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The Living Daylights (1987)

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Reviews Counted: 23

Fresh: 18

Rotten:5

Average Rating: 6.2/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 11 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Synopsis: In this installment of the James Bond series, Agent 007 (Timothy Dalton) is assigned to protect a Russian defector (Maryam d'Abo) from the KGB. When the defection proves to be an elaborate ploy, Bond woos her anyway, and together they... In this installment of the James Bond series, Agent 007 (Timothy Dalton) is assigned to protect a Russian defector (Maryam d'Abo) from the KGB. When the defection proves to be an elaborate ploy, Bond woos her anyway, and together they follow a trail to a crooked American arms dealer supplying weapons to Afghanistan. Dalton finally assumes the role of Bond after refusing it 16 years earlier with DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER. The film is loosely based on Ian Fleming's short story. [More]

Starring: Timothy Dalton, Maryam D'Abo, Jeroen Krabbe, Joe Don Baker

Starring: Timothy Dalton, Maryam D'Abo, Jeroen Krabbe, Joe Don Baker, John Rhys-Davies, Robert Brown, Art Malik, Desmond Llewelyn, John Terry, Caroline Bliss

Director: John Glen

Director: John Glen
Composer: John Barry

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06/24/06
Geoff Andrew
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Typical Bond action but it's one of the spy's worst.

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09/23/04
Joe Utichi
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A pure back-to-basics action-adventure spy drama which mostly delivers.

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09/11/01
Tom Coates
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A very weak entry

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02/10/08
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02/13/07
Christopher Null
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08/16/06
Boyd van Hoeij
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I'm one of the few people who really liked Timothy Dalton as James Bond.

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10/08/05
Chuck O'Leary
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05/29/04
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01/23/04
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12/01/03
Brian Gibson
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05/20/03
Janet Maslin
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Hasn't aged well -- but it was once a refreshing change of pace.

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04/15/03
Jeffrey M. Anderson
San Francisco Examiner
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Dalton is a solid, serious, but a bit colorless as Bond. Still, the action is good.

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02/14/03
Bob Bloom
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Sadly underrated Bond entry with an absolutely classic theme tune by A-ha.

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02/03/03
Luke Y. Thompson
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Dalton, with his athletic sort of Brit-yuppie work ethic and romantic streak, comes out all right.

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01/01/00
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
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Has there ever been a weaker Bond villain than Whitaker? A more fatuous performance than Joroen Krabbe's Koskov? A less endearing Bond girl than Maryam D'Abo's Kara?

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James Berardinelli
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Dalton brought to the part a strong dramatic presence, a heightened sensitivity, a greater human vulnerability than ever before, and a decided seriousness.

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01/01/00
John J. Puccio
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