Dalton brought a seriousness back to the films that somehow got lost in a lot of silliness along the way.
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11/21/03
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
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
Worst Bond of all time
02/19/03
No review available.
08/01/02
No review available.
07/25/02
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.
09/11/01
You won't be disappointed.
01/01/00
You may find yourself shaken -- not stirred -- by the screenwriting cruelty and cynicism behind the 16th Bond.
01/01/00
Top CriticDalton plays a straight-faced, humorless, no-nonsense Bond -- all guns and no play -- and it makes for a very dull time.
01/01/00
Top CriticLicence to Kill may be taut and gripping, but it's not traditional Bond, and that, as much as any other reason, may explain the public's rejection of this reasonably well-constructed picture.
01/01/00
Top CriticA sign that the Bond series is improving.
01/01/00
The stunts all look convincing, and the effect of the closing sequence is exhilarating.
01/01/00
Top CriticWhere 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
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