11 Things You Learn Rewatching The Living Daylights

8. The Plot Is Basically Nonsense

Despite how distinct the film feels from its predecessors, it's a bit of a shame that the central plot is once again scarcely coherent.

It's at least nowhere near as hyper-elaborate as most of the villain schemes presented in Moore's movies, but the various elements in play - namely a deal involving Cold War defectors, opium and weapons - is a convoluted mess at best.

Trying to recount the plot is a bit of a headache, honestly. It seems simple enough at first, but the web soon becomes tangled beyond recognition and you may quickly stop caring much about what's going on.

Bond has some scheming bad guys to stop, that much is always clear, but in its effort to be clever, The Living Daylights' central narrative becomes a bit too confusing for its own good.

It's still miles ahead of what Moore's movies generally offered up, though still frustratingly opaque at times.