Licence to Kill

1989
15
2h 13m

IMDb RATING

6.7/10

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Carey Lowell, Talisa Soto, Timothy Dalton, and Robert Davi in Licence to Kill (1989)

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A vengeful James Bond goes rogue to infiltrate and take down the organization of a drug lord who has murdered his friend's new wife and left him near death.A vengeful James Bond goes rogue to infiltrate and take down the organization of a drug lord who has murdered his friend's new wife and left him near death.A vengeful James Bond goes rogue to infiltrate and take down the organization of a drug lord who has murdered his friend's new wife and left him near death.

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IMDb RATING

6.7/10

115K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

2,977

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination total

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License To Kill: Private Vendetta

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Trivia
Timothy Dalton stated in an interview about why his Bond was a much darker, grittier incarnation. It was because he wanted to go back to the Ian Fleming novels, and capture the essence and the spirit of the character Ian Fleming created.

Goofs
When the air hose on a truck's braking system is severed, the brakes lock on, they do not release as shown.

Quotes
[Sanchez is about to kill James]
Franz Sanchez: You could have had everything.
James Bond: Don't you want to know why?
[Shows Sanchez Felix's lighter, then sets Sanchez on fire]

Crazy credits
The Surgeon General's warning appears at the end credits, due to the characters' use of tobacco products.

Alternate versions
On pan and scan VHS prints issued since 1990, the opening title credits have been slightly altered to fit the screen. Some credits that took one line in the widescreen version were altered to fit two lines in the pan and scan version.

Connections
Edited into Folgers Coffee 'Licence to Kill' Television Commercial (1989)

Soundtracks
Licence to Kill
Music by Narada Michael Walden
Lyrics by Walter Afanasieff
Performed by Gladys Knight

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Featured review

7/10

Timothy Dalton is underrated as Bond

Licence to Kill is blow for blow slightly weaker than it's predecessor The Living Daylights but it's still a strong addition to the 007 catalogue and cements Timothy Dalton as the most underrated of all the Bonds.

Again we see a more believable James Bond, he's sympathetic, cool, collected and at times it's obvious he's calculating as he goes along with the plot, sometimes he's erratic and sometimes he makes mistakes, something we don't see often. It's a very different Bond than we're used to, especially when he comes across as charismatic without becoming sleazy and creepy.

Add into it a somehow rare love triangle the film at times becomes more about who we think Bond should be with when the movie ends rather than focusing on the actual story being told.

Dalton is probably my favourite Bond and it's a shame his run didn't go on longer as I think I would have preferred him in the films that followed rather than Pierce.