Licence to Kill is Timothy Dalton's second appearance in a Bond film after The Living Daylights and is also his last Bond film. Synopsis: A drug lord that James Bond and his friend Felix Leiter arrested in the opening scene escapes and brutally murders Felix's wife and leaves Felix for dead. After this Bond goes rogue and infiltrates an organization posing as a hitman, while seeking vengeance for those responsible. My thoughts: I do think this movie is good and it is one of the more underrated Bond films. I think Timothy Dalton is well suited for the role and brings a certain darkness to the character. This movie can be seen as a sort of predecessor for Daniel Craig's grittier Bonds. One of the reasons why this movie was not received as well is probably that people were not ready for a grittier James Bond film. The previous Bonds were significantly more lighthearted and silly especially the Roger Moore films. This version of Bond however is much darker and he is a cold bl...
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