Synopsis
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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Cast
- Timothy DaltonJames Bond
- Carey LowellPam Bouvier
- Robert DaviFranz Sanchez
- Talisa SotoLupe Lamora
- Anthony ZerbeMilton Krest
- Frank McRaeSharkey
- Everett McGillKillifer
- Wayne NewtonProfessor Joe Butcher
- Benicio del ToroDario
- Anthony StarkeTruman-Lodge
Recommendations
- 88
Chicago Sun-Times
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
Chicago Tribune
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
ReelViews
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
Washington Post
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." - 50
Time Out London
Not as witty as The Living Daylights, but it doesn't let the audience down in the arena of effects, gadgetry, and locations. - 50
The New York Times
For all its clever updatings, stylish action and witty escapism, Licence to Kill is still a little too much by the book. 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. - 50
TV Guide Magazine
Hardcore Bond fans may be dismayed by some of the changes, but no one can deny that the action scenes staged by director John Glen are some of the most spectacular of the entire series and well worth the price of admission.
