Best movie of this year hands down!

Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Movie Review: "007: Licence To Kill" (1989)This "007" comes along with an highly U.S. Americanized attitude. In the wake of hard-boild action movies as "Lethal Weapon" (1987) and "Die Hard" (1988) the character of James Bond, portrayed once again in boldness-striking charactization by actor Timothy Dalton, in where his "007" interpretation gets on a private vendetta to avenge his closest friend, cold-blooded executed by the strongest Bond Nemesis in years; the character of Franz Sanchez, performed by buttocks-whipping ironized-ruling antagonist-indulging actor Robert Davi, who from a sophisticated helicopter-airplane-capturing live-action stunt work beginnings to a fire-breathing truck crashing finish line in "Licence To Kill", which keeps the character of James Bond on the run throughout the picture.The production office gets new additions with Barbara Broccoli, acting associate producer alongside her father Albert R. Broccoli (1909-1996), who gambles with producing partner Michael G. Wilson on denying to rely on any of the intial author Ian Fleming (1908-1964) short stories. The original screenplay by Richard Maibaum (1909-1991) and Michael G. Wilson, in final functions at the writing department before the break-a-new "GoldenEye" (1995), brings in high-risk new features close to an R-rated body count in fierce gun fights, live-flesh shark feedings, explosions in mid-summer heat and a Mexican-U.S. border drug war with the character of Sanchez, seeking vengeance for temporarly imprisonement in a realism-preaching pre-title sequence, cleaning up all competitors in the process to achieve a money-for-drugs business deal about to be stopped by Bond.To this point "Licence To Kill" (1989) marks arguably the most realistic "007" action movie since "Dr. No" (1962). The emotional relationships between James Bond portraying actor Timothy Dalton and actress Carey Lowell, given face to originally written character of Pam Bouvier, who takes part of the action from casino decoying beats to up in the air compact plane navigations. In this "007" movie, everything what James Bond stands-for has been put in jeopardy, which makes it stand out in the crowd of an total twenty-four pictures between 1962 and 2015. The suspense is heart-pounding at times with a constant under pressure James Bond targeting even "Q", portrayed by Desmond Llewelyn (1914-1999) at age 74, in a Key West hotel room before receiving his first fingerprint-signature weapon; a rifle, not yet the pistol, to assassinate Sanchez in his office from an exterior rooftop vantage point at night.This Bond makes full use of its 32 Million U.S. Dollar production budget, captured mainly on U.S. American and Mexican locations, which gives "Licence To Kill" a certain summer movie image system, elegantly shot by cinematographer Alec Mills, accompanied by an back-to-the-classics embracing score composer Michael Kamen (1948-2003), when Timothy Dalton gives his farewells to the character of James Bond, which he has given his own signature to be enjoyed in highly recommended revisits of Bond 16.© 2017 Felix Alexander Dausend (Cinemajesty Entertainments LLC)

It has a strong story line and grit that breaks away from the 'Roger Moore era' descent into farce - he was a lovely guy, an excellent actor and did a good job with the material he was given, but the material was a bit of a travesty of the 007 legacy. What is more, Carey Lowell is among my favourite Bond girls. She brought character and attitude that made a terrific contrast to Talita Soto's sultry ornamental role, but I thought she was great to look at too - definitely my type of gal :o)

I know this isn't a revelation, but 'Licence to Kill' doesn't at all feel like a James Bond movie. It's just one of those things you have to see for yourself. The locations look cheap, the drug plot has "Miami Vice" written all over it and the revenge angle gets lost in the shuffle once OO7 runs south of the border. I thought they were just patterning Bond after American action movies with that opening score, but they actually hired Michael Kamen. It's no wonder this sounds like "Die Hard".Following "The Living Daylights", Dalton deserved a better movie.5/10

James Bond, has been around for decades upon decades. He has had six actors and 24 films. Multiple books, video games, spin-offs and parodies have also been made. So out of all of that material, why is this my favorite? Multiple reasons, honestly. For starters, it's my favorite Bond film with my favorite Bond, Timothy Dalton. The Living Daylights is excellent, however this is his finest work. Mr. Dalton is dark, brooding and cold. He is the assassin Bond, and has no limits. He goes beyond the limits of M16 after his friend Felix Lighter has his leg bitten off by a shark at the hands of a drug dealer named Sanchez. Bond goes after him and everyone who is working with him to avenge Felix. Multiple James Bond movies have had negative reactions upon first release, but have made fans over the years. You can find at least one person who defends each film in the series, and this one is no different. It almost always ranks towards the top or bottom of everyone's rankings of the films because of how much it stands out and how darker it is compared to the rest of the series. Which brings me to my next point.This movie is almost that of controversy among Bond fans, due to heavy themes of gritty violence and the constant presence of drugs. Not to mention, Bond going rogue sparked a fire of rage and confusion among fans. I love it not just because it's the best Bond film but it's one of the greatest action-revenge films of all time. This is not your everyday Bond film but if you're looking for a truly great and stand out 007 film, this is a good place to look.