Tag: Licence To Kill

Bond has no problem exhibiting his new-found riches to the hotel staff in Licence to Kill as seen in the above quote. Never mind it’s stolen drug cartel money, but between the Bollinger R.D. champagne and the hotel-room extravagance, Bond… Read More →

In Licence to Kill, here’s an example of Timothy Dalton’s famously hard edged Bond abandoning his suave, professional image and embracing pure revenge. Rather than dispatching Killifer quickly, Bond makes the punishment deeply personal. He’s palpably annoyed by the corrupt… Read More →

Is this the worst drink order of any James Bond movie? Pam Bouvier orders this peculiar drink at the Bimini Barrelhead Bar in Licence To Kill, and even more bizarrely, Bond agrees to one as well. Perhaps they were ahead… Read More →

Pam Bouvier’s above warning cuts through Bond’s tunnel vision in his mission to avenge Della Leiter’s death. Colonel Heller’s arrangement is a hard pill to swallow, but it’s pragmatic. Trading immunity for the return of the Stinger missiles Sanchez stole… Read More →

Sanchez’s pet iguana in is one of only a few misses in Licence To Kill. Not only is the companionship just plain weird at face, it gets even weirder when you notice the beautiful Lupe Lamora necklace-less next to the… Read More →

Lupe Lamora’s quiet admission is an unsettling line from Licence to Kill that internalizes the blame for Franz Sanchez’s physical abuse and reveals the psychological grip he holds over her. She’s a rare Bond character that is both romantically linked… Read More →

Anthony Starke’s Truman-Lodge is a deceptively minor figure in Licence to Kill, yet he leaves a distinct impression. As Franz Sanchez’s tightly wound financial advisor and overseer of his so-called private investment fund, Truman-Lodge is deeply embedded in the infrastructure… Read More →

Bond’s blackjack run in Licence to Kill is immediately flagged by the pit boss, who dismissively labels him a “jerk-off” while reporting to Sanchez. The insult feels misplaced, since Bond isn’t causing trouble and is a high-roller, confidently backing five… Read More →

This Franz Sanchez line from Licence to Kill is one of his most chilling declarations. It sounds cryptic on the surface since death is final, but Sanchez isn’t referring to an end. He’s referencing extended suffering. That philosophy is brutally… Read More →