James Bond - Licence to Kill (Ultimate Edition, 2 DVDs)

Licence To Kill was released in 1989 and was the second and final film to feature Timothy Dalton as James Bond. The film was more violent than previous films and featured the first script to be tailored for Timothy Dalton's more restrained and realistic approach to the character. The film sank in the crowded US market of that summer and left a cloud over the series. When it resumed again in the nineties Pierce Brosnan was Bond and Timothy Dalton quickly became the forgotten man. A case can be made however for Dalton being an interesting and very underrated James Bond. I would also add that, while not flawless by any means, Licence To Kill is better than any of the James ...  Read the complete review

Welcome to me review of Licence to Kill on DVD. I am reviewing the 2 disc set, which has been relased as part of the Ultimate Edition range. In 1989, after the success of Timothy Dalton’s first Bond film The Living Daylights, a second Bond film with Dalton in the lead role was released, this proved to be one of the most controversial releases of a Bond film in its history as the censors in the UK decided to give it a 15 rating due to the story and violence as well as cut scenes and parts of the soundtrack, where as Batman that was released less than a month later was the first film that achieved a newly created 12 certificate. Bond was given a 15 certificate ...  Read the complete review

Licence To Kill is the 16th James Bond film and came to our screens in the summer of 1989. Timothy Dalton returns for his second 007 appearance as John Glen directs his fifth and final film. Originally called Licence Revoked, Licence To Kill is predominately filmed in Mexico and Key West, with 007's mission a lot different to normal this time. The film features David Hedison once again as Felix Leiter (Felix in Live And Let Die) now with the DEA. After revenge is sought by powerful South American drug lord, Franz Sanchez (Robert Davi), Leiter's wedding night is interrupted by Sanchez and his heavies. After a brutal event, Bond vows to bring justice to Sanchez ...  Read the complete review

Timothy Dalton appears here in his second and final run as Bond in 1989's Licence to Kill. His portrayal of Bond here is much darker and personal than other Bond films. The Plot Following the capture of international drug lord Franz Sanchez on the same day as the wedding of his CIA friend Felix Leiter, James Bond returns to find Sanchez has escaped and has exacted his revenge on Leiter. In a moment of wild anger, Bond resigns his status as a 00 agent, and escapes the custody of his superiors. He must go it alone to find Sanchez, to exact his revenge for Leiter and to put the drug lord where he belongs. The Cast and ...  Read the complete review

The James Bond films have become such an institution that it's got to the stage where there's really not a lot of point in talking about them. You either like them or you don't. Which means that me deciding to write an opinion about one of them is completely self-indulgent and irrelevant, not to mention painfully transparent in a "give me money" kind of way. I'm going to write it anyway. I don't know why, but this film really winds me up. As I said, there's no point trying to look at James Bond films as if they were proper cinema or anything. The only criteria by which people judge Bond films these days is how they compare to ...  Read the complete review