1989 - Rated R - 2 hr 13 minStarring: Timothy Dalton, Carey Lowell, Robert Davi, Wayne Newton, Benicia Del Toro, Desmond Llewelyn, Anthony Zerbe
Thank goodness Timothy Dalton's Bond knows how to trick-drive a semi, or this movie would have ended completely differently. Really... that's just crazy, that whole end sequence.
So Dalton's Bond... this is my first time watching this movie and I have mixed feelings. Good plot, good action sequences, nice use of Q "in the field," and a nice range of ladies for Bond to get tangled up with. Dalton's not my favorite Bond (is he anyone's?) but he brings a certain flare to going rogue and working undercover... in a tux. Yes, Bond is about the only character to have ever combined drug-circle infiltration with a martini, but it's not all fun and games, you know?
Not a bad entry into the franchise's books, but definitely not a favorite. Not with the likes of Daniel Craig filling the icon's shoes these days. It's tough to compare.
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