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Actors: Timothy Dalton, Maryam d'Abo, Jeroen Krabbé
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Living Daylights |
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After helping in the defection of a KGB General who is then kidnapped, James Bond is sent after the head of the KGB, who according to the defecting General Koskov is starting a plan to kill Western agents. Bond travels to Austria, Africa and Afghanistan and uncovers a weapons for Oppium conspiracy involving Koskov and an International arms dealer.
--Matthew W. Kresal, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of James Bond |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 40%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Part of a series?
- James Bond
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Spying & Terrorists
Yes
Cloak & Dagger Plotlets:
- main char doing spying/sabotage
- finding an assassin
The terrorist enemy is...
- terrorist group
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- spy
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- short/standard wavy (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn, straight
Body type
- average (woman)
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Russian
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- spy
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average (man)
unclothed?
- chest
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Russian
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Eastern Europe
Asia/Pacific
Yes
Asian country:
- The 'stans
Air?
Yes
Air:
- passenger plane
- parachuting
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
- fort/military installation
- scientific labs
- building
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- 8 or more
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- sex under blankets
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 5 (an average amount)
Kind of violence:
- mission to rescue
- mission to destroy something
- hand to hand
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- dropped from large heights
- crushed
- perforation--bullets
- perforation--swords/knives
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- English
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
Lot of special effects?
Yes
Kinds of F/X
- exploding vehicles
- exploding bombs
If this is a kid's movie...
- Ages 10-15
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- book
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