Why have world domination craving villains when you can just p*ss Bond off, big time. Shortly after the film’s release, pre-production began on the next film in the series. It is an independently run non-profit website from a personal basis in spare time. Eschewing the old approach of the pre-credit sequence marking the end of a different mission or being completely unrelated to the following plot, Licence To Kill introduces most of the film’s key players in the first few minutes. Looking for some great streaming picks? We have two Bond girls too. Krest’s death is seen in nauseating detail as his head explodes all over a glass window in the tank, it is a scene that would not be out of place in David Cronenberg’s Scanners but seems a little too extreme for a Bond film. After capturing a drug lord, Felix Leiter is left for dead and his wife is murdered. 23. B-Movie-Darsteller Robert Davi bleibt als Drogenboss trotz Leguan mit Brilli-Halsband blass und von der humorvollen Leichtigkeit der Roger-Moore-Ära hatte dieser Film nichts mehr. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. James Bond: This is no place for you, Q. forces. Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami (1988), Davi Sings Sinatra: On the Road to Romance, official Robert Davi sings Sinatra website. The fact that Sanchez is involved in a multi-million dollar drug smuggling operation is entirely circumstantial and simply offers Bond the opportunity to cause maximum disruption to his organisation. Instead the film was shot on location in Florida and at the Estudios Churubusco in Mexico City. James Bond is on possibly his most brutal mission yet. Geburtsdatum Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Due to the introduction of the 1985 Film Act resulting in raised taxes for film production, Licence To Kill was the first Bond film not to be produced in the UK. With the majority of Fleming’s original titles used for the film series already it was decided that this film would be a wholly original adventure for the character only using a plot point from Live And Let Die and a character from short story The Hildebrand Rarity as inspiration for the film. Looking for something to watch? Don't make any mistakes this is not a Bond film that would be broadcast during a Bank Holiday afternoon. The ice cool look of anger as he dumps a bad guy into a shark tank with a case fool of money is fantastic as is his reaction to finding Lieter's dead wife. Q: Oh, don’t be an idiot, 007. Confirmation: The Hard Evidence of Aliens Among Us? A weak-willed man with eyes for Sanchez’s mistress, his death at the hands of Sanchez is probably the most controversial in the franchise’s history particularly as Bond essentially uses Sanchez to despatch Krest by setting him up. It also marked the final series appearances of Robert Brown as M and Caroline Bliss in her short lived role of Miss Moneypenny, however, series favourite Q, played by Desmond Llewellyn, is given an extended role in the film requiring him to do more than just supply the gadgets. The scene was so complex it required three separate film units to achieve. ?????? The recovery of a microchip off the body of a fellow agent, leads James Bond to a mad industrialist who plans to create a worldwide microchip monopoly by destroying California's Silicon Valley. Dalton really rises to the occasion here and ensures that he will be remembered as a fine actor who played the part of James Bond. Uwe Friedrichsen. What we have here is a film that is graphically violent. The trucks are put through their paces by the stunt team with Bond evading a stinger missile by driving a truck on its side at one point. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. The sequence is brilliantly choreographed and provides a memorable climax to the film. James Bond: I guess it’s, uh….a farewell to arms. Despite the obvious age difference between Hedison and Dalton, their relaxed relationship works well on-screen making the vengeful plot line more believable. Robert Davi is an award-winning actor, screenwriter, director, producer and jazz vocalist. I would argue it is a Bond ahead of its time as audiences now can relate to Daniel Craig’s tougher Bond in a post-Bourne age, yet Bond had already taken a darker turn here in the late eighties leaving audiences unsure about the new approach meaning it had nowhere else to go but to revert to the formulaic style that had served the series so well up to now. Robert Davi, best known at the time for his bad guy role of Jake Fratelli in The Goonies and as FBI Special Agent Johnson in Die Hard, was offered the role at the suggestion of Broccoli’s daughter Tina and Richard Maibaum after seeing the actor in the lead role of the television film Terrorist On Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami.