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James Bond - Licence to Kill (Ultimate Edition 2 Disc Set) [1989]
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List Price: £16.99
eu.lehi.co.uk Price: £3.98
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Manufacturer: Mgm Home Ent. (Europe) Ltd.
Starring: Timothy Dalton, Carey Lowell, Robert Davi, Talisa Soto, Anthony Zerbe
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Binding: DVD
EAN: 5035822702196
Format: Box set
Label: Mgm Home Ent. (Europe) Ltd.
Manufacturer: Mgm Home Ent. (Europe) Ltd.
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Mgm Home Ent. (Europe) Ltd.
Region Code: 2
Release Date: 2006-07-17
Running Time: 127
Studio: Mgm Home Ent. (Europe) Ltd.
Theatrical Release Date: 1989
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Summary: Dalton goes out with a bang
Comment: Although i'm not a great T. Dalton fan I actually prefer this movie to his other film Living Daylights. Much more adult than the other films that have gone before in the bond series, it offers a much grittier story than was seen before. Robert Davi was good as was Ms Lowell as the bond babe. Robert Llewelyn shines in a much extended role for Q. In the end not a very memorable entry a very pleasing one and in the last twenty years only Goleneye and Casino Royale have been any better.
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Summary: He was married once...
Comment: Expanding on his nearly humourless interpretation of Bond in the previous film, Dalton here takes the character one step further, presenting us with a borderline psychopath obsessed with violent revenge against the scumbags who targeted his friend Felix Leiter (David Hedison, encoring from Live And Let Die and by this point far too old for the role) and his new bride. Robert Davi (Die Hard), Anthony Zerbe (Papillon), Everett McGill (Twin Peaks) and a very young Benicio Del Toro play the bad guys, and there isn't a duff performance amongst them, whilst Carey Lowell is very good value as Dalton's love interest. Not a typical Bond film, and cerainly not one for the younger fans, it is nevertheless the best pure action movie in the series.
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Summary: Thunderball meets Live and Let Die
Comment: This is the sixteenth in the series and the second and last outing of Timothy Dalton as Bond. (Everyone apparently wanted and expected him to do the next one too, but delays and timetable clashes meant that Pierce Brosnan would step into the frame for "Goldeneye".) This was also the fifth and final Bond movie to be directed by John Glen, and for once he has left us with a Bond movie that suffers from no undercranking.
Dalton was a good Bond, bringing a seriousness to the role that had almost verged into self-parody under Roger Moore. It's pointed out in the accompanying commentaries and other extras that Dalton here becomes a mere citizen in this film, that we see a different Bond than normal: an angry Bond, a darker Bond, more human and self-doubting. He wears open collars and his first erotic kiss does not take place until 54 minutes into the film. The dreadful one-liners are this time spoken by the bad-guy. Dalton explains his role in this film as that of "a murderer, a killer: cold, cruel, ruthless killer. He just happens to be working for the side that's called `good'."
Filmed and set in Florida and Central America, it seemed clear to me that Colonel Noriega's control of the state of Panama was the inspiration for the tale of drug-trafficking and money laundering. This time Bond steps out of his professional role and embarks on a personal vendetta. I took the proposition with a pinch of salt that the original title was "Licence Revoked" and that it was changed to "Licence to Kill" on the studio's suggestion because many Americans would not understand it. But in an interview amongst the extras the story is confirmed by John Glen.
Because of the heavy use of underwater shots, together with the setting around the Caribbean Sea and the subject of drugs, I view this film as a cross between "Thunderball" and "Live and Let Die": indeed, it features the same actor (David Hedison) playing the same role (CIA operative Felix Leiter) in both "Live and Let Die" and "Licence to Kill".
There are two commentaries, one by the front of camera team and director, the other by the production team. Much of the commentary is obscenely full of back-slapping. There is a short documentary on location-scouting, as well as the usual `on-set with the director' kind of featurettes. "Bond 89" has interviews with the key players (including Cubby Broccoli).
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Summary: Impressive!
Comment: Whilst not the greatest Bond film of the series it is a worthy addition. Dalton is excellent as the super spy and in this film manages to up the grit level he had set in the Living Daylights. This is a revenge film pure and simple and unlike any Bond films previous to this it is much more violent and contains swearing if you can believe it.
The storyline is ropey in places but i have to say that this is an extremely enjoyable way to spend an evening, plus the main female lead is hot as! All in all it is just a shame that Dalton didn't do more because he was one of the better bits of casting.
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Summary: Dalton grows into the character
Comment: "The Living Daylights" was a disappointment. But in "Licence to Kill", Timothy Dalton grew into the character and made it his own rather than trying to mimick Roger Moore. It's a darker James Bond than before, this time motivated by revenge. The story is less extravagant than some of the earlier movies - the villain is no super terrorist or megalomaniac but a South American drug lord - but the action is great. Robert Davi is a good villian and a young Benicio del Toro plays one of his henchmen. It is a pity Dalton quit after this movie. It would have been interesting to see more of him as Bond.
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