The Timothy Dalton Bonds look better as time has gone on - though I enjoyed them on release - smart, stylish, underplayed, very true to Fleming. This takes a little while to find its rhythm - I don't think the pre credit sequence got there though I loved Bond defending Gibraltar - but once it did, it's a lot of fun.
It has a genuine romantic core with Marym d'Abo's lovely yet inexperienced cellist, a delightful line up of villains (Joergen Krabbe and Joe Don Baker are wonderfully fun), an Aussie connection (Virginia Hey pops up), a clever story, it uses Fleming stories, the locations are pleasingly exotic (Vienna, Gibraltar, Afghanistan), Art Malik is a very likeable member of the Northern Alliance.
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