Tag: Licence To Kill

Dario’s taunting line in Licence to Kill lands with a strange, almost mocking musicality. The elongated inflection feels deliberately childish and cruel, as if he’s savoring the pain he knows it will inflict on Felix Leiter after Leiter asks the… Read More →

Bond delivers this familiar French phrase in Licence To Kill as he disposes of a security guard into a drawer filled with maggots and fish bait inside Milton Krest’s marine research facility.  It’s a small but memorable moment, since it… Read More →

It’s always a treat to see 007 take command of the blackjack tables in Licence to Kill – his one and only cinematic experience with the game. Bond’s sky-high bets naturally draw the attention of casino owner Franz Sanchez, though… Read More →

Who knew this city was ever mentioned in a James Bond movie?  Give up? It’s Licence To Kill when Pam Bouvier hitchhikes to Joe Butcher’s headquarters with a sack full of money she calls a donation from her home city. Read More →

Every other setting and plot point of Licence To Kill is absolutely perfect.  But any scene at his cheesy (I think it’s more than just a 1980s thing), campy compound makes me cringe a little.  Were the “headlight fish fountains”… Read More →

I don’t blame Lupe Lamora for calling out Franz Sanchez and his weird diamond-draped iguana in Licence To Kill.  It’s probably my only knock against Sanchez as a villain.  Otherwise, he is one of the best villains of all time.… Read More →

It still baffles me that Sanchez didn’t kill Bond when he had the chance after the raid in Licence To Kill and after he spent time recovering at his compound.  007 was at death’s door anyway.  Bond was obviously right… Read More →

Bond made a good choice at the end of Licence To Kill – he had better chemistry with Pam! Read More →

Q Branch had some good equipment in Licence To Kill, including the signature gun. Read More →