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Release Date: 22 October, 2002 Retail Price: $19.98 Sorry, this product is not currently available. Cast: Complete Cast (15 total) |
Licence To Kill (Special Edition) Reviews
Better Than Many People Remember
Timothy Dalton's James Bond career lasted all of two movies, and I, for one, think it a shame. The late 1980s Bond was different - sex scenes edited and now implied (this was due to the pending AIDS crisis), Bond more vicious, escapes even more ridiculous than before, and a not-as-handsome (but still good-looking) protagonist, Welsh actor Dalton.
Time was not very kind to this movie. It had the misfortune of being released the same summer as the long (and I mean LONG) awaited release of "Batman" (the Michael Keaton one), "Lethal Weapon 2" (admittedly one of the best sequels of all-time) and even "Harry Met Sally." In fact, no Bond movie since this one was released in the summer.
The movie begins with a Cuban drug lord named Franz Sanchez suspecting his girl is cheating in the Bahamas. The lover hires a guy to watch outside for Sanchez, and the guard falls asleep. Franz and his henchmen strangle the guard, then Franz enters the room. The lover has prepared for this, though, putting a pistol on the night stand to kill the man. Franz drills the pistol perfectly and the two henchmen beat up the man. Franz then promises his own lover, Lupee, the cheater's heart. Outside, they remove the heart from the still living lover - and Franz is hated by all.
On the way to his wedding, CIA agent Felix Lighter is tracked down by the DEA. They take him along as a hunter to get Sanchez, and with Bond's help they bring him in. Lighter then parachutes into his own wedding with Bond in tow. The theme plays, and we're at the reception.
Bond prepares to go to Istanbul when he sees a number of cops running around the airport. While he slept, a two million dollar bribe by Sanchez has one of Lighter's pals help him escape from maximum security. Lighter is kidnapped while his new wife is raped and whacked. Lighter is fed to a shark and then left for dead. Bond vows vengeance and opens up the proverbial can of whoop ass through the rest of the movie with the help of the future Mrs. Richard Gere, Pam Bouvier (portrayed by Carrie Lowell), a former contras pilot.
Using her legal skills from Law and Order, Bouvier and Bond destroy the drug making factory in Panama after Bond is on the inside as one of Sanchez's friends. He convinces Sanchez that his right hand man, Milton Krest, has stolen money and bribed someone to kill Sanchez. This works due to some Oriental narcotics officers who wind up dead in Bonds' place. And Sanchez kills Krest really cool, too, cranking up the pressure in a hyperbaric chamber and then releasing it by opening a leak in the hose with an axe; Krest explodes and you hear his head pop against the side of the chamber. This gives rise to the humorus line, "What do we do with the money, amigo?" To which Sanchez replies, classicly, "Launder it."
In the end, Bond whacks Sanchez by setting the kerosene soaked drug lord on fire with a gift appropriately given to him by Felix and his new wife, Della, at the reception.
This movie followed the traditional Bond formula of most of the movies:
1. A friend of Bond's gets whacked, usually an agent
2. Bond vows revenge.
3. He sleeps with girl number one, who gets popped in a strange way.
4. He gets information from girl one and gets closer to the bad guy.
5. He sleeps with girl two, who always happens to be the bad guy's woman.
6. A shark attacks somebody
7. Bond offs the guy in a most unusual way like blowing up a Goodyear blimp over the Super Bowl using Superman's X-ray vision and two sticks like a Boy Scout.
This follows the pattern except for number three happens later in the movie.
A good flick - you'll like it.
Bond, James Bond
I Lofe this movie. Next to Goldeneye this is my second favorite Bond. This is the way Flemming designed Bond. Gritty and not caring. Sean Connery is great, but that is not the bond from the books. Licence to kill is fast paced and keeps you on the edge of your seat. It is just to bad that Dalton didnt come back for a third one. Deffinatly check this out, you will not be dissapointed.
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