Licence To Kill
***Never seen this one before***
Opening scene is a bit far fetched. It good to have David Heidison back as Felix, he’s been the best amongst a bunch of middling rivals in the Felix role.
Theme song is ok, Gladys Knight has an amazing voice but the track lets her down.
Great cast of 1970’s and 80’s supporting players – Everitt McGill, Frank McRae, Grand L Bush, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa.
This is quite dark, I’m not sure this would have worked with Moore or Connery, but it certainly suits Dalton style.
Not too fusy on Carey Lowell as Bouvier, Talisa Soto makes up for it though.
Like the villains here, something TLDL lacked, Davi and Del Torio both evil and stylish.
The final scenes with the fuel tankers do become a bit repetitive and could have been slimmed down.
I’ve really enjoyed Dalton, shame issues caused the hiatus and eventual replacement.
I think LTK and TLDL are on a par with each other, The Living Day Lights starts better and is helped by a brilliant Bond girl in D'Abo. But it suffered as it went on with weak villains. Strangely Licence To Kill starts weak, has a disappointing Bond girl but it has great villains and a really enjoyable edgy second half.
I reckon Licence To Kill just shades it. 8/10
I've gone well into my 30's without ever seeing a Dalton Bond so kudos to this rewatch for getting me to seek them out (plus the charming For Your Eyes Only). We'll not mention Octopussy though!
