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Cunninghamolga This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

Skyler Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

Alex Walker From a retrospective perspective, Licence to Kill is probably the most divisive and most controversial James Bond film, 1987's THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS saw Bond reinvented into a more darker and serious series with Timothy Dalton in the leading role, this film saw a more violent take. this being the only James Bond film to be given a 15 certificate in the UK and had to have many cuts made The plot is fairly simple, James Bond goes rogue and after a escaped Drug baron Franz Sanchez (Played with menace by the fantastic Robert Davi) after his friend Felix Leiter is maimed, the plot and visuals feel more akin to an long lost TV miniseries, the story, camera-work and colours all feel more akin to Television, however the familiar 007 feel spices the plot.Timothy Dalton feels more comfortable in the role in comparison to THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS, the leading ladies played by Carey Lowell and Talisa Soto are two of the hottest girls, the former of which is given a good personality.Michael Kamens score is great, giving a more darker feel to the film, Gladys Knights theme however is slightly a mixed bag, mainly being a rehash of previous Bond themes, Patti Labelles R&B Ballad 'If You Asked Me To' is used for the end credits, the song mostly is decent, however slightly dates the film.Unfortunately, Licence To Kill remains the lowest grossing Bond film, mainly due its poor marketing as well as it being released at the same time as a bunch of other summer blockbusters such as BATMAN, INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE, GHOSTBUSTERS II and LETHAL WEAPON 2.Licence To Kill is a great Bond film, its darker, more 80s thriller tone makes it stand out among its predecessors and successors, the villains are dastardly and their deaths are gory. however after the film was released, the series fell into legal difficulties, leaving Bond off the big screen until 1995's GOLDENEYE which saw 007 come back with a new face.

jordansepticeye This movie,well loved by many fans,seems to be forgotten by the public,and I don't see why,if they praise Daniel Craig for being dark,why not Dalton?First,the good,the action,it is well choreographed and has great stunt work.The score and the cinematography are,like always,fantastic.The story,it is simple,but very suspenseful and personal,Bond isn't off fighting some businessman in a volcano lair,he's fighting a drug dealer who killed his best friend.The characters,they are well written and feel real.The Bond girl,she is tough and has good chemistry with Timothy Dalton.The villain,he is very serious and realistic.Plus the movie was never boring.Now,the bad,I thought the Bond Girl was a bit annoying at times,there was some bad acting,and it doesn't have the Bond "feel",if you understand.License to Kill is a great Bond movie,that doesn't feel like one.

Armher Villacintino Since The Series Turned Into Something what Roger Moore did, the series have to get rid of those gadgets that was never in the novels, Roger Moore's portrayal was great and enjoyable But The Character was not very close , i am very loyal to the novels, so when Dalton came out everything changed , so his 2 movies were great especially this movie,this movie revolutionize the series from serious to goofy then serious, timothy Dalton was a great choice for the role intense,honest,brutal and less humor unlike Moore, this is the 1st bond film to be rated PG13 as it targeted the adults unlike the previous one aiming for kids, License to Kill was the 1st film to feature a villain that has no intentions to take over the world unlike stromberg and Drax with the most ridiculous plots, the previous films were very unrealistic turning bond into a super hero or a comic character, Dalton made it more like the novels what Ian Fleming wrote, The Casting Choices were great especially Robert Davi's Franz Sanchez, was the 1st villain i really like, his portrayal was great as a menacing kind hearted villain, Carey Lowell's Pam Bouvier was a great bond girl, a bond girl that doesn't need a help and she can take care of her own without bond, also David Hedison is back as Felix leiter probably my favorite actor for Felix, the story line was very unique of the series , w/c is about loyalty , the plot were bond must get his revenge for his friend Felix for killing his wife and getting eaten by a shark , and so bond must get Sanchez's trust to destroy Sanchez's by destroying each other, the plot was very great and unique unlike the old ones, License To Kill is one of the best bond movies , with great action sequences, good actor choices and revolutionized the series w/c we have now.

jramza-1 I am taking my son through the bond movies by decade. It is fascinating to note, not just the differences in how the different actors portrayed 007, but the movies all reflecting the social values of the decades which produced them. That said, Dalton's bond portrays a need for vengeance that is almost stoic emotionally; he is chaste, but abruptly makes sexual connections later in the movie that seem forced and contrived. He is dedicated to his American friends, yet seemed inexplicably detached from Q and M, his British colleagues. I found these unique personality "quirks" to lack the refined depth and dimensionality of the Connery bond. On a side note, this bond movie had a very strange production value feel to it, an almost campy soap opera or TV A-Team feel to it, with interlude music and film stock that made it appear more like a TV show, and the bond, as portrayed, felt more like a TV show protagonist than a feature film.