11 Things You Learn Rewatching The Living Daylights

6. The Action Sequences Strike A Brilliant Balance

After directing the three prior Moore movies, Bond veteran John Glen finally gets to put his directing chops to more compelling use with The Living Daylights' decidedly more entertaining action sequences.

Though the set-pieces are far more fast-paced and impactful than in the Moore films, they also don't abandon silliness entirely, making sharp use of amusing sight gags - Bond and Kara riding the cello case, for instance - to charming effect.

This is perhaps the best instance of the movie forming a compromise between old-school Bond and a more contemporary vision, by establishing Bond as a man capable of great violence, but also focusing on making the action fun yet never too goofy for its own good.

It's a great balance, honestly, giving Glen the floor to shoot and edit the action for maximum punchiness.