Word: dalton
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...Dalton's first outing as Bond, in the 1987 The Living Daylights, was an obvious attempt to get away from the light-hearted jokester that Roger Moore had made of the role. Dalton, a well-known stage actor (he used to be with the Royal Shakespeare company) was supposed to be a newer, younger Sean Connery, who may not have played the role the way Ian Fleming envisioned it, but who is nonetheless the paradigmatic Bond...
...Dalton plays the role in an even more earthy style than Connery, if possible. He is by far the most physical of the Bonds, and consequently, the movie never stops moving...
...Dalton also has tried to bring some psychological drama back to the role. His Bond, balancing on the edge of sanity, is still haunted by the death of his wife. And the attack on Felix pushes him almost over the edge. He drops his Secret Service duties and embarks on a murderous hunt for Sanchez...
...enlists a little help from all the traditional Bond staples. As the main female lead, Carey Lowell provides a bit of excitement at first; she's a CIA informer for Felix whom Dalton picks up during his investigation. They narrowly escape death at their first meeting, and spend an amusing few minutes arguing over who saved whose life and who acted most professionally. Unfortunately, Lowell's role quickly degenerates to the point where she's half kept woman and half sidekick...
Many of the action scenes seem rather sloppily put together--the stunts don't dazzle you as they did in the last few movies. It may be just as well--some of the later Roger Moore movies have been little more than collections of stunts thrown together. And Dalton's revamped Bond strikes the note of low-key, gruesome humor that the series needs. Licence to Kill one of the strongest Bond entries in recent years...