Licence to Kill
James Bond is out on his own and out for revenge.
James Bond is out on his own and out for revenge.
Action, Adventure, Thriller
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1989
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After capturing the notorious drug lord Franz Sanchez, Bond's close friend and former CIA agent Felix Leiter is left for dead and his wife is murdered. Bond goes rogue and seeks vengeance on those responsible, as he infiltrates Sanchez's organization from the inside.
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Runtime:
133 min
Release date:
13 Jun 1989
Country:
MX, GB, US
Languages:
English, Spanish
Budget:
$32,000,000
Revenue:
$156,167,015
Awards:
1 nomination total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
Every once in a while, [the Bond series] pulls in its stomach, pops the gun from its cummerbund, arches its eyebrow and gets off another bull's-eye. The newest, Licence to Kill, is probably one of the five or six best of Bond.
– Michael Wilmington,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2014
rotten:
If the series is ever going to return to its Connery-era glory, it definitely needs some new writers, ones who know how to streamline a story and keep the dialogue tight.
– Jay Boyar,
Orlando Sentinel,
20 May 2014
fresh:
Dalton revives the cool, ironic detachment of the Connery years, but he also allows a touch of obsession to show through Bond`s surface aplomb.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Tribune,
20 May 2014
fresh:
With Dalton straightening out Bond for the second time, Licence to Kill continues the salvage operation begun in The Living Daylights and rescues a series that was in danger of shooting itself in the foot. With a Walther PPK, of course.
– Desmond Ryan,
Philadelphia Inquirer,
20 May 2014
rotten:
The Bond women are pallid mannequins, and so is the misused Dalton -- a moving target in a Savile Row suit. For every plausible reason, he looks as bored in his second Bond film as Sean Connery did in his sixth.
– Richard Corliss,
TIME Magazine,
13 Oct 2008