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Expect the expected.
Pat Graham, Chicago Reader
The Living Daylights
The new James Bond...living on the edge.
1987 · 2h 10m · PG
Action, Adventure, Thriller
Directed by
John Glen
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The Living Daylights
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- John Glen Director
- Timothy Dalton as James Bond
- Maryam D'Abo as Kara Milovy
- Joe Don Baker as Brad Whitaker
- Art Malik as Kamran Shah
- John Rhys-Davies as General Leonid Pushkin
- Jeroen Krabbé as General Georgi Koskov
- Andreas Wisniewski as Necros
- Thomas Wheatley as Saunders
- Desmond Llewelyn as Q
- Robert Brown as M
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
72%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Timothy Dalton, the fourth Bond, registers beautifully on all key counts of charm, machismo, sensitivity and technique.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
This Bond is as fast on his feet as with his wits; an ironic scowl creases his face; he's battle ready yet war-weary.
Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine
Fresh
Mr. Dalton, the latest successor to the role of James Bond, is well equipped for his new responsibilities. He has enough presence, the right debonair looks and the kind of energy that the Bond series has lately been lacking.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Fresh
Dalton, with his athletic sort of Brit-yuppie work ethic and romantic streak, comes out all right.
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
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