- Release Date: 1989
- Runtime: 133 min
- Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
- Starring: Timothy Dalton, Carey Lowell, Robert Davi, Talisa Soto ... see all
- Director: John Glen
- Plot: James Bond is on possibly his most brutal mission yet. Bond's good friend, Felix Leiter is left near to death, by drug baron Franz Sanchez. Bond sets off on the... Read more
User Reviews
Timothy Dalton at his best as 007
Jun 21, 2008
p_samuels17 - yahoo.com
Jun 21, 2008p_samuels17 - yahoo.com
Timothy Dalton is not as good as Sean Connery, George Lazenby, and Roger Moore, but he is good. This is one of his 2 best 007 films since his start in The Living Daylights 20 years ago.... Full review
Realistic
Feb 19, 2008
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Feb 19, 2008adriano_cferreira - yahoo.com
Great movie! It´s realistic, there is a lot of humor and action in the story. The villains are funny and dangerous, the girls are outstanding and the gadgets....great!!... Full review
The best Bond of all!
Dec 29, 2007
Dr_Ho_you_dirty_dog - yahoo.com
Dec 29, 2007Dr_Ho_you_dirty_dog - yahoo.com
Sean Connery is the Captain Kirk of all Bonds. Timothy Dalton and George Lazenby are far better than Roger Moore and Pierce Brosnan. I could kick Roger Moore's old man @ss; and Pierce Brosnan was totally unbelievable beating somebody up. Roger... Full review
Licence to kill
Oct 03, 2007
oag260 - yahoo.com
Oct 03, 2007oag260 - yahoo.com
Timothy Dalton was never a good James Bond like Pierce Broshon.Other wise a good film.I love bond films but this one and Casino Royale with a blonde bond , they could at least died his hair as he was a very... Full review
Worth the action
May 16, 2007
benlombardi - yahoo.com
May 16, 2007benlombardi - yahoo.com
The action in the movie was worth watching and it had a good story but however Timothy Dalton is a good actor but he told the james bond roll too seriously. James bond is never serious. The james bond roll didn,t... Full review
Bond meets Miami Vice 2nd worst Bond ever
Apr 20, 2007
slipperysteve_2000 - yahoo.com
Apr 20, 2007slipperysteve_2000 - yahoo.com
This movie was terrible as was Dalton's dry and boring acting. Don't waste your time with either this piece of crap or his other dog The Living Daylights. You won't miss anything if you just skip these two movies in the... Full review
Amazing!
Apr 14, 2007
matin22 - yahoo.com
Apr 14, 2007matin22 - yahoo.com
What did the critics say?the worst bond movie?sorry guys but i think it is not.this is cool,intelligent,gritty and even action packed.i have already seen it 4 times and still i am not bored of it.dalton is brilliant,davi makes a perfect bad... Full review
Wonders of Marketing
Apr 09, 2007
drax116 - yahoo.com
Apr 09, 2007drax116 - yahoo.com
Good marketing can wonders for mediocre films, whereas, poor advertisement can hamper even a good film. Licence To Kill, a good film, was a victim of lousy marketing. In any case it's different from other Bond films.... Full review
The man behind 007
Jan 01, 2007
maddy005 - yahoo.com
Jan 01, 2007maddy005 - yahoo.com
One of the serious Bond films, and surely one of the best. It gives you an in-depth view of the man behind the secret agent 007. Gladys Knight's title song is the best bong song ever. Rather surprisingly, all the 4... Full review
Classic Bond
Dec 28, 2006
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Dec 28, 2006brettunderhill37 - yahoo.com
James Bond fans are universally split on Licence to Kill; it seems to be love it or leave it. Many fans cite Dalton's serious portrayal, the Die-Hard-like action, and the poor box office as reasons for it's failure as a Bond... Full review
Critics Reviews
| May 12, 2009DVD Talk
The second of just two 007 adventures starring Timothy Dalton as James Bond, Licence to Kill (1989) is a better film than its reputation suggests -....Between the pre-credits sequence and the climax, the film is also short on spectacular action set pieces..... ... Full Review
| Dec 08, 2006DVD MovieGuide
Whatever the speculation, nothing changes the fact that Kill is a pretty terrific movie.
Licence to Kill is a winner.
As villainous drug lord Sanchez, Robert Davi is really quite good.
It's actually a pretty exciting and stimulating flick.
... Full Review
| Jul 14, 1989Three Movie Buffs
Desmond Llewelyn gets a few really nice and funny scenes as Q. Overall I found a lot of things to like about this movie.....One problem with the movie is....I think having two better actors and a lot better writing would have started this movie on a much stronger footing.....their wedding scene features some not so great dialog.....The best part of this movie is Dalton's performance as Bond..... ... Full Review
| Jul 14, 1989Washington Post
Not all the film's problems can be blamed on Dalton; his presence merely brings them into focus.
Actually, what Broccoli and his team have created with "Licence to Kill" is a clunkier, squarer, far less stylish episode of "Miami Vice.
... Full Review
dvdtown.com
This time, Bond is chasing a Colombian drug lord named Sanchez, played by Robert Davi, who specializes in slimy, nasty characters, this one the slimiest, nastiest of the lot.
I know I'm in a minority here, but I'll say it anyway: Timothy Dalton was the best Bond since Connery.
... Full Review
News
Licence To Kill [Blu-Ray] (1989)
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2009-06-03
That License to Kill Is Unexpired
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2008-05-30
Movie Review
ew.com –
1995-11-24
Telling people that you didn't much care for the new James Bond film is a little like saying that you don't like popcorn or Coke. ... Full Article
License to Kill (PG-13)
washingtonpost.com –
1989-07-14
Remember James Bond movies -- those airy escapes to exotic lands, where devilish Sean Connery sported human hair and saved the Western world from diabolical megalomaniacs while frolicking with girls, girls, girls? ... Full Article
After Albert "Cubby" Broccoli and his gang closed out the 1980s with the insultingly dismal Licence to Kill , there can be little wonder why the folks at the Bond camp took a serious break from the multi-decade-spanning series. ... Full Article

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