Rating: PG13
Genre:
Action
Release Date: 05/12/2009
SubTitles: Espanol/Cantonese/KO/Mandarin
Dubbed: English/Espanol/French
Sound: DHMA/DDS/DD5.1
Run Time: 131 Minutes
Flags: Violence
Distributor/Studio: MGM
Timothy Dalton is better in
Licence to Kill than in his first
James Bond endeavor (
The Living Daylights), but he still seems uncomfortable on the right side of the law. This time around,
Bond is working on his own rather than on behalf of the British Secret Service. His American friend Felix Leiter (
David Hedison), an agent of the Drug Enforcement Administration, has been seriously injured by drug dealer
Robert Davi, and 007 is out for blood. There is precious little time for the usual
Bondian quippery and directorial campiness, resulting in a marked increase in bloodletting (including the "implosion" of secondary villain
Anthony Zerbe). A climactic highway chase involving an oil tanker and a helicopter is stretched slightly beyond its value, but is still one of the best action setpieces in any
Bond film.
Licence to Kill was a refreshingly serious change of pace for the series, albeit one that tended to lessen
Bond's box-office value.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
;)
