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License (Licence) to Kill [VHS]
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Timothy Dalton’s second and last shot at playing James Bond isn’t nearly as much fun as his debut, two years earlier, in the 1987 The Living Daylights. This time Bond gets mad after a close friend (David Hedison) from the intelligence sector is assassinated on his wedding day, and 007 goes undercover to link the murder to an international drug cartel. Robert Davi makes an interesting adversary, but as with most of the Bond films in the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s–and especially since the end of the cold war–one has to wonder why we should still care about these lesser villains and their unimaginative crimes. Still, Dalton did manage in his short time with the character to make 007 his own, which neither Roger Moore did nor Pierce Brosnan did. –Tom Keogh
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
Language : English
Package Dimensions : 7.32 x 4.19 x 1.12 inches; 6.13 ounces
Release date : August 15, 2001
Date First Available : February 2, 2007
Actors : Dalton, Davi, Lowell, Soto, Zerbe
Studio : MGM/UA Home Video
ASIN : 6304047843
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Customers say
Customers consider this Bond movie one of the best in the series, praising Timothy Dalton’s performance and the best Bond girls in the series. The action movie features fast-paced stylish violence, and customers particularly appreciate the picture quality, with one noting the HD treatment brings out all the sharpness and detail. The plot receives positive feedback, with one customer highlighting the solid 80s druglord storyline, and customers find it good value for money.
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Rick Seals –
Enter: A Bond More Like In The Novels
Licence To Kill is a great Bond movie, one of the best in my opinion. It is Timothy Dalton’s second and last performance as 007. It is also the first Bond film not to use the title of one of Ian Fleming’s novels or short stories as its own. The plot is darker than most previous Bond films and Dalton’s Bond is much more vengeful, which puts him more in line with Fleming’s character.Trying not to give everything away, the plot basically follows Bond as he tries to avenge his good friend Felix Leiter and his wife. While on their honeymoon, they are brutally attacked by an escaped drug lord, resulting in Mrs. Leiter’s death and in Felix losing his leg. Felix, by the way, is a reoccurring CIA operative in the Bondverse and has been portrayed by eight different actors in the Bond movies over the years. At any rate, Bond goes all out to get revenge for his friends and goes very dark, foreboding the performances of Daniel Craig years later, in my opinion.In addition to having a memorable Bond performance, this film also includes a much expanded role and laudable performance as Q by Desmond Llewelyn. This was perhaps his finest performance in this role and really stands out. Better yet, while Q provides 007 with some useful and interesting devices, the sci-fi aspect of this movie is not in overdrive and feels like a snug and complimenting fit.The Bond girls are actually spot-on for this movie as well and so is the main villain, drug lord Franz Sanchez.Whereas the drug lord Kananga in Live & Let Die was very hokey and unbelievable, actor Robert Davi’s Sanchez is very convincing. He is surrounded by henchman that actually feel threatening, he seems to understand cause and effect, he tries to take an active role in dealing with his problems, and he has a realistic hideout in the form of a bank he owns and finances with his drug sales earnings.Similarly, the Bond girls are very good. Talisa Soto’s Lupe, Sanchez’s girlfriend who falls head over heels for Bond, is expert as an abused and underappreciated girlfriend who, seeing a way out, runs for the exit. Cary Lowell’s CIA-operative Pam is very good too. She is a modern woman with her own skills and agenda, who uses her charms on the men around her and her fighting skills to good success when needed.All around, this movie is truly a classic. The movie is one of the rare occasions in the Bond series where everything seems to fall into place to make a very good picture. The Blu-ray release is, as all of them so far have been, very good. I give Licence To Kill five stars and recommend it to everyone.
MovieMan12 –
The Best of the Best
In my opinion, Timothy Dalton is sorely underrated as James Bond. Behind Connery, Dalton is probably the best we’ve gotten. He could be serious, but still knew how to keep the movies fun, something Daniel Craig isn’t the best at. And while The Living Daylights remains my favorite James Bond film, Licence to Kill is probably the best film in the series. Is it the best “Bond” movie? No, but it’s still the most entertaining film in the series. Less of a Bond movie, Licence to Kill plays out more like an 1980’s action flick along the lines of “Lethal Weapon.” The movie is all about Bond getting revenge on a drug lord who attacked his friend, CIA agent Felix Leiter, and murdered Leiter’s bride. The film has many entertaining sequences, including one in which a man is pushed into a decompression chamber and is exploded because the film’s villain branded him a traitor. Another great scene finds a young Benicio Del Toro falling into a cocaine grinder. The villain is interesting (He is played by Robert Davi of “Die Hard”) and Q is given a much bigger role in the film. The movie was not as well received in 1989 because of the series’s sudden turn into darkness; it’s poor box office take could be attributed to the fact that the summer of 1989 was packed with huge moneymakers (Indiana Jones 3, Lethal Weapon 2, Batman, Back to the Future II). However, the film does not deserve the criticism it receives. Sure, the film’s Bond girls are pretty bland, but this is made up by the movie’s action (the climax features a race-of sorts with semis), acting (Dalton and Davi are great) and score (Michael Kamen of “Lethal Weapon” and “Die Hard” replaces John Barry for, unfortunately, one movie).As for the DVD, the 1999 MGM Special Edition release has a great documentary “Inside Licence to Kill”, music videos for the film’s themes, a promotional featurette on the film’s climax and trailers, easily one of the best features on any DVD.Licence to Kill may get a lot of garbage it doesn’t deserve, but it is the best film in the Bond series, even if it isn’t the best “Bond” movie (That’s “The Living Daylights,” Dalton’s other masterpiece). Shame neither of Dalton’s films were particularly successful; they deserved to be.
Chrysovalantis Filippidis –
Diesen Film habe ich das erste mal in einem sehr jungen Alter von vielleicht 7 Jahren gesehen. Er hat mich bis heute fasziniert, aus verschiedenen Gründen.Der Darsteller war für mich damals sowas wie eine Vaterfigur. Ein Grund warum allgemein viele Filme von früher die Zuschauer mehr bewegten, denn die “Helden” von damals waren alle älter vom Alter und hatten alle eine vaterfigurähnliche Rolle (Schwarzenegger, Stallone, …) Die heutigen versuchen immer mehr durch Sexappeal und gleichzeitiger Charakterlosigkeit zu überzeugen, was sie zu sowas wie Rivalen anstatt zu Vaterfiguren macht. Auch die Charaktere von Sanchez und der anderen Bösewichter waren auf ihre Weise natürlich und hat den Film gehoben.Allgemein gefallen mir auch die Kulissen, sie zeigen noch den klassischen Wohlstand, die schönen Schiffe (man beachte die schöne Holzverkleidung vom Inneren des Forschungsschiffes), schönen Häuser, teure Anzüge, echte Männer, … hätte man diese Sachen weiter verfolgt und verfeinert würden wir ganz andere, viel bewegendere und tiefsinnigere Filme sehen als wir es tun.Zur BluRay: Das Bild ist sehr schön! Es lohnt sich auf jeden Fall hier zuzugreifen. Hatte davor die DVD von 2004? und die gehörte zu den DVDs die auf Flachbildfernseher unschärfe und unschöne Farben zeigen (anders als die Ultimate Edition vom Hauch des Todes z.B., da lohnt sich kein BluRay Wechsel).Wirklich ein sehr toller Actionfilm.
Kory Scott –
Dalton at his best Bond performance yet. Too bad there was a strike during this and lawsuits ect. It would have been nice to see what Dalton could have done next in his 3rd and onward in the early to mid nineties; but alas it was not to be. Rest of cast from Robert Brown as M, Carol Bliss as Moneypenny and our favorite Q over that 37 years just excellent. Oh what could have been.
J.O.Franc –
Deuxième film de James Bond,et,le dernier, avec”Timothy Dalton” dans le rôle de “007”,et,dommage qu’il n’est pas percévéré pour d’autres filmsen temps qu’acteur dans le rôle de”007″.Comme “Permis de Tuer”, ecxellentes scènes d’actions,et,on visione ce film avec intérêt et,même plusieurs fois comme son précédend,sans se lacer.Scènes d’actions spectculaires,et,vraiment réussies, sans s’aperçevoir des effets spéciaux pour le tournage du film,réalisés par des cascadeursprofessionels,et,on s’y croit.Comme son précédent film, vraiment à voir et à revoir,sans se lacer.Je ne vous dévoile pas ce film, mais si vous êtes passionnés des “James Bond”,si vous ne le possédez-pas, je le conseille.On voit l’apparition des cd et des dvd ,et,ordinateurs dans ce film.Note favorable,.
Scrooge McDuck –
This 16th entry in the Bond franchise is notable for multiple reasons. It marks many firsts and several lasts, but it’s also the darkest and nastiest the series has ever got, and this really appeals to me. I severely doubt that Bond will ever go as wicked and hardcore as Timothy Dalton’s second venture.Second and last for Dalton. Fifth and last for director John Glen. Last for Robert Brown as M. Last for Caroline Bliss as Moneypenny. First and last for composer Michael Kamen. First Bond movie to be given an adult rating (barely escaping an R in the US and cut to get a 15 in the UK). And, most importantly, the very last Bond movie to be released during the summer season. A fact that endures to this day as the studio now favors a late autumn/early winter slot. It also marked the last entry for over six years, the longest gap in the franchise, before Brosnan rebooted the character with Goldeneye.Summer 1989 was very busy for moviegoers. Tim Burton’s Batman, Indiana Jones, Ghostbusters 2, and Lethal Weapon 2 were all pulling in huge business. For the kiddies there was lighter fare such as Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. Franchise fatigue had set in with James Bond. The public had endured one movie every two years since 1962 and were looking elsewhere for thrills and adventure. No one cared for a mean and nasty Bond movie. The few who took a chance were turned off by the violence and sadism. Licence to Kill became the dark, very dark, horse of the franchise. If there is one kind of movie I adore above all else, it’s the dark horse. This time around Bond goes Bad (with a capital B, you should notice).The formula of a supervillain surrounded by scantily-clad women out for world domination being thwarted by gadgets and expensive cars is thrown out. Licence to Kill subverts viewer expectations on many levels and gives us an altogether different story for Bond (though perhaps a bit too familiar in regards to other 80s action movies).After successfully capturing South American drug lord Franz Sanchez (a cool, smoldering performance by Robert Davi) in Miami series spook Felix Leiter (David Hedison, reprising his role from Live and Let Die) ties the knot with lovely wife Della. Sanchez does not plan to stay incarcerated for long and has soon corrupted the man bringing him in for trial. Immediately after being sprung from captivity he murders Della and mutilates Leiter by feeding him to a shark. The sight of a dead woman in her wedding dress opens old wounds for Bond and he relentlessly hunts down Sanchez.M is having none of this and orders Bond to abandon his quest for vengeance or face the consequences. Bond promptly quits MI6 and goes rogue. In many ways it is Bond who is the villain of this film. As I said, Franz Sanchez is not a cartoon. He’s simply a businessman looking to expand his empire. A man who believes in loyalty above all else. Look out for him and he’ll look out for you. Bond identifies this crack in the armor and abuses it, squeezing himself into Sanchez’s operation and destroying it from within. Sanchez does not have any ridiculous backstory or motivation, he develops as a character as Bond manipulates and exploits him. His confusion and naive sense of friendship the cause of many sad ironies. It’s easy to forget that we are supposed to enjoy his downfall as Bond sets about wrecking his dreams and future.Timothy Dalton absolutely kills it as Bond in LTK. His sharp, focused eyes and his cold, angry performance give us an insight into a whole new side of the character. Here Bond is stripped down, without back-up, with little to no weapons or gadgets, while winging his revenge plot on the fly. This is not the soft, dull-witted Bond of the Moore-era. Dalton is furious. Sanchez finally gives him a much-needed outlet for his pent-up rage over Tracy’s death. You could go straight from OHMSS to LTK and completely skip over the silly Moore years altogether.Thrown into the mix is Carey Lowell as Pam Bouvier, a CIA op with her own agenda against Sanchez. I had the biggest crush on her when I was 9-years-old. Her short hair and tall, slender frame really caught my eye more than Olivia D’Abo or Tanya Roberts. Bouvier is no bimbo either. She’s feisty and smart, and the perfect match for Bond. Talisa Soto is also real easy to look at, but her wooden acting spoils it a bit.John Glen is not much of a visual director, he was really just there to make sure that the cameras were switched on during these years. LTK is shot in lovely anamorphic Panavision with very high key photography. I do feel that the film could have benefited from more atmospheric intriguing camera-work and it sometimes comes close but for the most part this is same-old when it comes to aesthetics, and is the only noticeable similarity it has to the previous movies.Michael Kamen’s score might also sound familiar. It might remind you of Nakatomi Plaza specifically. Kamen’s late 80s/early 90s signature is all over this one, which is appropriate since it IS the Die Hard Bond, sharing cast and crew members with the 1988 classic. The sign of a good Bond composer is one who knows when to just go totally crazy with the famous Bond chorus (something no Daniel Craig entry has done yet). The chorus marks the moment when 007 does something “Totally Bond”. Here it’s during the moment he wheelies through a fire in a big rig, the look on his face as he smacks down on top of another car proving that being Bad is so damn Good. Sadly, for some reason, it is the ONLY Bond score that has never had a proper album release.Do not listen to the killjoys who say that this movie killed the franchise. Dalton did not kill Bond and Brosnan did not save him. Dalton only maxed-out the character and ended years of silliness. He was given a very short tenure as Bond but he managed to take him away from Moore and pushed as far as he could, as far as audiences would let him. If it were not for rights issues he would have got a third outing, but nothing could top this one. He goes for broke and cashes out, but not before leaving a solid, and definite mark on the franchise. LTK is a tough, nose-to-the-grinding block Bond movie that could have been taken a few steps further had Glen had the talent and flair to do so, but as it is this is still a very important entry in an innovating and enduring series.The Blu-ray looks great in 2.35:1 1080p with DTS HD-MA sound. Extras are plentiful, including a great documentary on the movie which features the infamous “fire hand” photograph (watch and you’ll find out).
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