This is both a classic Bond for the amount of aerial, marine and big-vehicle stunts, but is also a bit different in that Bond has gone rogue (yes it happened well before Craig), so there aren't the usual scenes at HQ, Q-Branch etc.
Dalton is a brilliant 007 as he brings depth and a sense of isolation to the role. The villains are villainous, the henchmen expendable, and the explosions grand. Throw in some parachuting, a shark, barefoot water-skiing, spearguns, shotguns, mini-subs, someone bursting in a decompression chamber, a casino, a camera gun, exploding toothpaste and an inexplicably over-engineered and unsafe way to open plastic packets of cocaine and you have a great Bond movie for the period.
A humorous cameo by Wayne Newton, an early Benicio del Toro appearance (sporting a sinister gold tooth) and a wonderfully underplayed performance by Robert Davi as the sophisticated drug lord; what's not to like?
Dalton is a brilliant 007 as he brings depth and a sense of isolation to the role. The villains are villainous, the henchmen expendable, and the explosions grand. Throw in some parachuting, a shark, barefoot water-skiing, spearguns, shotguns, mini-subs, someone bursting in a decompression chamber, a casino, a camera gun, exploding toothpaste and an inexplicably over-engineered and unsafe way to open plastic packets of cocaine and you have a great Bond movie for the period.
A humorous cameo by Wayne Newton, an early Benicio del Toro appearance (sporting a sinister gold tooth) and a wonderfully underplayed performance by Robert Davi as the sophisticated drug lord; what's not to like?