License to Kill is the 16th Bond film and
was released in in 1989. The movie is a showcase of the 80s cocaine drug
cartels of Latin America and Japan within the beautiful state of Florida,
the story sets 007 on a personal quest for revenge and truly demonstrates what
happens when the chains come off from British Secret Service agent.
the interpretation of Bond is one of the darkest,
grittiest and true to the character’s core elements when it comes to Bond movies,
but it can also be seen as a contemporary imagining as it heavily focuses on
the narcotic crimes of the 80s, which had already been seen in features such as
Scarface, Lethal Weapons, Miami Connection and the popular Miami Vice
television show. License to Kill is a stylish blast of 80s aesthetics that is
ever increasing in popularity today.
Ian Fleming’s James Bond is a ruthless, frightening, casually sexist blunt instrument of foreign policy that unfortunately has never been fully captured in the movies, but the wolf-eyed Timothy Dalton gives us one of the closest showcases of Bond’s vengeful nature, the physical and mental damage that has broken him into pieces, but his English-pride will never let him give up.
Ian Fleming’s James Bond is a ruthless, frightening, casually sexist blunt instrument of foreign policy that unfortunately has never been fully captured in the movies, but the wolf-eyed Timothy Dalton gives us one of the closest showcases of Bond’s vengeful nature, the physical and mental damage that has broken him into pieces, but his English-pride will never let him give up.
