The James Bond Rewatch: Current Movie - SPECTRE

[Darwinianevolution]

I just saw License to Kill.

I'm surprised they decided to go this route. Deciding to abandon the spy stuff for a police theme is probably one choice that sounded good in paper, but it just ends up not working well enough. Plus, they have so many clichès from your typical cop flicks, they even had the scene where Bond had to give up his badge in a way! The whole movie I'm thinking that, while Bond is chasing this druglord, some maniac elsewhere is trading with nukes or making a space station that somehow nobody noticed. Chasing a cartel is too small a task for a figure like Bond. I mean, it's nice to see Bond taking revenge for the people he cares about, but still, it's just not the right plot for him. Plot aside, the movie is pretty competent. Dalton makes an excellent Bond, and it's a shame he only ever made two movies with the character. The whole "I work alone" shtick got old quite fast, though. Seriously, he could have taken the bad guy quite early if he hadn't been so stubborn. The villain is quite threatening, but it's not particularly memorable. His executions are, though, death by depressurization is terrifying, if not somewhat outlandish. The chase scene at the end is quite good, but I was constantly thinking that, with all of those bullets going around at all times, the tankers should have exploded way earlier.

Overall, it's middle of the road. A 7/10. I would have said it's a 6, but Dalton's performance and the last bigh action scene at the end push it to a 7.