Glen is clearly out of ideas, only managing to present a level of violence so out of character for the series, it surely contributed to the modest (by Bond standards) box office returns.
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09/11/01
Licence to Kill (1989)
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Reviews Counted:34
Fresh:24
Rotten:10
Average Rating:5.9/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 14 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: James Bond (Timothy Dalton) returns with a vengeance in LICENCE TO KILL. Having just witnessed his best friend's wedding, Bond is shocked when he learns that ruthless drug runner Franz Sanchez... [More]
Starring: Timothy Dalton, Carey Lowell, Robert Davi, Anthony Zerbe
Director: John Glen
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Reviews for Licence to Kill
It's a strained, sexless, and overcooked film...Dalton's game, but the film is inert, perhaps unprepared to work with the new Irish Kiss direction of the series.
08/26/09
Fast, efficient and unusually gruesome Bond. The tone is sombre, the action is ingenious and in Dalton the series finds the only actor to take 007 seriously.
10/13/08
Despite some shaky narrative continuity and muddled motivations, this manages to move pretty briskly, and the action sequences are generally well handled, especially at the climax.
10/13/08
Top CriticThe stunts all look convincing, and the effect of the closing sequence is exhilarating.
01/01/00
Top CriticDalton brought a seriousness back to the films that somehow got lost in a lot of silliness along the way.
11/21/03
No review available.
07/25/02
No review available.
07/03/05
Both the toughest Bond movie ever and the most entertaining Bond movie ever. A rare entry in the series where the danger seems real.
10/14/05
A cameo by Wayne Newton pushes the film into full-on kitsch, and many feared the series was dead after Licence's poor showing.
02/15/07
No review available.
08/01/02
Worst Bond of all time
02/19/03
Where are the signature chase scenes, the sexual humor and the romantic trysts that we come to Bond films for in the first place?
01/01/00
No review available.
09/06/07
No review available.
07/01/04
Mr. Dalton is perfectly at home as an angry Bond, and as a romantic lead and as an action hero, but he never seems to blend any two of those qualities at once.
05/20/03
Dalton is just a little TOO serious as Bond.
01/08/05
A well-produced slick high-octane action thriller that remains escapist and as entertaining as possible throughout.
02/16/09
You won't be disappointed.
01/01/00
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