Licence to Kill

“the climactic eighteen-wheeler chase along winding, mountainous roads”

drqshadowabout 80–100% inread it ↗

“the final act is totally kick-ass if you can stick around”

liamexeabout 75–100% inread it ↗

“very slow and drags for a while”

Toasty87about 15–85% inread it ↗

“The film just falls apart, much like the first Dalton film, in the second half”

imthenoobabout 50–100% inread it ↗

“The opening act drives home that "Licence to Kill" is a more serious and brutal Bond flick.”

Wuchakabout 0–15% inread it ↗

“I was just not a fan of Timothy Dalton's "007" and so can't say I was looking forward with much enthusiasm to this. Sadly, it didn't surprise - it's a really far fetched, frankly rather unpleasant, outing for Ian Fleming's deadly agent that sees him on the trail of an evil drug lord who fed "Felix" (David Hedison) to a shark whilst doing away that man's new wife. What now ensues is just a series of unremarkable set-piece escapades that have precious little jeopardy to them. Anthony Zerbe just do”

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“**License to Kill transformers Bond from a goofy punchline to a vengeful unstoppable force, turning the franchise from whimsical to gritty and producing one of the best films of the series.** License to Kill marked a major shift in the franchise away from the campy, goofy, and almost family-friendly Roger Moore Bind films to something darker and more brutal. Timothy Dalton’s Bond is savage and emotional, using only his wits to track down an elusive drug lord and devising an elaborate scheme t”

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“This 007 film stays true to its motif. This begins an era of "no fun" 007 films, where the wit is very minimal and every scene is whiplash brutal. However, unlike most later 007 films, this one stays true to its design. It doesn't try to "contrive" the story. Instead, there is a flow. One interesting aspect is that we see something worse than "death", as is pointed out earlier, with David Hedison getting brutal treatment in his recurring Felix role. We see the beginning of an era where evil ”