James Bond The Living Daylights

James Bond The Living Daylights (1987)

The Living Daylights is a classic James Bond movie and the 15th entry in the iconic James Bond franchise produced by Eon Productions. This movie marks the first appearance of Timothy Dalton as the suave and sophisticated MI6 agent, James Bond. Directed by John Glen, The Living Daylights takes its title from Ian Fleming’s short story of the same name and features a screenplay co-written by Michael G. Wilson and Richard Maibaum.

The film was produced by the legendary Albert R. Broccoli, with Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli serving as co-producers. The Living Daylights was a commercial success, grossing over $191.2 million worldwide, and received mixed reviews from critics.

Plot In The Living Daylights, James Bond is tasked with helping KGB General Georgi Koskov defect from the Soviet Union. During a mission to extract Koskov from a concert hall in Bratislava, Bond spots a female KGB sniper who he eventually saves from being killed. Bond then uses the Trans-Siberian Pipeline to smuggle Koskov across the border to the West.

Bond later learns that the KGB’s old policy of “Death to Spies” has been revived by General Leonid Pushkin, the new head of the KGB. He is assigned to track down Pushkin in Tangier and kill him to prevent further killings of agents and to defuse tensions between the Soviet Union and the West.

Bond travels to Bratislava to track down the cellist, Kara Milovy, and convinces her to accompany him to Vienna. The two then escape Bratislava while being pursued by the KGB and cross over the border into Austria. In Vienna, Bond meets with an MI6 ally who uncovers a history of financial dealings between Koskov and an arms dealer.

Bond and Kara then travel to Tangier where Bond confronts Pushkin and joins forces with him. Bond fakes Pushkin’s assassination, which prompts Koskov and the arms dealer to proceed with their scheme. Kara drugs Bond, who is then captured and taken to an air base in Afghanistan. Bond and Kara escape and, with the help of the Mujahideen, Bond plants a bomb aboard a cargo plane carrying opium.

Bond returns to Tangier to kill the arms dealer and joins forces with Felix Leiter to infiltrate his estate. Pushkin arrests Koskov and orders him to be sent back to Moscow. Bond and Kara embrace after a solo cellist performance in Vienna.