James Bond (Timothy Dalton) returns with a vengeance in LICENCE TO KILL. Having just witnessed his best friend's wedding, Bond is shocked when he learns that ruthless drug runner Franz Sanchez (Robert Davi) has assaulted the couple on their honeymoon, killing the bride. Assisted by the twiggy Drug Enforcement Agent Pam Bouvier (Carey Lowell) and the gadget wizard Q (Patrick Llewelyn), Bond resigns from Her Majesty’s Secret Service and pursues justice on his own. Perhaps the darkest of the 007 films, LICENCE TO KILL, exhibits a previously unseen side of James Bond. Maniacal at times, ex-agent 007, detonates everything in his way on the road to avenging his friend's bride.
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Benicio Del Toro as Dario Carey Lowell as Pam Bouvier Talisa Soto as Lupe Lamora Timothy Dalton as James Bond
[Killifer, who took the bribe, is dangling on a rope over shark-infested water]
Ed Killifer: There's $2 million in that suitcase. I'll split it with you.
James Bond: You earned it. You keep it, Old Buddy!
[Throws the case at him, knocking him into the water]
Sharkey: God, what a terrible waste.
[Bond gives him a look]
Sharkey: Of money.
The second and last picture to have Timothy Dalton as a cold as ice James Bond is 1989's LICENCE TO KILL. If you like your 007s as dry as a dry martini, this may be the Bond for you. Otherwise, you may feel Dalton belongs with George Lazenby (ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE) as one of the actors who disgraced the Bond name.
