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Licence to Kill
PG13 (SINGAPORE)
1989
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Positive Reviews
29
Negative reviews
9
Average Rating
3.3
/5
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4.4
Like all Bond villains, Sanchez has unlimited resources and a beautiful mistress.
Rogerebert
3.0
But at least it was a step up from Roger Moores ridiculous final entries, and its still a fan favorite.
Common Sense Media
4.5
The thrills and spills chases are superbly orchestrated as pic spins at breakneck speed through its South Florida and Central American locations.
Variety
1.5
Its all very pacy, with the overly straightforward plotting dimmed but not obscured by the hi tech effects.
Time Out
5.0
But dont be surprised if, at the end of this trip, you feel just a little queasy.
2.0
They want a Bond closer in spirit to Rambo, a killing machine to put the big summer numbers on the board.
2.0
A well produced slick high octane action thriller that remains escapist and as entertaining as possible throughout.
Sover
3.8
Unsentimental, non glamorized, and unclouded by the usual overlay of rose colored nostalgia, this is a raw but rewarding motion picture.
ReelViews
3.1
Timothy Dalton as James Bond The Living Daylights (October 13/08) Its not difficult to see why Timothy Dalton had such difficulties smoothly slipping ..
Reel Film Reviews
3.0
Its a watchable adventure boosted by impressive action sequences and a fiery climax with a bone crunching punch up.
Radio Times
1.5
But his nastiness has been escalating, and it reaches an awful height in his new adventure.
Cs Monitor
1.9
Where are the signature chase scenes, the sexual humor and the romantic trysts that we come to Bond films for in the first place
Internet Reviews
2.0
What a creep embarrassed kissing the girls and thoroughly out of sorts when it comes to being violent with knife or gun.
Empire
2.0
The elevation of a game Desmond Llewelyn to a more involved role is one of many misguided elements in a weak script that is so indicative of the unsur ..
Bbc
2.0
The Bond women are pallid mannequins, and so is the misused Dalton a moving target in a Savile Row suit. For every plausible reason, he looks as bored ..
Time
4.0
At least on the action front, Pam is fully capable and is more of an asset to Bond than a liability one of the Bond aspects the Dalton films clearly e ..
Lyles Movie Files
3.0
Dalton can definitely play dark, but he lacks the charisma of Connery, who was pretty dark in the earlier films but managed to be completely likeable. ..
7M Pictures
3.1
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 mos ..
Movies Tv Guide
3.0
Even Maurice Binders graphic design ideas arent as energetic and erotic as previous efforts.
3.8
Carey Lowell makes a good Bond girl as Pam Bouvier, although Talisa Soto isnt nearly as strong as Lupe, the other Bond girl.
Three Movie Buffs
3.0
Its a strained, sexless, and overcooked film...Daltons game, but the film is inert, perhaps unprepared to work with the new Irish Kiss direction of th ..
Brian Or Ndorf
3.5
Instead, the story struggles at balancing this brutal equation with the more familiar frothy components of a 007 movie.
The Filmy Ap
3.5
The good: this is beautifully complicated stuff... The bad: simply, that its not a Bond film.
Antagony & Ecstasy
4.5
Fast, efficient and unusually gruesome Bond. The tone is sombre, the action is ingenious and in Dalton the series finds the only actor to take 007 ser ..
Film 4
4.0
The walk is tense; cigarettes pour out fumes of Angst ; the smile carries a hint of pain.
La Times
1.5
Despite some shaky narrative continuity and muddled motivations, this manages to move pretty briskly, and the action sequences are generally well hand ..
Chicago Reader
4.4
Licence To Kill First rate Action With Fresh Touch The trick to making a Bond film lies in striking just the right balance of familiarity and innovati ..
Articles Chicago Tribune
4.0
Dalton brought a seriousness back to the films that somehow got lost in a lot of silliness along the way.
Movie Metropolis
3.8
Theres something more, something that separates this from the progressively bland outings of the Roger Moore Bond. Its Timothy Dalton. Hes surely the ..
Tulsa World
3.5
If the series is ever going to return to its Connery era glory, it definitely needs some new writers, ones who know how to streamline a story and keep ..
Articles Orlando Sentinel
3.8
Licence to Kill ranks as one of the best of the 16 Bond films, thanks to Daltons athletic, tough and deadly new 007.
Articles Philly
3.1
With Dalton straightening out Bond for the second time, Licence to Kill continues the salvage operation begun in The Living Daylights and rescues a se ..
Articles Philly
4.5
License to Kill isnt actively disliked by serious Bond fans or even casual fans.
Esquire
4.5
Bond fans with a memory for spectacular film beginnings are bound to be let down by this one.
Articles Sun Sentinel
3.0
Lacks a bit of that Bond magic. Perhaps not the cruder, formulaic elements of other Bond films, but the lightness of touch and inherent charm in the c ..
Patrick Nabarro
4.0
Because watching Licence to Kill on blu ray, I realized that I made a grave mistake.
4.0
Basically, Timothy Dalton swearing in some capacity made me chuckle, and I dont know why.
hoganreviews.co.uk
3.8
Anchored by an engaging revenge plot, this Bond film has a great villain, a dark tone and several top notch action set pieces.
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