George Lazenby, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas

Theme song performed by the John Barry Orchestra

Blofeld intends to hold the West for ranson, not for money, but for a pardon for all his previous crimes against humanity.  The future of civilisation lies in 007's hands.  And so does the fate of Tracy, the daughter of Draco - head of the biggest crime syndicate in the west.'

In my opinion, this is a great film.  The plot is the most exciting and different from the other Bond films.  The screenplay and camera-work add to a brilliantly set-up scenario.  The only downside is the debut of George Lazenby, who struggled to comfortably undertake the role of Bond.  If the film starred Sean Connery, it would have been undoubtably ranked as one of the best.

Roger Moore, Carole Bouquet, Topol, Lynn-Holly Johnson

Theme song performed by Sheena Easton

The action includes a hair-raising chase down a Cortina bobsleigh run, a ferocious underwater battle in spy-tech vehicles and a breathtaking climb up a sheer rock-face that leaves 007 dangling on the end of a rope.  When top secret British military equipment is lost at the bottom of the Ionian sea, agent 007 must retrieve it before it falls into Russian hands.  Bond is aided by Melina, a mysterious beauty who is as skilled with a crossbow as she is seductive with a smile.'

I like this film, I love the title song.  The film is good because it isn't to serious but it isn't as 'camp' as most of  the other Roger Moore Bond films.  Roger Moore is now well settled as James Bond, and delivers his best performance in this film.

The title song is brilliant and magically performed in the opening sequence (the only performer ever to appear lip-sincing the theme during the sequence).

Roger Moore, Maud Adams, Kabir Bedi

Theme song performed by Rita Coolidge

Bond is helped by a live octopus, a mechanical crocodile and female martial artists, and menaced by yo yo saws, big game hunters and an A-bomb.

This film, in my opinion, is one of the best set-up plots of the whole series.  The pre-title action is unbelievable and very very eye-pleasing.  The film mixes light humour with strong, serious action.

Roger Moore, Christopher Walken, Grace Jones

Theme song (excellently) performed by Duran Duran

A View To A Kill begins on location in arctic Russia, with a chase to beat all chases involving snowmobiles, helicopters and skis.  Bond is saved by Secret Service Kimberley Jones, who appears in an "iceberg" Submersible to rescue him.  Next location is Paris where May-Day makes a spectacular parachute dive from the Eiffel Tower, but the final scenes are played out at the top of the Golden Gate bridge overlooking San Francisco Bay - a perfect View To A Kill'

This is my favourite Bond film for many reasons.  Firstly the mixture of pure action, villainy and humour is in just the correct proportions to make the perfect ingredients for a classic Bond movie.  The bad thing however is the aged, and wrinkled 57 year old Roger Moore, who's apparent sex-magnetism throughout the film looses its realism entirely.

The title song, well, what can I say.  It is bellowed out by Simon Le Bon with all of the gusto that he can gather, and delivers a spine-chilling performance, that is very powerful but welcomes you very well to the film.  This is without doubt my favourite Bond theme.

Timothy Dalton, Maryam d'Abo, Joe Don Baker

Theme song performed by A-ha

This dizzy tale of counter-intelligence, East-West romance and deception leaps from the top of the Rock of Gibraltar to an ornate Czechoslovakian concert hall, from a casbah in Tangiers to the remote battlegrounds of Afghanistan.

Ian Fleming's 'The Living Daylights' was originally printed as a short story in the first issue of The London Sunday Times Colour Section on February 4th 1962.  The story was first published in book form by Jonathon Cape Ltd. in 1966 as the companion to the other short story 'Octopussy', which also included 'The Property Of A Lady'.  James Bond, Secret Agent 007 has proven that on screen, nobody does it better.'

My favourite bond, Timothy Dalton, makes his debut in spectacular fashion.  He brings a more serious approach to Bond which makes the film a little more gripping and exciting.  The film is good but not great, but Dalton does stand out.  The theme song is very good and follows a similar strong tone to 'A View To A Kill', and sets the setting for the film well.

Timothy Dalton, Cary Lowell, Robert Davi

Theme song performed by Gladys Knight

Look for a cameo by Wayne Newton and excellent performances by two glorious Bond beauties:  Carey Lowell and Talisa Soto.  'Licence To Kill' is a gritty story filled with spectacular action and suspense that has made the James Bond film series the best loved and most successful in cinema history.

This is just a great film.  It is a simple action thriller that has all of the elements of a good Bond film.  It is one of the most entertaining of the entire series.

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