James Bond Retrospective: The Living Daylights (1987)
Gadgets 
The most impressive gadget in The Living Daylights has to be Bonds new Aston Martin. After an absence from the series for eighteen years the British sports car makes its return in style with a fully tooled up version of the Aston Martin V8 Vantage. With gadgets to rival Goldfingers DB5, the V8 features bullet-proof windows, rockets behind the fog lights, laser beams in the hubcaps, spiked tyres, ski outriggers, a rocket booster and a windscreen head-up display. The memorable escape from Bratislava to Austria makes use of all the vehicles gizmos from removing the top half of a police car to literally running rings around the police as they pursue Bond across a frozen lake to making a spectacular rocket powered leap over the top of the waiting military troops. When the car crashes and can go no further in the snow, the pair make novel use of Karas cello case using it as a sled to outrun the troops as they cross the border into Austria. 
Bonds other significant gadget is a rather innocuous looking key-ring. Supplied by Q branch, the key-ring has two main functions; it deploys stun gas when the user whistles Rule Britannia and also works as a small explosive device triggered by a wolf whistle. Bond obviously finds himself in situations where both these features are necessary to make an escape from a Soviet prison cell as well as disabling Whitaker in the final showdown. James Bond Will Return.. Audiences responded to the new Bond by making The Living Daylights the third most successful film of the series so far with a haul of over $191 million at the box office. The new approach to the character, taking him back to his roots had obviously struck a chord with the public but would they be so willing to accept the even darker direction the series was about to take with his next film?..... To catch up on previous installments of the James Bond Retrospective click here: Dr. No, From Russia With Love, Goldfinger, Thunderball, You Only Live Twice, On Her Majestys Secret Service, Diamonds Are Forever, Live And Let Die, The Man With The Golden Gun, The Spy Who Loved Me, Moonraker, For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy, A View To A Kill
The most impressive gadget in The Living Daylights has to be Bonds new Aston Martin. After an absence from the series for eighteen years the British sports car makes its return in style with a fully tooled up version of the Aston Martin V8 Vantage. With gadgets to rival Goldfingers DB5, the V8 features bullet-proof windows, rockets behind the fog lights, laser beams in the hubcaps, spiked tyres, ski outriggers, a rocket booster and a windscreen head-up display. The memorable escape from Bratislava to Austria makes use of all the vehicles gizmos from removing the top half of a police car to literally running rings around the police as they pursue Bond across a frozen lake to making a spectacular rocket powered leap over the top of the waiting military troops. When the car crashes and can go no further in the snow, the pair make novel use of Karas cello case using it as a sled to outrun the troops as they cross the border into Austria. Classic Line
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Bonds other significant gadget is a rather innocuous looking key-ring. Supplied by Q branch, the key-ring has two main functions; it deploys stun gas when the user whistles Rule Britannia and also works as a small explosive device triggered by a wolf whistle. Bond obviously finds himself in situations where both these features are necessary to make an escape from a Soviet prison cell as well as disabling Whitaker in the final showdown. James Bond Will Return.. Audiences responded to the new Bond by making The Living Daylights the third most successful film of the series so far with a haul of over $191 million at the box office. The new approach to the character, taking him back to his roots had obviously struck a chord with the public but would they be so willing to accept the even darker direction the series was about to take with his next film?..... To catch up on previous installments of the James Bond Retrospective click here: Dr. No, From Russia With Love, Goldfinger, Thunderball, You Only Live Twice, On Her Majestys Secret Service, Diamonds Are Forever, Live And Let Die, The Man With The Golden Gun, The Spy Who Loved Me, Moonraker, For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy, A View To A Kill