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With "OHMSS" and "Octopussy," I rank "License to Kill" in the top tier of Bond films. I had never thought very much of this film until watching it again recently for the first time in many years. I was surprised at how good it is.
The plot is based in part on the original "Live and Let Die" novel (1954), in which Felix Leiter is fed to a shark and Bond exacts revenge. This is the most coherently plotted Bond film since "OHMSS," avoiding the labrynthine storytelling of previous entries like "The Living Daylights" (which I also like very much). The action is well choreographed and this is one Bond flick that doesn't overstay its welcome.
Timothy Dalton is superb here: tough, angry, and suave. He's definitely my favorite Bond, followed closely by George Lazenby, and it's a pity he didn't stay with the role. He brought new life to a series that was getting old and hackneyed. Carey Lowell is a particularly luscious Bond girl and gives a fine performance.
This is a gritty, realistic, and engrossing film--the Last Real Bond Movie, in my estimation. I recommend it highly.
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Where to begin. This Bond move didn't even make any money. Most of the critics gave it a D+ back in 1989. Dalton as Bond is so lame and boring. The gadgets and actions is ok, but he looks bored with the role and takes it to serious. Plus, you get tired of the story lines of drug smuggling. Leave that to the private eyes, not for secret agents!!! I think Ian Fleming would have been very disappointed in this film. I am glad that this was Dalton's last film. He is better as a dramatic actor.
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Licence To Kill is a perfect film with all the right ingredients. Timothy Dalton is a great Bond that introduced a more serious and emotional character when he resigns from the British Secret Service to seek revenge on the South American drug lord Franz Sanchez(Robert Davi) after he has badly hurt Bond's friend and CIA partner Felix Lieter(David Hedison) and murdered his wife Della(Priscilla Barnes).
Pam Bouvier(Cary Lowell) is without a doubt, one of the best Bond girls who makes a worthy adversary and partner to Bond. She was tough,hot and a cool pilot that didn't need help from anybody making a perfect match to Bond. I liked Talisa Soto's role of Lupe Lamora who, although the girlfriend of Sanchez living a life of luxery and riches is sort of a prisoner to Sanchez and is punished severely when she angers him.
Sanchez made a perfect villian along with his henchmen Dario(Benicio Del Toro),Milton Krest(Anthony Zerbe),Heller(Don Stroud)and Truman-Lodge(Anthony Starke).I thought the character Professer Joe Butcher was fuuny with his funny voice and motto:"Bless your heart".
Licence To Kill also has the return of other important characters like M(Robert Brown),Miss Moneypenny(Caroline Bliss) and Desmond Llewelyn as Q.
It has perfect action like the opening scene of Bond and Lieter going after Sanchez,and the ending tanker truck chase with Bond,Pam and Sanchez.I particularly liked the scene where Bond and Pam fight a gang of thugs in a bar(especially when Pam flips a drunk man over her and he crashes on a table and when she smacks Dario and another drunk man with her huge shotgun).
The final touch to this movie are the songs by Gladys Knight singing "Licence To Kill" and Patti La Belle singing "If You Asked Me To".The title sequence is cool with the movie's theme song and all these images of dancing ladies with long hair and guns exploding and gun targets.
All in all, Licence To Kill is a perfect film with many great actors,awesome locations, beautiful women , amazing stunts, great action , cool songs by Gladys Knight and Patti La Belle, and a new unique plot like any other Bond movie. Licence To Kill is a masterpiece that is in my opinion one of the best Bond movies ever.
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Timothy Dalton returned two years after his successful debut as Bond in "The Living Daylights" with his second and final Bond film. Unfortunately for Dalton the producers decided that Bond's character in this movie was out of character by being out for vengeance rather than Queen and country, and Dalton's role as Bond was at an end. Unfortunately, it would be six years to the next Bond movie.
The movie begins with the capture of ruthless drug lord Franz Sanchez (Robert Davi). Shortly thereafter we see Felix Leiter (David Hedison) and Della Churchill (Priscilla Barnes) wed. However, Sanchez escapes from custody and returns to exact his own revenge on Leiter and his new wife. Bond is the first to discover what Sanchez has done and decides to take action on his own. It is during this portion of the movie that M (Robert Brown) revokes Bond's license to kill, and Bond is treated as a rogue agent for most of the rest of the movie.
Bond tracks Sanchez and attempts to kill him. When his attempt is unsuccessful, he inadvertently gains Sanchez's confidence, and continues to work toward finding a way to bring Sanchez to justice. During his various escapades Bond manages to have Sanchez eliminate one of his own men, steals millions of dollars, and destroys more millions in heroin.
The highlight of this movie is the final scenes involving a huge facility that is the headquarters for Sanchez and a group of escaping tractor-trailers. The tractor-trailers, provided by Kenworth, perform a series of stunts that I believe remain unique to this movie, including driving on one set of wheels and popping a wheelie.
This DVD is loaded with extras, including two music videos for the opening and closing songs. The opening song is "License to Kill," sung by Gladys Knight. The video is very classy and borrows stylistic elements from Bond opening credits. The closing song is "If You Asked Me To," sung by Patti LaBelle. The video for this song is merely adequate.
As with most movies, this movie had a number of errors that I can generally forgive. However, when the air hose is cut on a tractor-trailer the brakes lock on, not fail as shown in the movie. I find that technical error to be glaring each time I watch this movie. There are other errors that I am sure were put in to spice up the action. Electric eels do not generate light when they shock someone, as happened when a guard fell into a tank of eels. You can barely see some laser beams, and many high-powered lasers are invisible, rather than the bright red beam shown when Pam Bouvier (Carey Lowell) fires a laser in a hotel room. Also, you might want to note how $2 million in twenty dollar bills fit into one brief case, which is impossible.
This Bond movie was different in flavor from previous Bond movies. The violence was elevated to achieve the first PG-13 rating for a Bond film. Bond shows a weakness not shown in any previous Bond movie. I was also a little disappointed that Bond was after a drug lord rather than a megalomaniac. Drug dealers have always seemed to me to be below Bond. However, I did not get to make that choice.
With all the weaknesses in Bond's character and in the film, I enjoy this movie. The pacing is steady and quick. A viewer can only spot most of the implausibilities by watching the movie multiple times. The end chase scene with the tanker trucks is a joy to watch again and again. I think it is unfortunate that Timothy Dalton was not permitted to appear in another Bond movie, because he brought a powerful and unique interpretation to Bond, making Bond his own.
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This Bond movie is my all-time favorite! Not that I've seen them all! I love Pierce Brosnan, too, but Timothy Dalton is MY FAVORITE BOND man! I wish he had done more Bond films!
The opening of this film with Bond (Best Man) and his friend (Groom) floating down by parachute to a wedding, followed by Gladys Knight singing the title song IS my favorite part of this movie.
I enjoyed watching Timothy's Bond because he didn't seem to be as womanizing as the others were/are, making him a LOT more irressitible!
The Bond plots are always exciting, but my overall opinion is this movie was more about the 'inner' Bond as a person and not the agent, and I liked getting to know him better.
-Marvette Cox
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