The Living Daylights

Cast overview, first billed only:
Timothy Dalton ............................................ James Bond Maryam d'Abo ............ Kara Milovy
Jeroen Krabbé .......................... General Georgi Koskov Joe Don Baker .......... Brad Whitaker
John Rhys-Davies ...................... General Leonid Pushkin Art Malik .................... Kamran Shah
Andreas Wisniewski ........................................... Necros Thomas Wheatley .............. Saunders
Desmond Llewelyn ..................................................... Q Robert Brown .............................. M
Geoffrey Keen .... Sir Frederick Gray, Minister of Defence Walter Gotell .... General Anatol Gogol
Caroline Bliss .................................... Miss Moneypenny John Terry ...................... Felix Leiter
Virginia Hey ................................................... Rubavitch

Summary: A Great Bond Film Perhaps one of the most overlooked films in the James Bond series,
this one brought things back down to Earth for the series. Though Roger Moore made a good James
Bond, he had by now out-grown the series. Timothy Dalton is perhaps the most underrated actor to
play James Bond, due to his rather brief stint as the character. He is terrific in both his films, and gives
007 a brooding that Bond has not had in any of his previous films. The movie is also good because the
romance between Dalton and Mariam D'abo is there and is wonderful to see. Though Kara Milovy is
not a tough Bond girl, she is one of the most sensitive and most romantic with Bond himself. The side
love story is great to watch. The villains are not that good, for they are not given enough screen time,
but the plot is great to try and figure out. Though it's not half as confusing as Mission: Impossible, it still
took me a while to catch on at some parts. On a side note, John Rhys Daves once again proves what
a great character actor he is as General Pushkin. This Bond movie stands out for it is basically the last
to incorporate the USSR, the KGB, and any other Cold War element plots. Cheers to The Living
Daylights, an unsung hero of the James Bond series.