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Broccoliwho was unavailable for 's GoldenEye due to his declining health. Broccoli had been credited with producing every official film since Dr. Nowith the exception of This was actually the first entry to use a title not derived from either a novel or a short story by . Meanwhile, Licence to Kill agents spot drug lord Franz Sanchez flying into Key West, Florida, where he catches his mistress in Licence to Kill with another man ; in retaliation for her infidelity, he has his henchmen cut out the man's heart while he brutally whips his mistress. The pair successfully capture Sanchez by pulling his plane out of the air with a Coast Guard helicopter and then parachute down to Leiter's wedding. Later that same day, DEA agent Killifer assists Sanchez in escaping federal custody, lured by Sanchez's promise of two million dollars for whoever aids him in escaping. On their honeymoon night, Leiter and his new wife, Dellaare captured by Sanchez's enforcer Dario and several of Sanchez's henchmen. In retaliation for Sanchez's capture and imprisonment, Leiter is bound and lowered into a shark tank; the shark bites off the lower half of one of his legs. After hearing the news of Sanchez's escape, Bond returns to Leiter's house to find Della in her wedding dress, dead. In the study, Bond finds Felix, maimed but still alive, bearing a note from Sanchez: "He disagreed with something that ate him. Bond begins his revenge by killing Killifer, causing him to fall into the same tank with the shark which maimed Felix; he then ruins Sanchez's latest drug shipment and steals five million dollars from Sanchez to finance his exploits. Bond refuses, but insists that Bond take the Turkey mission, claiming that Bond's vendetta could easily compromise the British government. Refusing to let the matter go, Bond subsequently resigns and M orders his resignation effective immediately, revoking his licence to kill. Bond then escapes MI6 custody and becomes a rogue agent, bereft of official backing but later surreptitiously helped by MI6 armourer Qwho voluntarily joins Bond while pretending to be on leave. Bond journeys to the Latin American country of "The Republic of Isthmus " closely based on real-life Panamawhere he finds his way into Sanchez's employ at the cost of the lives of several Hong Kong narcotics agents and the MI6 agent in Isthmus. Sanchez punishes this perceived disloyalty by trapping Krest in a hyperbaric chamber and then suddenly depressurizing the chamber with a fire axe, causing Krest to explode in bloody fashion; for Bond's perceived loyalty, Sanchez permits him into his inner circle of friends. Sanchez takes him to his base, where Bond learns that Sanchez's scientists can render cocaine Licence to Kill undetectable by dissolving it in gasoline, and then sell it disguised as fuel to Asian drug dealers. The buying and selling are conducted via the fundraising television Licence to Kill of Licence to Kill fake American televangelist Professor Joe Butcher. The re-integration process will be available to those underworld clients who can pay Sanchez's price. With the aid of agent Bouvier, Bond destroys Sanchez's processing plant; in the process, Bond kills Dario by feeding him into a massive cocaine grinder. After destroying three of the trucks, Bond and Sanchez fight aboard the final remaining tanker, which ends up out of control and then rolls down a hillside. Although Sanchez has the upper hand by having Bond at the point of his machete, Bond pulls out a cigarette lighter; Leiter's gift to Bond for being the best man at their wedding and sets Sanchez afire. Sanchez, burning alive, stumbles into the wrecked tanker truck's cistern, causing its cocaine- gasoline to explode. Later, Bond, Bouvier and Licence to Kill attending a party at Sanchez's residence. Bond takes a telephone call from Felix, informing him that M is offering Bond his job back. Bond doesn't give Felix an answer, but instead pursues agent Bouvier into the pool, where they kiss as the credits roll. Michael G. Wilson was forced to finish the screenplay alone due to a strike by the Writers Guild of America which prevented from participating further. For Maibaum, this was his final James Bond script, later dying in See: Licence to Kill soundtrack. Taking inflation into account Licence to Kill is the least financially successful James Bond film. Since its release many authors, fans, and critics have debated the reasoning for this. More often, Licence to Kill is blamed for its increase in violence over previous Bond outings. This led to a 15 rating in Britain and a PG rating in the United States; the latter having been created in and gone through a major reclassification along with PG in Another reason often brought up is 's dark portrayal of James Bond, although it is often acknowledged that his interpretation is closest to Ian Fleming's secret agent character. Additionally, Licence to Kill drastically breaks away from the "Bond formula" by having become a rogue agent in an attempt to obtain revenge for the near-death of his good friend . Due to this change, the film is often seen as having less humour than previous films, most notably 's Bond films. Albert R. Broccoli has openly stated that he disliked the handling of the marketing Licence to Kill promotion for Licence to Killwhich was severely affected by a late title change. The original title for the film, Licence Revokedhad a large amount of promotional material already produced by artist Peak. Peak's promotional work was based on Dalton's portrayal of Bond and was more dramatic and hard-edged in what many consider more akin to the style of artwork for Dirty Harry. The delay in Licence to Kill corrected materials, this time created by Steven Chorney in a more traditional style, is said to have negatively affected the film especially in the United States. The reasoning for the name change Licence to Kill purported to have been the result of test screenings shown in the United States where the audience apparently misunderstood the word 'revoked' supposedly thinking it referred to driving licences. It has been reported that there was some confusion with Licence to Kill British spelling of "Licen c e", which in American English is spelled "Licen s Licence to Kill. It is possible that due to this confusion the film was re-titled for the home video market Licence to Kill the United States with the British spelling, " Licence to Kill ", although some U. The marketing issues are said to have put a serious dent in the film's potential for box office success in the crucial US market. It was also in competition with several other movies in would prove to be one of the most successful summer blockbuster seasons in film history. As a direct result, Licence to Kill was the last Bond film, to date, to open in the summer. Timothy Dalton was contracted to make three films as ; the third, intended for release inwas expected to be named The Property of a Lady. However due to legal wranglings over the ownership of the franchise, the series went on a six year hiatus until During that time, screenwriter Richard Maibaum had died, and Dalton exercised an option in his contract and resigned Licence to Kill the role was given to one year before the next Bond film, GoldenEye was released. See: Licence Licence to Kill Kill novelisation. Licence to Kill was adapted as a graphic novel by writer-artist Mike Grellwho would go on to write several original James Bond comic books. The adaptation was published in both hardcover and paperback editions by Eclipse Comics in This wiki. This wiki All wikis. Sign Licence to Kill Don't have an account? Start a Wiki. Do you like this video? M : " This Licence to Kill vendetta Licence to Kill yours could easily compromise Her Licence to Kill government. You have an assignment, and I expect you to carry it out objectively and professionally! Effective immediately, your licence to kill is revoked, and I require Licence to Kill to hand over your weapon. I need Licence to Kill remind you that you're still bound by the Official Secrets Act. James Bond Timothy Dalton. Franz Sanchez . Pam Bouvier Carey Lowell. Lupe Lamora . Dario . Q Desmond Licence to Kill. Milton Krest Anthony Zerbe. Ed Killifer Everett McGill. Colonel Heller Don Stroud. Joe Butcher Wayne Newton. Felix Leiter . 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As IMDb celebrates its 30th birthday, we have six shows to get you ready for those pivotal years of your life Get some streaming picks. James Bond is Licence to Kill possibly his most brutal mission yet. Bond's good friend, Felix Leiter, is left near death, by drug baron Franz Sanchez. Bond sets off on the hunt for Sanchez, but not everyone is happy. MI6 does not feel Sanchez is their problem and strips Bond Licence to Kill his license to kill making Bond more dangerous than ever. Bond gains the aid of one of Leiter's friends, known as Pam Bouvier and sneaks his way into the drug factories, which Sanchez owns. Will Bond be able to keep his identity secret, or will Licence to Kill see Bond's true intentions? Written by simon. This is simply the best action film. My fifth favorite James Licence to Kill film in my top 10 Bond films. It has action and great performance from Timothy Dalton. The film has great dangerous stunts, real actions that is why I love this film to death! I enjoy this film so much even as a kid growing up I loved this film. I'm a hard-core James Bond fan. Licence to Kill is one of the most underrated decent action films and I love it so much. This movie is more about action junkies like me. This Licence to Kill has hard core action than espionage. I enjoy this film I still do even over those years. Sadly this is the last Timothy Dalton film and the last 80's film. After this one Timothy Dalton did not want to make another Bond film. The movie is about one of the biggest heroine supplier in the USA in which Felix Letier David Hedison and James Bond Timothy Licence to Kill captures him, but with the inside man, the drug dealer escapes and kill's Leiter's wife and Felix throws in to the pit with shark in it. Now James Bond goes on a revenge spree and stopping the drug dealer supplying people with heroin. James Bond goes rogue and sets off to unleash vengeance on a drug lord who tortured his best friend, a C. Agent, and left him for dead and murdered his bride after he helped capture him. Timothy Dalton was excellent as James Bond really too bad he wasn't interested to play the role again. Timothy Dalton is once again Licence to Kill and on target should have been lightened up a bit. Audiences who spend two or more hours with Bond need to laugh once in a while. Thankfully, Q, awarded the biggest role of his film career following a tip-off from an anxious Moneypennywas on hand to provide some crucial comic relief. Carey Lowell showed to be the best in years. She was delightful as Pam Bouvier, a Licence to Kill, beautiful CIA pilot and undercover operative who Licence to Kill Bond at every turn. Her Licence to Kill introduction in the Barrelhead Bar is nothing but pure dynamite. She is sexy hot and beautiful irresistible Bond girl. She becomes the second Bond girl but Carey Lowell steals the show. Robert Davi proved to be an excellent choice for the role of murderous South American drug lord Franz Sanchez. Surrounded by a private army that keeps potential assassins at arm's length, Sanchez was not an easy target. His main associates include corrupt seaman Anthony Zerbe, a drunken pervert and a sadist Benecio Del Toro. Licence to Kill Q was excellent this was the only movie that was the longer run Desmond was. He was Bond's ally who supplies Bond with various gadgets and Licence to Kill him in the field. This was the last Bond movie that was directed by great director . This movie has ton's and ton's of action: in the opening scene we see Bond sliding from helicopter to capture the airplane that was really dangerous stunt excellent, executed and performed. Bond being on a bloody machine hanging up and Licence to Kill shoots Dario and Bond throws him in to the machine. I love the fights on the trucks that was awesome Licence to Kill the airplane Bond jumps on a truck takes It over and he fights those bad dudes awesome. I love the bar fight which is awesome. Actor Branscombe Richmond was in this movie from Renagade in which Bond knocks him out. Bond gets attacked and knocked out by two ninjas. Bond burns Sanchez with lighter that Felix and Della Licence to Kill him as a wedding gift. Licence to Kill is the 16th entry in the official James Bond film series. The sequel which was the first not to bear the title of an Ian Fleming novel or short story finds Bond on a personal mission to take down the drug lord responsible for an attack on his CIA friend Felix Leiter and his wife. Bond is such a bad-ass in this movie he kicks all the bad guys he is even more dangerous and crazy than Sean Connery. It is Timothy Dalton's second and last best film in his career he ever did. Looking for some great streaming picks? 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Edit Cast Cast overview, first billed only: Timothy Dalton James Bond Carey Lowell Pam Bouvier Robert Davi Franz Sanchez Talisa Soto Lupe Lamora Anthony Zerbe Milton Krest Frank McRae Sharkey Everett McGill Killifer Wayne Newton Dario Anthony Starke Q David Hedison Felix Leiter Priscilla Barnes Della Churchill Robert Brown Licence To Kill movie review & film summary () | Roger Ebert

Licence to Kill Licence to Kill a spy filmthe sixteenth in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productionsand the second and last to star Timothy Dalton in the role of the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Licence to Kill was the first film in the series to not use the title of an Ian Fleming story. Although its plotline is largely original, it contains elements of the Fleming novel and the short story " The Hildebrand Rarity Licence to Kill, interwoven with a sabotage premise influenced by Akira Kurosawa 's film Yojimbo. It was the fifth consecutive, and final, Bond film to be directed by John Glenas well as the last to feature actors Robert Brown as M and Caroline Bliss as Miss Moneypennyand Licence to Kill final Bond film to utilise the services of screenwriter Richard Maibaumtitle designer Maurice Binderand producer Albert R. Broccoli ; Maibaum and Binder died inand Broccoli in Originally titled Licence Revoked in line with the plot, Licence to Kill name was changed during post-production due to American test audiences associating the term with driving. Budgetary factors resulted in Licence to Kill becoming the first Bond film to be shot entirely outside the United Kingdom: principal photography took place on location in Mexico and the US, while interiors were filmed at Estudios Churubusco instead of Pinewood Studios. Bond and Leiter capture Sanchez by attaching a hook and cord to Sanchez's plane and pulling it out of the air with a Coast Guard helicopter. Afterwards, Bond and Leiter parachute down to the church in time for the ceremony. Meanwhile, Sanchez's henchman Dario and his crew ambush Leiter and his wife Della and take Leiter to an aquarium owned by one of Sanchez's accomplices, Milton Krest. Sanchez has Leiter lowered into a tank holding a tiger shark. When Bond learns Sanchez has escaped, he returns to Leiter's house to find Leiter Licence to Kill been maimed and that Della has been murdered—and by implication raped. They discover a marine research centre run by Krest, where Sanchez has hidden cocaine and a submarine for smuggling. Bond resigns after turning down the assignment, but M suspends Bond instead and revokes his licence to kill. Bond becomes a rogue agent, although he later receives unauthorised assistance from Q. Bond boards Krest's ship Wavekrest and foils Sanchez's Licence to Kill drug shipment, stealing five million dollars in the process. He discovers that Sharkey has been killed by Sanchez's Licence to Kill. He seeks Sanchez's employment by posing as an Licence to Kill for hire. Two Hong Kong Narcotics Bureau officers foil Bond's attempt to assassinate Sanchez and Licence to Kill him to an abandoned warehouse. Sanchez's men rescue him and kill the officers, believing them to be the assassins. Sanchez shuts Krest into a decompression chamber and cuts Licence to Kill oxygen cord, causing Krest to explosively decompress to his death. Bond is then admitted into the inner circle. Sanchez takes Bond Licence to Kill his base, which is disguised as the headquarters of a religious cult. Bond learns that Sanchez's scientists can dissolve cocaine in petrol and then sell it disguised as fuel to Asian drug dealers. During Sanchez's presentation Licence to Kill potential Asian customers, Dario discovers Bond and betrays him to Sanchez. Bond starts a fire in the laboratory, but is captured again and placed on the conveyor belt that drops the brick-cocaine into a giant shredder. Bouvier arrives and shoots Dario, allowing Bond to pull Dario into the shredder, killing him. Sanchez flees as fire consumes his base, taking with him four tankers full of the cocaine and petrol mixture. Bond pursues them by plane, with Bouvier at the controls. During the course of a stunt-filled chase through the desert, Bond destroys three of the tankers and kills several of Sanchez's men. Sanchez attacks Bond with a machete Licence to Kill the final remaining tanker, which crashes down a hillside. A petrol-soaked Sanchez attempts to kill Bond with his machete. Bond then reveals his cigarette lighter—the Leiters' gift for being the best man at their wedding—and sets Sanchez on fire. Burning alive, Sanchez stumbles into the wrecked Licence to Kill, destroying it. Bouvier arrives shortly afterward, and picks up Bond. Later, a party is held at Sanchez's former residence. Licence to Kill receives a call from Leiter telling him that M has congratulated him for his work and offers him his job back. He then rejects Lupe's advances and romances Bouvier instead. Broccoli and writers Michael G. Wilson and Richard Maibaum started discussing its successor. The film would retain a realistic style, as well as showing the "darker edge" of the Bond character. For the primary location, the producers wanted a place where the series had not yet visited. The initial outline of what would become Licence to Kill was drawn up by Wilson and Maibaum. Big, and Licence to Kill ' s main villain Sanchez. The script—initially called Licence Revoked —was written with Dalton's characterisation of Bond in mind, [6] and the obsession with which Bond pursues Sanchez on behalf of Leiter and his dead wife is Licence to Kill as being because "of his own brutally cut-short marriage". For the location Wilson created the Republic of Isthmus, a banana republic based on Panama, with Licence to Kill pock-marked Licence to Kill bearing similarities to General Manuel Noriega. After Carey Lowell was chosen to play Pam Bouvier, she watched many of the films in the series for inspiration. Lowell had described becoming a Bond Licence to Kill as "huge shoes to fill", as she did Licence to Kill see herself as a "glamour girl", even coming to audition in jeans and a leather jacket. While Lowell wore a wig for the scenes set in the United States, a scene where Bouvier is given money and told by Bond to go and buy some new clothes and, going off and doing so, also has her Licence to Kill cut was added so that Lowell's own short hair style could be used. Salim Ajami. Davi later helped with the casting of Sanchez's mistress Lupe Lamora, by playing Bond in the audition. Hedison did not expect to return to the role, saying "I was sure that [ Live and Let Die ] would be my first — and last" Licence to Kill and Glen was reluctant to cast the year-old actor, since Licence to Kill role included a scene parachuting. Up-and-coming actor Benicio del Toro was chosen to play Sanchez's henchman, Dario, for being "laid back while menacing in a quirky sort of way", according to Glen. Principal photography ran from 18 July to 18 November Villa Arabesque in Acapulco was used for Sanchez's lavish villa, and the La Rumorosa Mountain Pass in Tecate was used as the filming site for the tanker chase during the climax of the film. The scene where Sanchez's plane is hijacked was filmed on location in Florida, with stuntman Jake Lombard jumping from a helicopter to a plane and Dalton himself being filmed atop the aircraft. The plane towed by the helicopter was a life-sized model created by special effects supervisor John Richardson. After filming wide shots of David Hedison and Dalton parachuting, closer shots were made near the Licence to Kill location. The injury made him limp for the remainder of filming. The barefoot waterskiing was done by world champion Dave Reinhart, with some close-ups using Dalton on a special rig. For the climactic tanker chase, the producers used an entire section of a highway near Mexicali, which had been closed for safety reasons. Most were given improvements to their engines to run faster, while one model Licence to Kill an extra steering wheel on the back of the cabin so a hidden stuntman could drive while Carey Lowell was in the front and another received extra Licence to Kill on its back so it could lift its front wheels. Initially Vic Flickwho had played lead guitar on Monty Norman 's original themeand Eric Clapton were asked to write and perform the theme song to Licence to Kill and they produced a theme to match Dalton's Licence to Kill performance, but the producers turned it down [29] and instead Gladys Knight 's song and performance was chosen. The song one of the longest to ever be used in a Bond film was based on the "horn line" from " ", seen as an homage to the film of the same name[29] which required royalty payments to the original writers. was not available at the time due to throat surgery, so the soundtrack's score was composed and conducted by Michael Kamenwho was known for scoring many action films at the time, such as and Die Hard. Film ratings organisations had objections to the excessive and realistic violence, with both the Motion Picture Licence to Kill of America and the British Board of Film Classification requesting content adaptations, [34] with the BBFC in particular demanding the cut of 36 seconds of film. There were also issues with the promotion of the film: promotional material in the form of teaser posters created by Bob Peakbased on the Licence Revoked title and commissioned by Albert Broccoli, had been produced, but MGM decided against using them [44] after American test screenings showed 'Licence Revoked' to be a common American phrase for the withdrawal of a driving licence. Licence to Kill Malcolm in The Guardian was broadly approving of Licence to Killliking the "harder edge of the earlier Bonds" that the film emulated, but wishing that "it was written and Licence to Kill with a bit more flair. Licence to Kill Mantel in The Spectator dismissed the film. There is a weary and repetitive note to the frenzy. The sex is low key and off-screen but there is a smirking perverse undertow which makes the film more disagreeable than a slasher movie. David Robinsonwriting in The Timesobserved that Licence to Kill "will probably Licence to Kill disappoint nor surprise the great, faithful audience", [51] but bemoaned the fact that "over the years the plots have become less ambitious". Adam Mars-Jones of The Independent gave the film a mixed review, pointing out that it took out some of the more dated ideas from the Fleming novels, such as imperialism ; he wrote that the writers were "trying in effect to Licence to Kill the recipe while leaving out ingredients that would Licence to Kill seem distasteful". For the Canadian newspaper The Globe and MailRick Groen wrote that in Licence to Kill "they've excised Bond from the Bond flicks; they've turned James into Jimmy, strong and silent and roll over, Britannia downright American", [54] resulting in a Licence to Kill film that is "essentially Bond-less". The silence looks good on Timothy Dalton". Gary Arnold of The Washington Licence to Kill wrote that a number of factors "fail to prevent the finished product from jamming and misfiring with disillusioning frequency". Licence to Kill is one of the best of the recent Licence to Kill. Wilson, and Richard Maibaum nor director John Glen — thought to give the humans anything very clever to do. The actor who could have been the definitive Celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of the film, Esquire ' s Bob Sassone urged readers to give it a Licence to Kill look. Some critics, such as James Berardinellisaw a fundamental weakness in the film: the "overemphasis on story may be a mistake, because there are times when Licence to Kill ' s narrative bogs down. There's really more of a true Ian Fleming story in that script than in most of the posts Bond movies. It was the first Bond film novelisation since James Bond and Moonraker in Licence to Kill was also adapted as a forty-four-page, colour graphic novelby writer and artist also author of original-story Bond comic bookspublished by Eclipse Comics and ACME Press in hardcover and trade editions in The video game Legends features a level based on Licence to Kill with Carey Lowell reprising her role by providing the voice for Licence to Kill Pam Bouvier character. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. For other uses, see Licence to Kill disambiguation. Theatrical release poster by Robin Behling. Albert R. Broccoli Michael G. Michael G. Wilson Richard Maibaum. Eon Productions United Artists. Release date. Running time. Main article: Licence to Kill soundtrack. Film portal s portal. European Audiovisual Observatory. Retrieved 9 October