The Living Daylights

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Year:	1987
Country of origin:	UK / USA
Director:	John Glen
Genre:	Bond
Starring:	Timothy Dalton, Maryam d'Abo
Rating:	5/5
IMDB link:	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093428/
Tagline:	James Bond 007 at his most dangerous in The Living Daylights
Favourite line:	"Stuff my orders! I only kill professionals. That girl didn't know one end of a rifle from the other. Go ahead. Tell M what you want. If he fires me, I'll thank him for it."

Possibly my favourite of them all, this is Timothy Dalton's debut, and a fine Bond he is too. Much maligned, for no other reason than the fact he only did two - and Licence to Kill is a poor Bond film, which he surely can't be blamed for - his is a dark, brooding take on the character, much more in keeping with Fleming's original creation than Moore's wise-cracking incarnation.
So, which one is this?

It's the one with the cello playing female assassin, the Aston Martin skating around on ice, and the finale where Bond dangles out of the back of a huge aeroplane on some kind of cargo net.
The plot involves a staged Russian defection, gun-running and an Afghani set tank battle.

It's adrenaline packed from start to finish and, even if the plot points get a bit hazy in the middle, just remember, this is a Bond film - they're meant to make no sense.
Entertaining and gripping, this is a belter.