This 1987 version has Timothy Dalton in his first of only two attempts to play superspy James Bond. Although he has the suave Bond look down pat, Dalton is missing some key ingredients.
Bond always has a sense of humor and seems, no matter how successful, to be somehow vulnerable.
Dalton doesn't crack a smile or ever seem to be in danger. That women want to jump in bed with him is completely convincing, but the rest of his character has a hollowness to it that makes him rarely credible or interesting. Bond films are always travelogues in disguise. This one goes from Old World Czechoslovakia to the beautiful and romantic Vienna. Then it's on to colorful Tangiers.