more exciting to watch. Overall an OK to watch flic, but not really multiple times. A good "6"

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ResidentEvilFan says...

2 months ago

I will say this Bond movie is an above average entry into the series and the weakest of the five John Glen directed. I will say that the highlights of this movie are the soundtrack, with The Pretenders songs being the standout pieces over the titular theme along with Dalton's performance as an edgier Bond. The negatives here are a rather pointless use of Felix Leiter as he serves absolutely no purpose to the plot whatsoever and you can almost tell the film was hastily rewritten at times to accomodate for the recasting of Bond from Pierce Brosnan to Timothy Dalton. I also feel like that with the film having three people trying hard to fight for screen time in their villanious roles, the main villain gets lost and you would be forgiven for thinking Koskov or Necros were the main villains given the amount of dialogue and screentime they have is quite immense when compared to Whitaker.

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dannyprasil says...

one year ago

Timothy Dalton gets to much hate I like his unhinged serious bond. This one has some really good action. that chase scene in the snow might be one of my favorites in all of the bond movies

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benoliver999

7/10 9 years ago

All change again in Bond land. Roger Moore got his bus pass and Timothy Dalton has been hired to take over as James Bond, the fourth actor to play the role.

Bond is sent to help a KGB defector, Georgi Koskov, offering his services as a counter-sniper to aid his escape. However, shortly after comi More

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JPV852

4 years ago

Great entry into the series and wonderful debut for Dalton who was charming, and for me far and away better than any of Roger Moore's movies (though found some of his to be entertaining enough). Not all that fond of this theme song but still catchy enough I suppose. Also features some great aerial s More

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Bradym03

6/10 3 years ago

See ya Moore and hello new Bond.

So after that terrible mess known as "A view to a kill", which I didn't like at all. Actually I thought that movie sucked. If you want to know what I truly thought of that film then check out my review of it. So Roger Moore is out and now we got a new More

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Wuchak

6 years ago

Solid Bond film with Timothy Dalton taking over as 007

"The Living Daylights" was the first of two James Bond films featuring Timothy Dalton as 007. It's a solid Bond flick, but rarely cited when the best films of the franchise are discussed. The "problem" isn't Dalton because he makes a fine J More

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