Bond, with Leiter's friend Sharkey, start their own investigation. When Bond learns that Sanchez has escaped, he returns to Leiter's house to find that Leiter has been maimed and that Della has been murdered (and by implication raped). Sanchez has Leiter lowered into a tank holding a tiger shark. Meanwhile, Sanchez's henchman Dario and his crew ambush Leiter and his wife Della and take Leiter to an aquarium owned by one of Sanchez's accomplices, Milton Krest.
Sanchez bribes DEA agent Ed Killifer and escapes. Afterwards, Bond and Leiter parachute down to the church in time for the ceremony. Bond and Leiter capture Sanchez by attaching a hook and cord to Sanchez's plane and pulling it out of the air with a Coast Guard helicopter. The film earned over $156 million worldwide and received generally positive reviews, with praise for the stunts, but attracted criticism for its darker tone, which carried into Dalton's portrayal of Bond.ĭEA agents collect MI6 agent James Bond and his friend, CIA agent Felix Leiter, on their way to Leiter's wedding in Key West, to have them assist in capturing drugs lord Franz Sanchez. Although its plot is largely original, it contains elements of the Fleming novel Live and Let Die and the short story " The Hildebrand Rarity", interwoven with a sabotage premise influenced by Akira Kurosawa's film Yojimbo.įor budget reasons, Licence to Kill became the first Bond film shot entirely outside the United Kingdom: principal photography took place on location in Mexico and the US, while interiors were filmed at Estudios Churubusco instead of Pinewood Studios. Originally titled Licence Revoked, the name was changed during post-production due to American test audiences associating the term with driver's license. Licence to Kill was the first Bond film to not use the title of an Ian Fleming story. Broccoli, all of whom died in the following years. It was also the last to feature the work of the screenwriter Richard Maibaum, the title designer Maurice Binder and the producer Albert R. Licence to Kill was the fifth and final Bond film directed by John Glen, the last to feature Robert Brown as M and Caroline Bliss as Miss Moneypenny. It sees Bond suspended from MI6 as he pursues the drug lord Franz Sanchez, who has ordered an attack against Bond's CIA friend Felix Leiter and the murder of Felix's wife after their wedding.
CAST OF LICENCE TO KILL SERIES
alcohol and tobacco Adults smoke and drink.Licence to Kill is a 1989 action-thriller film, the sixteenth in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions, and the second and final film to star Timothy Dalton as the MI6 agent James Bond. nudity There is some implied nudity as a woman distracts a man and as a woman gets out of bed. Bloody marks are seen on a woman's back after she has been whipped by her boyfriend. injury detail There is sight of blood in some water as a man is attacked by sharks, as well as sight of his bloody stump after his leg is bitten off. drugs One character is a drug lord and there are several references to drug dealing.
sex There are some sex references, including sight of a woman dancing on a platform in a bar and a suggestion of sexual activity, without detail.
language There is some mild bad language, including uses of bastard, shit, bullshit and bloody. threat and horror There are some scenes of threat, including a gun being held to a woman's face and a knife being held to a woman's throat. There is also sight of blood spurts as people are shot and hand-to-hand combat. In another scene, a man sets light to another man who is seen on fire. Violence Stronger moments of violence include a man falling into a grinding machine, resulting in a splash of blood, and a man being trapped inside a pressure chamber, which then causes him to explode.
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