Storyline
James Bond and his American colleague Felix Leiter arrest the drug lord Sanchez who succeeds in escaping and takes revenge on Felix and his wife. Bond knows but just one thing: revenge.
Directors
Cast
Benicio del Toro, Carl Ciarfalio, Christopher Neame, Timothy Dalton, Anthony Zerbe, Priscilla Barnes, Robert Davi, Grand L. Bush, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Stuart Quan, Wayne Newton, Frank McRae, Desmond Llewelyn, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Talisa Soto, Don Stroud, Humberto Elizondo, Roger Cudney, David Hedison, Robert Brown, Jorge Russek, Everett McGill, Honorato Magaloni, Caroline Bliss, Carey Lowell, Anthony Starke, Alejandro Bracho, Guy De Saint Cyr, Rafer Johnson, Diane Hsu, Jeannine Bisignano, Claudio Brook, Cynthia Fallon, Enrique Novi, Osami Kawawo, George Belanger, Sergio Corona, Jose Abdala, Teresa Blake, Samuel Benjamin Lancaster, Juan Peláez, Mark Kelty, Fidel Carriga, Edna Bolkan, Eddie Edenfield, Jeff Moldovan
Trailer
Reviews
88
On the basis of this second performance as Bond, Dalton can have the role as long as he enjoys it. He makes an effective Bond - lacking Sean Connery's grace and humor, and Roger Moore's suave self-mockery, but with a lean tension and a toughness that is possibly more contemporary.
88
If Licence to Kill has one of Bond`s best heavies, it also has one of his best heroines in Carey Lowell, a strapping brunet who plays an ex-Army pilot reluctantly enrolled on Bond`s side. Lowell`s line readings may be only adequate, but she moves with the grace and vigor an action movie needs.
75
Not since Dr. No has 007 been so cool and ruthless, and never has a plot been this close to realistic plausibility.
70
IGN
If Licence to Kill added more than just scenes with Q to lighten the load, if it provided a love interest as compelling as Vesper and more engaging than Lowell's whiny Pam Bouvier, this Bond could have been one of the instant greats, instead of one that is better appreciated with age. The movie is not perfect, but a lot of what works now in the series got its start in Dalton's last mission as James Bond.
60
But this cruise is also a gruesome one. You may find yourself shaken -- not stirred -- by the screenwriting cruelty and cynicism behind the 16th "Bond."
