- Format: PAL
- Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: 15
- Studio: Twentieth Century Fox
- DVD Release Date: 12 Mar 2007
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B000MR9F7A
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
For the sixteenth big screen outing for superspy James Bond, the producers decided to serve up one of the grittiest and hardest hitting films in the series.
After a local drugs lord takes a terrible revenge on Bond's friend Felix Leiter, Bond takes it upon himself to track down the perpetrator and wreak his own vengeance. As a result he comes into conflict with his superiors and is left out in the cold to fend for himself. This allows the director to show Bond using his wits, and the revenge plot leads to some tough action and gory ends.
It's a cracking plot, and, for once, it gives the director a real chance to explore Bond's character and motivations. This is done to good effect, and all credit must go to Dalton for pulling it off. It's a well written and well paced script, which just cracks along at a good pace with some really great stunts thrown in. I've always particularly liked the petrol tanker chase.
The guest stars in this adventure do really well. Robert Dravi is chilling and believable as the drugs baron, and Benicio Del Torro is a suitably sadistic and evil henchman. Look out for Anthony Zerbe as another henchman who comes to a sticky end.
All in all this is a great film, and one of the best in the series (in my opinion - I know that there are a lot of people who will disagree with me!)
This digitally restored edition really is the best version of the film I have owned. The picture has been lovingly restored and cleaned up, and looks amazing. Really, I am not just saying that. It looks superb. The sound has been similarly treated and there is an option to listen to it in 5.1 DTS surround, which is truly exceptional.
After a local drugs lord takes a terrible revenge on Bond's friend Felix Leiter, Bond takes it upon himself to track down the perpetrator and wreak his own vengeance. As a result he comes into conflict with his superiors and is left out in the cold to fend for himself. This allows the director to show Bond using his wits, and the revenge plot leads to some tough action and gory ends.
It's a cracking plot, and, for once, it gives the director a real chance to explore Bond's character and motivations. This is done to good effect, and all credit must go to Dalton for pulling it off. It's a well written and well paced script, which just cracks along at a good pace with some really great stunts thrown in. I've always particularly liked the petrol tanker chase.
The guest stars in this adventure do really well. Robert Dravi is chilling and believable as the drugs baron, and Benicio Del Torro is a suitably sadistic and evil henchman. Look out for Anthony Zerbe as another henchman who comes to a sticky end.
All in all this is a great film, and one of the best in the series (in my opinion - I know that there are a lot of people who will disagree with me!)
This digitally restored edition really is the best version of the film I have owned. The picture has been lovingly restored and cleaned up, and looks amazing. Really, I am not just saying that. It looks superb. The sound has been similarly treated and there is an option to listen to it in 5.1 DTS surround, which is truly exceptional.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
My joint favourite Bond film alongside On Her Majesties Secret Service. Licence to Kill could easily be a standalone film, away from the Bond franchise, as it's so un-Bond - no-one is trying to take over the world here but Bond's mission is personal, a mission into revenge and violent payback, as if seeing the tragedy that strikes Felix on his wedding day ignites the touch paper of the vengeance he's been holding in since witnessing his own wife's death in OHMSS.
For people who love Bond for the fun, playful scripts and set pieces, and knowing that its all ultimately a load of tosh but great entertainment, then I don't think it's one for you, but if you want to see a different side to Bond, a totally different story - a man hell bent on revenge even if it means his own destruction then this really is a great film and as such gets five stars from me as even if you don't like Bond films you can watch this one as a separate entity.
For people who love Bond for the fun, playful scripts and set pieces, and knowing that its all ultimately a load of tosh but great entertainment, then I don't think it's one for you, but if you want to see a different side to Bond, a totally different story - a man hell bent on revenge even if it means his own destruction then this really is a great film and as such gets five stars from me as even if you don't like Bond films you can watch this one as a separate entity.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Licence to Kill is the second of Timothy Dalton's two outings as James Bond and is another very good film which is under-rated. It has an interesting plot but is very dark for a Bond film and therefore perhaps not for everybody. However, it is a good film just not a typical James Bond story.
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