The Living Daylights
by John Glen
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Actor: Jeroen Krabbé, Joe Don Baker, John Rhys-Davies, Maryam d'Abo, Timothy DaltonDirector: John Glen
Brand: DALTON,TIMOTHY
Producer: Albert R. Broccoli
Producer: Barbara Broccoli
Producer: Michael G. Wilson
Writer: Michael G. Wilson
Producer: Tom Pevsner
Writer: Ian Fleming
Writer: Richard Maibaum
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Korean (Original Language); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; Spanish (Original Language); Mandarin Chinese (Original Language); French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 130 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-05-22
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
DVD Reviews of The Living Daylights
DVD Review: Excellent Bond Flick
Summary: 5 Stars
My wife and I took off work early and saw "The Living Daylights" the day it came out. About halfway through the film I whispered to her that this did not seem like any Bond film that I had seen. Actually it did not seem like any of Roger Moore's 7 Bond films that preceded it. I was not sure that I really liked it after my first viewing. I saw it twice more in the movies before coming to the conclusion that this was an excellent Bond film (although it is still not one of my all-time favorites.)
Timothy Dalton went back to the basics as Bond, rereading all the Fleming books and portraying him as Fleming had written him. The film concerns a seemingly Russian plot to murder the 00 agents and the Bond assisting in the defection of a Russian General who may not be as he seems. (The Russian plot is codenamed "Shmiert Spionim" whcih meant "Death to Spies." Serious Bond fans will remember this from the great Bond novel "From Russia With Love.") It ends in the desert of Afghanistan with Bond assisting the Mujahadeem in an attack on a Russian airbase. (It is kind of embarassing in a way. This film made in 1987 portrays these Afghan resistance fighters as basically good guys only interested in ousting the invading Russians from their country. The CIA assisted them in this in supplying them with stinger missiles. After the Russians left the Majadeem basically evolved into something more sinister: the Taliban.) After this terrific action sequence, there is a better one of Bond fighting the villain's main henchman while hanging from the cargo net of the Russain plane Bond has stolen. (Compare this great action scene to the mediocre action sequence involving Bond in a plane in the latest Bond film, "Quantum of Solace.) One of the weaknesses of this film is the lack of a great leading lady. Maryam D'Abo (whom Bond falls head over heels over) is kind of cute, but cannot compare to some of the Bond leading ladies of the past. (I work in Manhattan and see dozens of more attractive women virtually every day.) On top of that, she is really the only girl in the film. (When it came to leading ladies, Dalton got some of the weaker ones.)
Speaking of Dalton, as I said in a previous review, he gets condemned for the same things Daniel Craig gets praised for. He took the role very seriously and could not throw out any of the one-liners the masterful way Connery or Moore could. The one thing Craig has over him is sheer physicality, particularly in the fight scenes. However Craig may be the most physical Bond ever. Another positive of "The Living Daylights" is that it features the last great John Barry Bond movie score.
"The Living Daylights" opened in the summer of 1987 and did very well. The next Dalton Bond "License to Kill" opened two summers later against some stiff competition: "Batman," "Lethal Weapon II," "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade," etc. etc. It opened at number 4!!! its first weekend and did very poorly in the U.S. There was a six year hiatus due to litigation and when Bond returned in 1995 with the terrific "Goldeneye," Dalton was gone and Pierce Brosnan was Bond.
However I will stack his two Bonds against Daniel Craig's. "Living Daylights" was a solid Bond and "License to Kill," one of my favorites. And while I think Craig's "Casino Royale" is a classic, his second Bond "Quantum of Solace" was a major disappointment.
One the the film critics, (Ebert I think) named Dalton's Bond "Bland, James Bland." However if you have not seen his two Bond films, you should check them out. You will be surprised just how good they are.
I look forward to the release of "The Living Daylights" on blu-ray.
Description of The Living Daylights
James Bond assists in the defection of a KGB agent and becomes entangled in international arms trading and opium smuggling.Genre: Feature Film-Action/Adventure
Rating: PG
Release Date: 22-MAY-2007
Media Type: DVD
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