Dalton's last Bond is here! What a great James Bond film full of fun action and dark revenge undertones. Some of the kills in this think were absolutely brutal and it must be one of the darkest James Bond films to date. Dalton again is excellent and he makes me wish he had more films, however, I am excited for Brosnan! Thanks for watching! Have a great day! :)
Fun Fact: John Glen has said that this one is his favorite film out of the five he's made. Definitely one of the darkest Bond films, and it set the template for the Daniel Craig films, and some of the Brosnan films. You kinda feel the Dalton effect in GoldenEye , and a little pinch of it in The World Is Not Enough.
I’m a scuba diver. If the mask is full of water (while underwater), you tilt your head right back, lift the bottom of the mask up and blow air up into it from your mouthpiece; this displaces the water, so when you push the bottom of the mask onto your face it’s completely empty. Hey presto! If you ever have to escape from a flooded van at the bottom of the sea, now you know what to do.
That's good to know. I only wish that I knew this when I had to escape from a flooded van at the bottom of the sea, so I didn't have to deliver this message from beyond the grave.
@@cutthr0atjake fair enough, I'm just not a fan of the Daniel Craig ones, I still haven't brought myself around to see the last one, but I will do at some point
Dalton is my next favorite Bond after Connery. Both Dalton Bond films are great! Dalton portrayed 007 as how he was in the Fleming novels. A lot of people who did not like Dalton as Bond were so used to Moore's lighthearted and campy movies. They were expecting comedy, not the darkness of an assassin. The reason why this film does not seem as big as the previous movies was because both EON and United Artist were experiencing financial difficulties at the time and the budget was a lot less than usual. That was also why, it took so long to put together the next film after this. By that time, Dalton's contract had expired, and he decided to move on. Nevertheless, "License To Kill" was a very good movie.
Unfortunately, Pierce went back to the silly chases and sexual innuendo to the 10th degree, ending with what is probably the worse Bond movie, Die Another Day.
Dalton did the stunt from the plane in the beginning and the water ski stunt. He also did most of the stunts in the previous film the living daylights.
My peak Bond fandom years were during the Dalton years. I saw both these movies in the theater and was obsessed with both of them. I would have loved to see a 3rd Dalton film!
License to Kill is definitely on the top of my favorite James Bond films. The theme song by Gladys Knight, is giving me chills every time I listen to it.
Q will be around a bit longer, and you will know which one will be the last appearance when you see it. This one was Robert Brown's last appearance as M, though. The actor who played El Presidente is Pedro Armendariz Jr - his father was cast as Kerim Bey in From Russia with Love.
The darkest violent and controversial James Bond movie ever made. After the release of License To Kill, Dalton was said to return to the franchise in GoldenEye for a Christmas 1993 release, but due to a contract dispute, he would drop out and replaced with Pierce Brosnan.
Yes and no. A whole bunch of issues, including a dispute over the Bond rights between Danjaq and United Artists, and MGM going bust, caused major delays in developing the next film, and by the time it had all been sorted out Dalton's contract had expired, so they moved on to Brosnan.
There was no contract dispute with Dalton. It took so long for EON and UA/MGM to get their financial act together. By the time they were ready to begin production for the next 007 film, Dalton 's contract had expired, and he was no longer interested in continuing the role.
@@BillySinnz But it´s said that even before they approached to Brosnan Broccoli wanted Timothy Dalton but he was commited to "Brenda Starr". After all Albert R. Broccoli Was offering the James Bond role to Timothy Dalton since 1968 becaue Broccoli considered him a very talented actor(And he was right),
I have heard that Dalton was very much interested in doing another Bond, even around 1995, however when Cubby Broccoli said he could come back, he told Dalton that he could not come back for one film, but that he had to do 5 more Bond films, which Dalton could not agree to. It is such a shame. Dalton deserved to do one more Bond.
Been waiting for this pretty much ever since you started doing the Bond films. My second favourite Bond movie (after Live & Let Die), and easily one of the best in the franchise. It got slept on at the time because a lot of people weren't really interested in a darker take on Bond yet, but with the Daniel Craig movies doing sometihng similar, people have started to really warm up to this film in retrospect. Sadly this was Dalton's final film as Bond, as it underperformed at the box office prompting MGM to waver back and forth on if they'd make any more Bond films or not. Dalton was still under contract to play Bond the entire time, and had to be readily available should they ever decide to make another movie... so for several years, he couldn't act in damn near anything, because he had to be able to run away the moment he got the phone-call from MGM. In the end he decided it wasn't worth it and quit the job, leaving the role open for another actor... who picked it up in 1995 with 'Goldeneye'. Also, at 29:04, 'I wonder how they did that?' ...yeah, they just DID IT. That's one of the reasons I love this movie so much, the stunts are top-tier and really just excellently performed. Not only did that truck do a two-wheeler like that, it genuinely crushed that car. Absolutely magnificent work from the production team.
This film--especially the first act--is largely an adaptation of the novel Live and Let Die and the short story The Hildebrand Rarity. It's the first Bond film that is as brutal as Ian Fleming's original stories. The film series is finally catching up to the R-rated action films of its time, such as Lethal Weapon and Die Hard. It would be interesting to see if a third Dalton film would have finally introduced the sort of things that earned those contemporary movies their stronger rating. But when the franchise returned in 1995, they toned things back a bit and didn't return to this level of intensity until Casino Royale.
Thank you for this reaction, I really needed it today. Such a pleasure. You've already seen that I unequivocally love Dalton as Bond, and these two films are among the most overlooked and underrated of the entire series. I understand they're not for everybody, but I don't think anyone can say that they're bad or not incredibly well made. License to Kill was a surprising, but not entirely unexpected dark turn in the series, as by that point in the late 1980s it was being eclipsed by more popular and much more violent franchises like Lethal Weapon, and hence the return to a grittier, smaller scale, more realistic scenario. Some people find Dalton's performance too intimidating and even unsavory, but I love it. For me, it creates that same delicious thrill of tension you feel when Connery first executes Professor Dent in cold blood in Dr No. The great, late David Hedison, who also appeared in Live and Let Die, is the only actor other than Jeffrey Wright to play the character Felix Leiter more than once. Wright, of course, has him beat with three films. Come on, you can't hold it against his wife for kissing James Bond, especially Dalton as Bond, as much as she can while he's around (as long as she doesn't do anything else, LOL). It's obvious Felix doesn't, he totally understands. I know, it's pretty shocking and horrifying when Felix loses his leg. It was just as shocking if not more so in the theater in 1989. But readers of the books already knew Felix as a person who had lost multiple limbs in a shark incident. In the novel of Thunderball he goes into battle underwater with an artificial hand and leg. Some folks think you can't get into the water that quietly without support, and it's true, but it can be done if you have a solid amount of upper body strength. She seems pretty athletic so far. Regarding Benicio's chilling demise, as Lazenby might say, he had a lot of guts. And you're absolutely right, anyone who doesn't think Dalton is cool hasn't been watching the same movies.
Glad you mentioned Hedison. I was "raised on" Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea - for the 2-3 years it was on anyway. I was amazed but delighted when I first saw Licence to Kill and there he was!
The Music for this movie was composed by Michael Kamen, who also did the Lethal Weapon-Films and the first three Die Hard-Movies, hence the different tone.
This is my favorite 1980's Bond film, and in the overall ranking of all 25 official Bond movies, LICENCE TO KILL is in my top 5! This was actually the first Bond film to get a PG-13 rating. Definitely pushes the rating as far as possible and I love it. Some of the best kills, stunts, chases, and a terrific music score from Michael Kamen, who scored Did Hard, Lethal Weapon, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, and Last Action Hero to name a few. Loved the reaction, and I can't wait for GoldenEye!
It's a good thing you brought up the point near the end where James Bond is properly messed up and looking near-defeated. I remember when i saw this movie as a kid for the first time i was shocked seeing James Bond in such state and it really made me think he can actually die! Your reactions have been great for these James Bond films and so nice to see you also enjoying my personal favorite era of Bond films, the 80's/John Glen era :) !
Dalton has the most consistantly fantastic films, maybe because there's only two, who can say? I mean like I don't overly enjoy Diamonds are Forever and Octopussy. I mean I like them but going through the franchise I often hesitate or don't pay much attention when I watch them, if that makes sense. By this logic, George Lazenby also has a perfect 100% awesome record. If anyone misses Roger Moore and you haven't seen it, watch The Man who haunted himself. It's fantastic and Moore's favourite movie he was ever involved with. It's a textbook hidden gem. Ollie, anyone else. Trust Roger :) Also, did you watch Flash Gordon already? If not that and Highlander, they both have Queen soundtracks and Gordon co stars Timothy Dalton :D
This is my personal favourite Bond film because the action is better and it's a revenge story, they certainly don't make them like this anymore with a lot of practical effects and stunts
Wuthering Heights 1970 version with Dalton free on youtube. Also Dalton in Rocketeer & Flash Gordon 1980...where I thought that at the time that guy can totally be Bond. Also Felix Leiter in this movie is the same Felix Leiter from Live & Let Die.
Agreed. Also, check out two other really good ones featuring him: "The Doctor and the Devils," a kinda obscure one from 1985, which also features Jonathan Pryce and Patrick Stewart. It's actually been posted on TH-cam, just type in the title. And "Hot Fuzz" from 2007.
In every John Glenn film there's a jumpscare involving animals too if you notice... For Your Eyes Only: Bird flying out on the cliff face. Octopussy: Bird flying out of the palace wall / tiger jumping out of a bush A View To A Kill: cat on the stairs The Living Daylights: monkey jumping out in front of Bond in Gibraltar. Licence To Kill: Shark breaking through a metal grate at Milton Crest's dock area / birds flying out as he absails outside of Sanchez's casino office window.
Every John Glen film also contains a villain/henchman falling to their death: FYEO - Emile Locque is kicked over the cliff in his Mercedes. Also the guy at the monastery at the end of the climbing sequence. OP - Gobinda sent off the top of Khans plane by Bond. AVTAK - Max Zorin sent off Golden Gate bridge into the ocean below. TLD - Agent 004 at the begin has his rope cut by the KGB assassin in Gibraltar. LTK - bad guys drive over the cliff during the tanker chase sequence.
When I read reviews of this movie, they varied between people feeling turned off by the darkness of it, to people saying, "This is more like the real James Bond (from the books)." From what I read, "License To Kill" didn't do that well at the box office, and that seemed to be one reason that Dalton didn't do more Bond movies. Just a suggestion, but you may want to check out the Gladys Knight music video for the title theme to this movie, because it's a production all its own. She added a little something extra to her single release of this song that's not in the movie version.
Dalton waited five years for their lawsuits to be over and was looking forward to a third Bond but they wanted to lock him in to three more movies total which would mean up to ten years. He’s an Aries March 21 (impatient - hates to wait!) with Moon (emotions) in Scorpio (intense, private). He likes to be active! I hope you watch Timothy Dalton in his other movies: Hawks by Barry Gibb, Framed (with a young Penelope Cruz), Wuthering Heights!!!!! the Doctor and the Devils, The Rocketeer, Hot Fuzz, Jane Eyre 1983, Chuck (volkoff), Penny Dreadful…
Again - as I wrote in the comments for your "The Living Daylight"-video: I like your summarys of your videos! License to kill was, when I watched it in cinema 1989 not the same feeling as The Living Daylights. But really fast it grows and grows. Today I think License to kill is a classic and on my personell ranking on a solid 5th Rank! The action is outstanding, John Richardson nailed the practical effects and create some of the best explosions in the series. The movie is really dark and gritty, the music of Michael Kamen nail this mood too and Dalton is really brilliant! It's a shame that for legal fights going over years he quitt the role in 1991. I have loved to see him in a third act! The best Bond moment ever is when Bond is on the ground. Injured, exhausted...the movies are never so close to the novels than in this scene! This was and is a real Bond - so I agree with you. What I like also is: Desmond Llewlyn has his biggest part in the series. I really enjoy his funny stuff. As I wrote on your Living Daylight video: Dalton is the best Bond so far! A great actor and a great Bond! Highly recommended! Excuse my English...the last English lessons were in 1988... ;-)
I think if people have read Fleming and appreciate him, they are more receptive to Dalton. I know as a fan of the books at the time the fact that his portrayal was so close to the book is what I really enjoyed.
Timothy Dalton is the closest to Ian Flemings original version of bond from the books. Some people like that and some don't. Personally I love it, he's such a cold killer with some dark humour yet still extremely suave. Similar to Craig, yes. But Craig lacks the suave and is more direct. Both are the most brutal bonds though
I grew up with Roger Moore as my Bond, but it was Licence To Kill that was my favorite Bond movie for a long time which is funny since it’s the most un-Bond movie of them all; most violent, least formulaic, etc. And I feel like this movie was well received at the time but has since been retroactively shat on in the last 30 years for some inexplicable reason but seriously, Dalton’s two outings were soooo damn good it’s disheartening knowing there was never more.
This came out during Pablo Escobar's heyday and the movie reflects those times of the 80's. If my memory serves me well, it did poorly at the box office because they did a bad job promoting the movie before it came out. It is one of my 5 top Bond movies ever made
It was also directly competing with Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade, Ghostbusters II and Lethal Weapon 2 being released in summer, that’s why all the Bond films afterwards with the exception of No Time To Die had a November release date just before Christmas.
According to an interview I read recently, Dalton was willing to do no more than 2 but the the producers wanted to sign him up for at least 5. Dalton did not want to commit to that many so he walked away from the role.
Dalton was contracted to do 3 Bond films, but it took almost 6 years between his second movie and what would be his third film to begin production. By that time, his contract had already expired, and he decided it not to renew it and move on from Bond.
One of my favorites! Bond killing Sanchez with a lighter from Leiter is quite punny. This will be the last Felix until Craig. Pam is one of my top Bond girls. When she comes in with the new haircut 😍 Though a bit jealous, she is very capable and proves invaluable to James. While I don't love the title song, the credit theme 'If You Asked Me To' is dynamite.
i'm glad you liked this film, most people didn't like this Bond entry because it was more violent than other Bond films and the fact that it was a revenge movie. but those are all the reasons why i liked it, it was different for once. i can't wait for your reaction to GoldenEye, there's a reason why it's most people's favourite Bond film (or at least in the top 3).
Agreed. This and Goldeneye are in my top three, but I have no idea what the third one is. It would be easier for me to say what it ISN'T than what it is.
Great review bro, So happy that you liked this great bond movie, I saw it in the theaters back in 89, this is one of the best bond movies, both of daltons bonds are among the best 👌, dalton is the best actor to play bond, and take it from me who has read all of Ian Flemings books daltons bond is definitely the closest to Flemings vision. Dalton is bond James bond.
Michael Kamen made the music,he work in Die Hard, Lethal Weapon, was an expert of action and suspense music for movies.License to kill is one of my favourite Bond film and Dalton is my favourite James Bond
This came out the year I had just graduated. I was supposed to be out looking for a job, but this was playing in the dollar theater at the time. I took the bus to go see it every single day and sometimes twice in the same day. I must have watched this about 50 times. It was not my favorite, but I loved the feel of it as well. I was not happy Dalton would not be in GoldenEye, but once I saw GoldenEye, I was blown away. I hope you like the next one as well.
This film has five really gruesome deaths, more than all the previous put together, pretty much. Seeing Heller hanging like a ragdoll from the forklift is pure horror.
The first Bond film to earn the PG-13 rating. After 12 years and 7 films with Roger Moore, it was definitely time for a change. Great to see David Hedison reprise the role of Felix.
that shark's scene with Felix was planned for Live and let Die originally but they seemed kinda very cruel for the joking and funny, kinda familiar tone of the Moore era that have a funnier Bond, Dalton was darker obviously in his only two movies!
The house belonged to writer ( Ernest heminway) he left the house to cats. Turned it into a cat sanctuary. .. Naked sleeping ? I never did till I was a teenager, then did for years and now don't. Not weird.
This is the movie that bumped up the franchise to the PG-13 rating, after all. Although, I find No Time to Die much darker than this one, while not as violence as this.
This was my first james bond movie I saw in the theatre. Seen all the others before this one. But this film in particular really got me interested in James Bond. Used to think oh there just a bunch a spy movies. But how this one connects felix character, mentions james bonds wife, and he also breaks the rules in this one. And also hands in his resignation. And Q plays a longer part also.
After Licence to Kill The bond franchise got brought to a halt for 6 years because a lawsuit was filed against EON Productions and Metro Goldwyn Mayer. Which indeed led to Timothy Dalton walking away from the role of James Bond after 2 entries.
My brain was VERY confused for a couple of seconds at 24:45 when Q heard someone knock on the door then YOU opened the door and Huxley came in. My brain: "Wait - what happened to Q? And how did Huxley knock?"
Iceland trip? Sounds fun. May I suggest you and your family consider taking a trip to my own motherland, Portugal, in the future? Most people who visit Portugal seem to have a great time, as well. *STAY CLASSY VLOG* is a great TH-cam channel of a Danish couple living in Portugal if you'd like to check it out and get a better idea of our country, culture and people. As for the film reaction, Timothy Dalton is my favorite James Bond. I really wish they would've cast him for at least one more 007 film.
This for me is Dalton’s best, The Living Daylights has a nicer presentation and more traditional bond elements. But the plot gets lost in the 2nd half and villains were too light for Dalton, Licence to kill had a stronger story and villains that suited Dalton’s darker bond portrayal. Sanchez is charismatic and evil all at once, Robert Davi done a brilliant job and meshed with Dalton seamlessly. I always get disappointed when Licence to Kill ends because I know this is Dalton’s last, I always felt he deserved one more film or two. It’s a shame the series went into a lawsuit preventing Dalton from coming back. He was supposed to return for Goldeneye. Dalton was ahead of his time, most people were not ready for him in the late 80s especially after years of the jokey Roger Moore. Also Dalton had replaced Brosnan who was originally set to play bond in The Living Daylights but couldn’t get out of his TV contract, so Dalton stepped in as option 2. Ironically though Brosnan replaced Dalton for Goldeneye later on.
I could never get into the Bond movies that were made before the 80s. Just don't like older films. Dalton had a contract to do 4 Bond movies or for so many years, whichever happened first. There was some kind of legal dispute over the Bond rights, so filming was stalled after this film. Once the legalities cleared they asked Dalton to do Goldeneye, and said sure, I can do one more. And they said nope you will have to do at least a 3 movie contract. So he declined
Dalton's last Bond is here! What a great James Bond film full of fun action and dark revenge undertones. Some of the kills in this think were absolutely brutal and it must be one of the darkest James Bond films to date. Dalton again is excellent and he makes me wish he had more films, however, I am excited for Brosnan!
Thanks for watching! Have a great day! :)
“I was like, we’re going to see a mutilated human for a second and I was like, James Bond is going dark-dark!”
30 seconds later…
😮
Fun Fact: John Glen has said that this one is his favorite film out of the five he's made. Definitely one of the darkest Bond films, and it set the template for the Daniel Craig films, and some of the Brosnan films. You kinda feel the Dalton effect in GoldenEye , and a little pinch of it in The World Is Not Enough.
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@@jbjones07 he said it was arguably his best not his favorite
Timothy Dalton became the precursor to Daniel Craig
I’m a scuba diver. If the mask is full of water (while underwater), you tilt your head right back, lift the bottom of the mask up and blow air up into it from your mouthpiece; this displaces the water, so when you push the bottom of the mask onto your face it’s completely empty. Hey presto! If you ever have to escape from a flooded van at the bottom of the sea, now you know what to do.
That's good to know. I only wish that I knew this when I had to escape from a flooded van at the bottom of the sea, so I didn't have to deliver this message from beyond the grave.
@@WorldBurial rookie mistake
I don't care what some say about License to Kill. It's still one of my favorites, and Dalton never disappoints as usual.
Me as well
It's amazing how people don't rate this but love garbage like quantum of solace
Absolutely true, starts with the title track wich is my fav bond theme and Dalton is a brilliant Bond
@@jehanariyaratnam2874I actually like both
@@cutthr0atjake fair enough, I'm just not a fan of the Daniel Craig ones, I still haven't brought myself around to see the last one, but I will do at some point
Dalton is my next favorite Bond after Connery. Both Dalton Bond films are great! Dalton portrayed 007 as how he was in the Fleming novels. A lot of people who did not like Dalton as Bond were so used to Moore's lighthearted and campy movies. They were expecting comedy, not the darkness of an assassin. The reason why this film does not seem as big as the previous movies was because both EON and United Artist were experiencing financial difficulties at the time and the budget was a lot less than usual. That was also why, it took so long to put together the next film after this. By that time, Dalton's contract had expired, and he decided to move on. Nevertheless, "License To Kill" was a very good movie.
Unfortunately, Pierce went back to the silly chases and sexual innuendo to the 10th degree, ending with what is probably the worse Bond movie, Die Another Day.
The truck chase is epic. Still one of the best vehicle chases ever in a movie.
If you read the Fleming books.. Dalton is exactly as he described Bond physically and behaviorily.
Dalton read the books as preparation for the role
Dalton did the stunt from the plane in the beginning and the water ski stunt. He also did most of the stunts in the previous film the living daylights.
My peak Bond fandom years were during the Dalton years. I saw both these movies in the theater and was obsessed with both of them. I would have loved to see a 3rd Dalton film!
License to Kill is definitely on the top of my favorite James Bond films. The theme song by Gladys Knight, is giving me chills every time I listen to it.
Q will be around a bit longer, and you will know which one will be the last appearance when you see it.
This one was Robert Brown's last appearance as M, though.
The actor who played El Presidente is Pedro Armendariz Jr - his father was cast as Kerim Bey in From Russia with Love.
The part with the guy fighting Bond with a swordfish is possibly one of my favourite comedic moments in the series.
The darkest violent and controversial James Bond movie ever made. After the release of License To Kill, Dalton was said to return to the franchise in GoldenEye for a Christmas 1993 release, but due to a contract dispute, he would drop out and replaced with Pierce Brosnan.
Yes and no. A whole bunch of issues, including a dispute over the Bond rights between Danjaq and United Artists, and MGM going bust, caused major delays in developing the next film, and by the time it had all been sorted out Dalton's contract had expired, so they moved on to Brosnan.
There was no contract dispute with Dalton. It took so long for EON and UA/MGM to get their financial act together. By the time they were ready to begin production for the next 007 film, Dalton 's contract had expired, and he was no longer interested in continuing the role.
Fun fact: they approached Pierce Brosnan before Dalton for "The Living Daylights" but he couldn't do it because of his TV show "Remington Steele".
@@BillySinnz But it´s said that even before they approached to Brosnan Broccoli wanted Timothy Dalton but he was commited to "Brenda Starr". After all Albert R. Broccoli Was offering the James Bond role to Timothy Dalton since 1968 becaue Broccoli considered him a very talented actor(And he was right),
I have heard that Dalton was very much interested in doing another Bond, even around 1995, however when Cubby Broccoli said he could come back, he told Dalton that he could not come back for one film, but that he had to do 5 more Bond films, which Dalton could not agree to.
It is such a shame. Dalton deserved to do one more Bond.
It's a great movie. Robert Davi and Benicio del Toro as villains were great and the truck chase is legendary.
Been waiting for this pretty much ever since you started doing the Bond films. My second favourite Bond movie (after Live & Let Die), and easily one of the best in the franchise. It got slept on at the time because a lot of people weren't really interested in a darker take on Bond yet, but with the Daniel Craig movies doing sometihng similar, people have started to really warm up to this film in retrospect.
Sadly this was Dalton's final film as Bond, as it underperformed at the box office prompting MGM to waver back and forth on if they'd make any more Bond films or not. Dalton was still under contract to play Bond the entire time, and had to be readily available should they ever decide to make another movie... so for several years, he couldn't act in damn near anything, because he had to be able to run away the moment he got the phone-call from MGM. In the end he decided it wasn't worth it and quit the job, leaving the role open for another actor... who picked it up in 1995 with 'Goldeneye'.
Also, at 29:04, 'I wonder how they did that?'
...yeah, they just DID IT. That's one of the reasons I love this movie so much, the stunts are top-tier and really just excellently performed. Not only did that truck do a two-wheeler like that, it genuinely crushed that car. Absolutely magnificent work from the production team.
This film--especially the first act--is largely an adaptation of the novel Live and Let Die and the short story The Hildebrand Rarity. It's the first Bond film that is as brutal as Ian Fleming's original stories. The film series is finally catching up to the R-rated action films of its time, such as Lethal Weapon and Die Hard. It would be interesting to see if a third Dalton film would have finally introduced the sort of things that earned those contemporary movies their stronger rating. But when the franchise returned in 1995, they toned things back a bit and didn't return to this level of intensity until Casino Royale.
Funny you should mention Die Hard and Lethal Weapon as both films had the same composer as License to Kill. RIP Michael Kamen.
Thank you for this reaction, I really needed it today. Such a pleasure. You've already seen that I unequivocally love Dalton as Bond, and these two films are among the most overlooked and underrated of the entire series. I understand they're not for everybody, but I don't think anyone can say that they're bad or not incredibly well made.
License to Kill was a surprising, but not entirely unexpected dark turn in the series, as by that point in the late 1980s it was being eclipsed by more popular and much more violent franchises like Lethal Weapon, and hence the return to a grittier, smaller scale, more realistic scenario. Some people find Dalton's performance too intimidating and even unsavory, but I love it. For me, it creates that same delicious thrill of tension you feel when Connery first executes Professor Dent in cold blood in Dr No.
The great, late David Hedison, who also appeared in Live and Let Die, is the only actor other than Jeffrey Wright to play the character Felix Leiter more than once. Wright, of course, has him beat with three films.
Come on, you can't hold it against his wife for kissing James Bond, especially Dalton as Bond, as much as she can while he's around (as long as she doesn't do anything else, LOL). It's obvious Felix doesn't, he totally understands.
I know, it's pretty shocking and horrifying when Felix loses his leg. It was just as shocking if not more so in the theater in 1989. But readers of the books already knew Felix as a person who had lost multiple limbs in a shark incident. In the novel of Thunderball he goes into battle underwater with an artificial hand and leg.
Some folks think you can't get into the water that quietly without support, and it's true, but it can be done if you have a solid amount of upper body strength. She seems pretty athletic so far.
Regarding Benicio's chilling demise, as Lazenby might say, he had a lot of guts.
And you're absolutely right, anyone who doesn't think Dalton is cool hasn't been watching the same movies.
Glad you mentioned Hedison. I was "raised on" Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea - for the 2-3 years it was on anyway. I was amazed but delighted when I first saw Licence to Kill and there he was!
The Music for this movie was composed by Michael Kamen, who also did the Lethal Weapon-Films and the first three Die Hard-Movies, hence the different tone.
Q is in a few more Bond movies, but the actor Desmond Llewelyn (Q) died in a car accident in 1999.
A 10/10 movie for me, Dalton is my James Bond, exactly how depict him to be in my head.
This is my favorite 1980's Bond film, and in the overall ranking of all 25 official Bond movies, LICENCE TO KILL is in my top 5! This was actually the first Bond film to get a PG-13 rating. Definitely pushes the rating as far as possible and I love it. Some of the best kills, stunts, chases, and a terrific music score from Michael Kamen, who scored Did Hard, Lethal Weapon, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, and Last Action Hero to name a few. Loved the reaction, and I can't wait for GoldenEye!
It's a good thing you brought up the point near the end where James Bond is properly messed up and looking near-defeated. I remember when i saw this movie as a kid for the first time i was shocked seeing James Bond in such state and it really made me think he can actually die!
Your reactions have been great for these James Bond films and so nice to see you also enjoying my personal favorite era of Bond films, the 80's/John Glen era :) !
Any Fleming purist (of which I am one) would tell you that’s exactly what happens to him in the books he gets seriously hurt and in very brutal ways
Second time out as Felix for David Henderson.
I think Timothy Dalton for me was certainly the best looking of all the Bond's, plus this is a good film the stunts are fantastic as well.
Desmond is in three more movies: Goldeneye, Tomorrow Never Dies, and The World is not Enough.
AND its not that they let him go. Its because he passed away shortly before 'The World is not Enough' got released.
Dalton has the most consistantly fantastic films, maybe because there's only two, who can say?
I mean like I don't overly enjoy Diamonds are Forever and Octopussy. I mean I like them but going through the franchise I often hesitate or don't pay much attention when I watch them, if that makes sense. By this logic, George Lazenby also has a perfect 100% awesome record.
If anyone misses Roger Moore and you haven't seen it, watch The Man who haunted himself. It's fantastic and Moore's favourite movie he was ever involved with. It's a textbook hidden gem. Ollie, anyone else. Trust Roger :)
Also, did you watch Flash Gordon already? If not that and Highlander, they both have Queen soundtracks and Gordon co stars Timothy Dalton :D
The only time, pre-Daniel Craig era, that any actor has reprised their role as Felix Leiter.
License to Kill is considered Bond in his rawest form. No License to Kill, he does all of this out of loyalty to his friend.
This is my personal favourite Bond film because the action is better and it's a revenge story, they certainly don't make them like this anymore with a lot of practical effects and stunts
Wuthering Heights 1970 version with Dalton free on youtube. Also Dalton in Rocketeer & Flash Gordon 1980...where I thought that at the time that guy can totally be Bond. Also Felix Leiter in this movie is the same Felix Leiter from Live & Let Die.
Agreed. Also, check out two other really good ones featuring him: "The Doctor and the Devils," a kinda obscure one from 1985, which also features Jonathan Pryce and Patrick Stewart. It's actually been posted on TH-cam, just type in the title. And "Hot Fuzz" from 2007.
The shark attack on Felix was taken from the Fleming novel Live and Let Die
There is only one name for your icelandic puffin. THOR!!!!!
What happened to Felix is actually straight out of one of the original novels. Even down to the note. The books were always darker than the films.
Totally agree! 👍
In every John Glenn film there's a jumpscare involving animals too if you notice...
For Your Eyes Only: Bird flying out on the cliff face.
Octopussy: Bird flying out of the palace wall / tiger jumping out of a bush
A View To A Kill: cat on the stairs
The Living Daylights: monkey jumping out in front of Bond in Gibraltar.
Licence To Kill: Shark breaking through a metal grate at Milton Crest's dock area / birds flying out as he absails outside of Sanchez's casino office window.
Every John Glen film also contains a villain/henchman falling to their death:
FYEO - Emile Locque is kicked over the cliff in his Mercedes. Also the guy at the monastery at the end of the climbing sequence.
OP - Gobinda sent off the top of Khans plane by Bond.
AVTAK - Max Zorin sent off Golden Gate bridge into the ocean below.
TLD - Agent 004 at the begin has his rope cut by the KGB assassin in Gibraltar.
LTK - bad guys drive over the cliff during the tanker chase sequence.
I love both of Daltons Bond movies.
When I read reviews of this movie, they varied between people feeling turned off by the darkness of it, to people saying, "This is more like the real James Bond (from the books)." From what I read, "License To Kill" didn't do that well at the box office, and that seemed to be one reason that Dalton didn't do more Bond movies.
Just a suggestion, but you may want to check out the Gladys Knight music video for the title theme to this movie, because it's a production all its own. She added a little something extra to her single release of this song that's not in the movie version.
Dalton waited five years for their lawsuits to be over and was looking forward to a third Bond but they wanted to lock him in to three more movies total which would mean up to ten years. He’s an Aries March 21 (impatient - hates to wait!) with Moon (emotions) in Scorpio (intense, private).
He likes to be active!
I hope you watch Timothy Dalton in his other movies: Hawks by Barry Gibb, Framed (with a young Penelope Cruz), Wuthering Heights!!!!! the Doctor and the Devils, The Rocketeer, Hot Fuzz, Jane Eyre 1983, Chuck (volkoff), Penny Dreadful…
Both Dalton and Brosnan are very underrated
The most hypnotic, badass bond film!
My favourite Bond movie of them all (next to On Her Majesty's Secret Service) - Dalton my favourite Bond. Great reaction.
Again - as I wrote in the comments for your "The Living Daylight"-video: I like your summarys of your videos!
License to kill was, when I watched it in cinema 1989 not the same feeling as The Living Daylights. But really fast it grows and grows. Today I think License to kill is a classic and on my personell ranking on a solid 5th Rank!
The action is outstanding, John Richardson nailed the practical effects and create some of the best explosions in the series.
The movie is really dark and gritty, the music of Michael Kamen nail this mood too and Dalton is really brilliant!
It's a shame that for legal fights going over years he quitt the role in 1991. I have loved to see him in a third act!
The best Bond moment ever is when Bond is on the ground. Injured, exhausted...the movies are never so close to the novels than in this scene! This was and is a real Bond - so I agree with you.
What I like also is: Desmond Llewlyn has his biggest part in the series. I really enjoy his funny stuff.
As I wrote on your Living Daylight video: Dalton is the best Bond so far! A great actor and a great Bond! Highly recommended!
Excuse my English...the last English lessons were in 1988... ;-)
That was a fun reaction to one of my all-time favorite movies. Cool shirt too by the way 👍🏿
This is my favorite Bond movie. It's dark and sexy, I love it. Loved your reaction.
I think if people have read Fleming and appreciate him, they are more receptive to Dalton. I know as a fan of the books at the time the fact that his portrayal was so close to the book is what I really enjoyed.
"License To Kill" is my favorite James Bond movie! I have seen every James Bond except the last one. (you can have Daniel, he is not my James Bond)
Dude, your appreciation for the best Bond has earned you another sub. Respect for the lost 3rd Dalton Bond film 😢😢😢😢😢😢
Timothy Dalton is the closest to Ian Flemings original version of bond from the books. Some people like that and some don't.
Personally I love it, he's such a cold killer with some dark humour yet still extremely suave. Similar to Craig, yes.
But Craig lacks the suave and is more direct.
Both are the most brutal bonds though
Gladys Knight’s Licence to Kill theme song is my Favorite 007 theme song.🐼
I grew up with Roger Moore as my Bond, but it was Licence To Kill that was my favorite Bond movie for a long time which is funny since it’s the most un-Bond movie of them all; most violent, least formulaic, etc. And I feel like this movie was well received at the time but has since been retroactively shat on in the last 30 years for some inexplicable reason but seriously, Dalton’s two outings were soooo damn good it’s disheartening knowing there was never more.
This came out during Pablo Escobar's heyday and the movie reflects those times of the 80's. If my memory serves me well, it did poorly at the box office because they did a bad job promoting the movie before it came out. It is one of my 5 top Bond movies ever made
It was also directly competing with Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade, Ghostbusters II and Lethal Weapon 2 being released in summer, that’s why all the Bond films afterwards with the exception of No Time To Die had a November release date just before Christmas.
According to an interview I read recently, Dalton was willing to do no more than 2 but the the producers wanted to sign him up for at least 5. Dalton did not want to commit to that many so he walked away from the role.
Dalton was contracted to do 3 Bond films, but it took almost 6 years between his second movie and what would be his third film to begin production. By that time, his contract had already expired, and he decided it not to renew it and move on from Bond.
My favorite James Bond film!
I love Timothy as Bond ! He is just so cool, handsome and dangerous. xx
Licence to kill is definitely the darkest bond film it had to be cut for a PG13 rating in the US
One of my favorites!
Bond killing Sanchez with a lighter from Leiter is quite punny. This will be the last Felix until Craig.
Pam is one of my top Bond girls. When she comes in with the new haircut 😍 Though a bit jealous, she is very capable and proves invaluable to James.
While I don't love the title song, the credit theme 'If You Asked Me To' is dynamite.
i'm glad you liked this film, most people didn't like this Bond entry because it was more violent than other Bond films and the fact that it was a revenge movie. but those are all the reasons why i liked it, it was different for once. i can't wait for your reaction to GoldenEye, there's a reason why it's most people's favourite Bond film (or at least in the top 3).
Agreed. This and Goldeneye are in my top three, but I have no idea what the third one is. It would be easier for me to say what it ISN'T than what it is.
Great review bro,
So happy that you liked this great bond movie, I saw it in the theaters back in 89, this is one of the best bond movies, both of daltons bonds are among the best 👌, dalton is the best actor to play bond, and take it from me who has read all of Ian Flemings books daltons bond is definitely the closest to Flemings vision.
Dalton is bond James bond.
Definitely the Video Nasty of the James Bond franchise.
Michael Kamen made the music,he work in Die Hard, Lethal Weapon, was an expert of action and suspense music for movies.License to kill is one of my favourite Bond film and Dalton is my favourite James Bond
This came out the year I had just graduated. I was supposed to be out looking for a job, but this was playing in the dollar theater at the time. I took the bus to go see it every single day and sometimes twice in the same day. I must have watched this about 50 times. It was not my favorite, but I loved the feel of it as well. I was not happy Dalton would not be in GoldenEye, but once I saw GoldenEye, I was blown away. I hope you like the next one as well.
This film has five really gruesome deaths, more than all the previous put together, pretty much. Seeing Heller hanging like a ragdoll from the forklift is pure horror.
The first Bond film to earn the PG-13 rating. After 12 years and 7 films with Roger Moore, it was definitely time for a change. Great to see David Hedison reprise the role of Felix.
Very dark and Dalton was underestimated ..
Then we had the Awful ( after Goldeneye ) Brosnan .
Lol Thank god Jason Bourne came along.
that shark's scene with Felix was planned for Live and let Die originally but they seemed kinda very cruel for the joking and funny, kinda familiar tone of the Moore era that have a funnier Bond, Dalton was darker obviously in his only two movies!
I'm so glad that you had a chance to see that before Craig, Dalton got Bond to get DARK. And the first one to have a swear word!
Hemingway loved cats and was known for breeding 6 toed cats
You've really got to react to "Hot Fuzz" Timothy Dalton is in it, and he's great.
I’m a serial killer…OF PRICES!!!!
Love your channel. Keep up the awesome reactions.
Dalton was a great Bond .. I don’t care what anyone says. And it was awesome to see this movie at the cinema back in the day
The house belonged to writer ( Ernest heminway) he left the house to cats. Turned it into a cat sanctuary. ..
Naked sleeping ? I never did till I was a teenager, then did for years and now don't. Not weird.
Hagrid incoming!
It's too hot to not sleep naked. I don't need a quilt. I am never cold.
My top 5 favorite bond film
This is one of the top Bond movies.
This is the movie that bumped up the franchise to the PG-13 rating, after all. Although, I find No Time to Die much darker than this one, while not as violence as this.
Master Stuffin the Puffin
Great reaction🔥💯🔥💯
Fr tho Sanchez has the most brutal Bond villain death IMO.
This was my first james bond movie I saw in the theatre.
Seen all the others before this one.
But this film in particular really got me interested in James Bond.
Used to think oh there just a bunch a spy movies. But how this one connects felix character, mentions james bonds wife, and he also breaks the rules in this one. And also hands in his resignation.
And Q plays a longer part also.
After Licence to Kill The bond franchise got brought to a halt for 6 years because a lawsuit was filed against EON Productions and Metro Goldwyn Mayer. Which indeed led to Timothy Dalton walking away from the role of James Bond after 2 entries.
If there was a real bond it DEFINITELY would be Dalton.
Not among my favourites but he is actually bond lol ...
My brain was VERY confused for a couple of seconds at 24:45 when Q heard someone knock on the door then YOU opened the door and Huxley came in. My brain: "Wait - what happened to Q? And how did Huxley knock?"
You should name your puffin Dalton 😄.
In the book Live and Let Die Felix Dies by the shark
When you were in Iceland, did you get to The Icelandic Phallological Museum? This is not Q's last movie.
Dalton should have been bond the entire 1980s
Dalton is my favorite Bond so I was going Yes! most of this review and The Living Daylights review
Thanks for the video!! See you later!! Stay safe.😁 Happy 4th Of July!
Well, that's 48:28 of my evening all planned out!
This movie kinda reminds me of Delta Force 2 starring Chuck Norris lol.
Name him Vik .... as in Reykjavik ..... or Rey!
You gotta react to ( IF LOOKS COULD KILL ) 1991🔥. Who is Michael Corbin????
I really like License to Kill heck I like it better than Living Daylights
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12:12 THATS ALOT A COKE!!!! THATS A JUST FOR THE DRINK TASTE OF ITTTT COKE!!!!!! AHHH!!!!!!!! THATS A WHAT SHE SAID!!!!! ALSO, THATS ALOTTOA FISH!!!
Iceland trip? Sounds fun. May I suggest you and your family consider taking a trip to my own motherland, Portugal, in the future? Most people who visit Portugal seem to have a great time, as well. *STAY CLASSY VLOG* is a great TH-cam channel of a Danish couple living in Portugal if you'd like to check it out and get a better idea of our country, culture and people.
As for the film reaction, Timothy Dalton is my favorite James Bond. I really wish they would've cast him for at least one more 007 film.
Nice Intro.
This was not Q's last film.
This for me is Dalton’s best, The Living Daylights has a nicer presentation and more traditional bond elements. But the plot gets lost in the 2nd half and villains were too light for Dalton, Licence to kill had a stronger story and villains that suited Dalton’s darker bond portrayal. Sanchez is charismatic and evil all at once, Robert Davi done a brilliant job and meshed with Dalton seamlessly.
I always get disappointed when Licence to Kill ends because I know this is Dalton’s last, I always felt he deserved one more film or two. It’s a shame the series went into a lawsuit preventing Dalton from coming back. He was supposed to return for Goldeneye.
Dalton was ahead of his time, most people were not ready for him in the late 80s especially after years of the jokey Roger Moore. Also Dalton had replaced Brosnan who was originally set to play bond in The Living Daylights but couldn’t get out of his TV contract, so Dalton stepped in as option 2. Ironically though Brosnan replaced Dalton for Goldeneye later on.
I could never get into the Bond movies that were made before the 80s. Just don't like older films.
Dalton had a contract to do 4 Bond movies or for so many years, whichever happened first. There was some kind of legal dispute over the Bond rights, so filming was stalled after this film.
Once the legalities cleared they asked Dalton to do Goldeneye, and said sure, I can do one more. And they said nope you will have to do at least a 3 movie contract. So he declined
Boffo the Puffin?