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In LICENCE TO KILL, James Bond (Timothy Dalton) quits Her Majesty's Secret Service to go after a drug kingpin (Anthony Zerbe) who brutalised a fellow agent and his new bride. This 16th 007 installment is one of the best in the series and the first not based on an Ian Fleming story. Dalton makes his final appearance as Bond in .. Read more

Starring	Timothy Dalton, Carey Lowell, Robert Davi, Talisa Soto
Director	John Glen
Genres	Action/Adventure

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- "...A script that makes [Bond] fit for the 90's....Lowell becomes the most playful, modern Bond heroine in years..."
- 8551
- - New York Times
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
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- - 6
  - 0
  GREAT STORY,BUT NOT BOND
  
  This movie has Bond at his most desperate. when Felix Leiter's wife
  
  is murdered and Felix is mauled by a mad shark then Bond is on a mission to ... read more »
  
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  - NEWCASTLE
  - 22 Jun 2004 at 17:18
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- - 1
  - 0
  Shame Dalton didn't do another
  
  Bond best friend gets married, captures drug baron before ceremony, drug baron escapes, kills friends wife and mutilates friend, Bond taken off case, resigns ... read more »
  
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- - Bassman71
  - 423 reviews
  - Didsbury, England
  - 12 Jul 2011 at 08:54
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  - 0
  License to print money
  
  License to Kill will never be remembered as a classic. It treads water, never really fulfilling its true potential. I mean – think about it: Bond as a ... read more »
  
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- - TheWatchman
  - 148 reviews
  - Suburbia
  - 04 Mar 2011 at 18:17
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  - 2
  Licence to Kill
  
  I love me Bond films - watch em all like I have!!!
  
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  - Stoke-on-Trent
  - 03 Sep 2009 at 13:30
- - 0
  - 0
  Underated
  
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  Licence To Kill for me is my favourate James Bond film. Dalton plays a tougher no nonsense bond which is what the character is actually like. Here Dalton holds ... read more »
  
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  - Hereford
  - 08 Mar 2009 at 19:42
- - 3
  - 1
  Another James Bond
  
  What can I say another James Bond you shouldnt bother with
  
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  - Basildon
  - 01 Feb 2009 at 09:55
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  Licence To Kill
  
  Typical Bond film with plenty of chases and explosions. Reasonably exciting, but unfortunately my least favourite Bond. Timothy Dalton just does not hack it as ... read more »
  
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  - Bury St. Edmunds
  - 03 Dec 2008 at 10:35
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  Thrilling
  
  Dalton's first outing as 007 was promising but still had a bit of Roger Moore carryover to it. 'Licence to Kill' is very much Dalton's own movie... read more »
  
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  - London
  - 08 Nov 2008 at 23:26
- - 0
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  Licence to Thrill.
  
  James Bond leaves Her Majesty's Secret Service to stop an evil drug lord and avenge his best friend, Felix Leiter. James Bond 007 hasn't his licence to... read more »
  
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- - Cornetto
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  - Lancaster
  - 24 Apr 2007 at 20:02
- - 0
  - 0
  FAIR
  
  POOR OLD JAMES IS GOING DOWN HILL ONLY FOR DIE HARD BOND FANS
  
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  - belfast
  - 29 Aug 2005 at 11:50
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  good
  
  another brilliant bond movie with plenty action
  
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  - england
  - 12 Jun 2005 at 17:04
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- - 6
  - 0
  GREAT STORY,BUT NOT BOND
  
  This movie has Bond at his most desperate. when Felix Leiter's wife
  
  is murdered and Felix is mauled by a mad shark then Bond is on a mission to ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 8136
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - a customer
  - NEWCASTLE
  - 22 Jun 2004 at 17:18
- - 3
  - 1
  Another James Bond
  
  What can I say another James Bond you shouldnt bother with
  
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  - Basildon
  - 01 Feb 2009 at 09:55
- - 2
  - 0
  Americanised one-liners
  
  Sadly, the American's with their immense capital budgets have been able to influence James Bond as we knew him, tailoring him to the American market. The ... read more »
  
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- - Gavin Williams
  - London
  - 21 Jan 2005 at 21:42
- - 1
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  Dalton still has it,
  
  Timothy Dalton romps through this film in complete style, and we find that he was originaly asked to play the part of bond before Roger Moore, i wonder what the... read more »
  
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- - Dale Gonsalves
  - Hayes
  - 30 Jun 2004 at 15:29
- - 1
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  Shame Dalton didn't do another
  
  Bond best friend gets married, captures drug baron before ceremony, drug baron escapes, kills friends wife and mutilates friend, Bond taken off case, resigns ... read more »
  
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- 1016108
- - Bassman71
  - 423 reviews
  - Didsbury, England
  - 12 Jul 2011 at 08:54
- - 0
  - 0
  Another good James ...
  
  Another good James Bond film,with plenty of action and a interesting story,I think Timothy Dalton was very good in this film.
  
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- - Bill#16
  - WEYMOUTH
  - 17 May 2004 at 18:42
- - 0
  - 0
  good
  
  another brilliant bond movie with plenty action
  
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- - a customer
  - england
  - 12 Jun 2005 at 17:04
- - 0
  - 0
  FAIR
  
  POOR OLD JAMES IS GOING DOWN HILL ONLY FOR DIE HARD BOND FANS
  
  Report this review
- 145331
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  - belfast
  - 29 Aug 2005 at 11:50
- - 0
  - 0
  Licence to Thrill.
  
  James Bond leaves Her Majesty's Secret Service to stop an evil drug lord and avenge his best friend, Felix Leiter. James Bond 007 hasn't his licence to... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 433389
- - Cornetto
  - 959 reviews
  - Lancaster
  - 24 Apr 2007 at 20:02
- - 0
  - 0
  Licence To Kill
  
  Typical Bond film with plenty of chases and explosions. Reasonably exciting, but unfortunately my least favourite Bond. Timothy Dalton just does not hack it as ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 668009
- - a customer
  - Bury St. Edmunds
  - 03 Dec 2008 at 10:35

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  In LICENCE TO KILL, James Bond (Timothy Dalton) quits Her Majesty's Secret Service to go after a drug kingpin (Anthony Zerbe) who brutalised a fellow agent and his new bride. This 16th 007 installment is one of the best in the series and the first not based on an Ian Fleming story. Dalton makes his ...