PLOT
Bond's CIA friend, Felix Leiter is brutally injured and Felix's wife murdered by a Drug Lord, Franz Sanchez. Bond goes out on a private vendetta against Franz Sanchez and to stop the drug operation Bond uncovers.
BACKGROUND
This would be the last Bond film to star Timothy Dalton as James Bond.
Some felt this was the most violent of all the Bond films.
HIGHLIGHTS
The catching of an escaping airplane via a sky cable from pursuing helicopter.
Bond's underwater escape via harpoon gun rope attached to plane.
End sequence with Semi-trucks on a narrow, winding road.
GADGETS
Signature gun
Sniper rifle w/ an optical palm reader (programmed to recognize only Bond's palm).
Remote detonator
Electronic fuse concealed as a cigarette box (activated via remote unit on Bond).
Plastic explosive
Contained within a toothpaste tube.
TITLE SONG / MUSIC ARTIST
"Licence to Kill" - Gladys Knight |