Review of Licence to Kill (1989) by Colin S — 23 Feb 2016

Not the regular kind of Bond, but certainly a welcome diversion, and well-suited to Dalton's emotionally-charged take on the character. More of a regular action film in the vein of most 80s/90s productions, and this is possibly the goriest of the whole series to boot.

Lowell has spunk and it's possibly here that the tenor of femmes fatales in the series changed for the better. Davi earns more stripes for his excellently-portrayed movie villains, and a young Del Toro for the same as well in one of his firsts.

It's not without its cracks showing though - it's mostly blind luck that gets Bond through the plot yet again, and also, that's clearly pasta, not maggots.