The Living Daylights. 1987.
After a exercise test goes awry and a 00 agent killed, Bond is sent to help a K.G.B. General to escape he uncovers a plot to kill all enemy spies, with a Russian programme that was meant to be deactivated.
Timothy Dalton steps in as the fourth actor to play Bond, his first appearance as the character in Gibraltar after hearing a Agent scream and fall down the cliff is one of the best intros to the main guy. Jerome Krabbe plays defector General Georgi Koskov seems a bit nice to be the bad guy as he seems to hug everyone he sees but does enjoy the mind games he plays with others. Maryam D'Abo plays Kara the Cello player and Koskov's girlfriend who is drawn to a web of lies and Joe Don Baker as the military arms dealer Whitaker.
This one seemed to have a lot of negative reviews regarding how the plot was made and the bad guys were really not believable, as i tend to agree with Brad Whitaker character he seemed to be built up only for him to appear in small dabs then gets more screen time in the climatic end fight with Bond using his fancy weapons. Felix Leiter makes a appearance but in the form of John Terry who seems a bit too wooden. John-Rhys Davies makes a strong appearance as General Pushkin who is in the dark of everything but manages to pull off a good hoax with Bond. Aside from the negative points this one has always been a favourite of mine even watching Necros get the boot from the plane .
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Kara Milovy: [a police car had been cut with a laser] What happened?
James Bond: [mockingly] Salt corrosion.