Story Line
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.
“James Bond is out on his own and out for revenge.”
Top Cast
Timothy Dalton
James Bond
Carey Lowell
Pam Bouvier
Robert Davi
Franz Sanchez
Talisa Soto
Lupe Lamora
Anthony Zerbe
Milton Krest
Frank McRae
Sharkey
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Rating
6.4/ 10
Release Date
1989-06-13
Runtime
2h 13m
Genres
AdventureActionThriller
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James Bond Collection
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User Reviews (9)
John Chard
8/10
•7/7/2019Effective immediately, your licence to kill is revoked, and I require you to hand over your weapon.
Licence to Kill is directed by John Glen and written by Richard Maibaum and Michael G. Wilson. It's an original story that uses characters and inst...
Wuchak
6/10
•5/14/2021_**A different kind of Bond**_
Released in 1989, "Licence to Kill" always struck me as the most atypical Bond film. In this one James (Timothy Dalton) goes rogue after a good friend's bride is murdered and the friend is half-eaten by a shark. Stri...
CinemaSerf
6/10
•5/29/2022I was just not a fan of Timothy Dalton's "007" and so can't say I was looking forward with much enthusiasm to this. Sadly, it didn't surprise - it's a really far fetched, frankly rather unpleasant, outing for Ian Fleming's deadly agent that sees him ...
GenerationofSwine
10/10
•1/11/2023Man, del Toro was only 21 in this film and still makes a showing as one of the most lethal Bond baddies in the history of the franchise.
And for those of you who are obsessed with Bondlore, this is the 007 film that references the events in OHMSS ...