Timothy Dalton's second outing as Bond sees him seeking revenge on an evil drug lord, Franz Sanchez (Robert Davi), for permanently disabling his old ally Felix, and killing his wife. Here Dalton has grown well into the Bond character, and plays him as a gritty determined killer, much as he was in the Fleming novels. There are some well worked stunts, notably an armoured truck falling into the sea, and the villains subsequent escape, but none of them are ever as over the top, or unrealistic as those seen in the Roger Moore films. Also seen are some excellent gadgets, much missed in the later Moore films. While the formula has been updated for the modern world, and Bond is returned to his macho self in the Sean Connery style. It is a shame Dalton didn't do more Bonds as he certainly had the character to a T.
Review of Licence to Kill
