"You earned it, you keep it. Old buddy." - one of the darkest and coolest Bond moments

Timothy Dalton was tragically under appreciated at the time.

Favourite Bond, favourite movie. I think its funny how Q is always telling Bond to bring his equipment back in one piece and cussing him for not respecting his work but in this movie Q uses the gadget hidden in the broom and then straight away throws it in the bushes!

Timothy Dalton's take on the Bond character was ahead of its time. #Facts

Dalton is overlooked. I'd definitely say that GoldenEye was written with him in mind. He was good in The Rocketeer too.

The Dalton era was ahead of its time

The darkest and most violent James Bond movie ever made.

The most underrated James Bond movie ever

"We gave her a nice honeymoon." Darkest moment of any Bond film aside from the end of 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service'

My favourite bond movie, so violent! We need another one of these!!

I wish Dalton had done more Bond films. I always though he was a very good Bond and 2 more good films might made him the best Bond. And "Licence to Kill" was brutal, rough and realistic. Imagine more of this!

The action set pieces of this film are brilliant. The water skiing, the execution of Krest and the finale are amazing and old school. Also Pam Bouvier, along with Goldeneye’s Natalya, the most underrated Bond girl to date. Great character.

Genuinely, if it wasnt for my unwavering love of On Her Majesty's Secret Service this would be my number 1 Bond film. This movie is genuinely brilliant all around; from the score, the action set pieces, the characters, the way Bond uses Sanchez' loyalty against him, this movie is just top notch all around.

“You earnt it. You keep it, old buddy!” Dalton’s portrayal of Bond is IMO the best. The rage, is beautifully juxtaposed against the cheek he shows when he looks up Pam, and the sensitivity he shows towards Q. Just take a look at the scene when he is interrogated by the HK agents... “P**s Off” 007 snitching on Q?! Forget it. Also just take a look when he kills Sanchez, he is sitting on a boulder rock, bloodied, beaten and close to tears. Beautiful absolutely brilliant

Amazing to think that summer 89 actually had films we all wanted to see.

I love this film. I never get bored with it. Count me among the Dalton fans.

Timothy Dalton is such an amazing Bond.

“Must have been hard to write a song called License to Kill.” Bob Dylan: I’m right here.

Such an underrated Bond film, ahead of its time...

I loved Pattie LaBelle’s “If You Asked Me To”.

Second best Bond movie ever. Violent as hell, realistic villain, breaks the formula, and Bond feels like an actual person.

It was too hard edge for people for the time but now we have Craig who goes just as hard. BTTF Marty "I guess you guys aren't ready for that, yet. But your kids are gonna love it."

Sanchez - " You could of had everything" Bond - " Don't you want to know why?" - Bond torches bad guy with Felix Leiter lighter, and bad guy blows up in his own cocaine which he had turned into gasoline.....Poetic Justice Note: They forgot to add that Dalton was superb as the villain in Rocketeer!

Ok people think is dark and violent but I think it’s really awesome and underrated. Also benicio Del toro was good and hot and the ending truck chase is one of the most awesome action scenes maybe of the 80s

I've always seen Tim's Bond to be a man who just doesn't care about fashion or looking clean and cut, he just wears whatever he has to get the job done. To me that's just another part of his character.

Just watched this yesterday TD just turned 75

Still one of my favourite Bond movies. Disappointed that there weren't more Dalton movies.

Blew me away. The exact words to describe watching this at the cinema. Still my fave Bond to this day, Criminally under appreciated (as was Dalton).

this is my favorite bond movie and favorite theme song.

Timothy Dalton was so unappreciated Bond, he is one of my top 3

This was the first Bond film that I ever saw. When I was a kid, I thought it was just another action film. At that time I didn’t realize that it was part of this legendary film franchise. This one is always going to be memorable to me for being my first Bond flick.

I just watched this again the other day. I have to confirm that his movies have aged so well. At the time of release though, I recall that he was getting panned for being too dark, too gritty, too straight-laced. Bear in mind, we were just coming off the Roger Moore Bond movies. And it was jarring to see the Adam West goofy style of Bond movies switch over to a Christopher Nolan Dark Knight style. But to more modern eyes rewatching these Dalton films, you can't help but realize that they were years ahead of the times...

One of my favorite Bond films...I really like Timothy Dalton!!

Thank you for pointing out that this movie has more Ian Fleming in it than most entries. Timothy Dalton is the only actor to play James Bond as Ian Fleming wrote him. He's my favorite Bond.

Dalton's most memorable outing as bond and one of my favourite bond films ever. Easily a top 10 bond film and the best bond film of the 1980s. As an action film alone it's great and yeah I have to agree they were trying to follow the trend of Scarface and Miami Vice. However in my opinion this film is the most Ian Fleming bond outing ever. I give this film 9/10

Still my favourite Bond movie. Started reading the novels at 9 years old so when this came out, I was 20, I was like "That is Bond"!

Most underrated Bond movie ever!!! Also, the editing with Patrick Swayze was awesome!!!!!

Sitting, listening, waiting for Chris to give Carey Lowell props and a 10 out of 10 ...... YES! Thank you!

I showed this movie to my mom because she has never seen this actor as James Bond. This movie was great

Really underrated. Hemingway house in Key West! Ninjas! Benicio del Toro! Smoking Carey Lowell! Has everything!

I appreciate that you guys put together such great Bond retrospectives. Dalton was very good in the role and it is a shame he didn't get a third film.

License to Kill is one of my favorite Bond movies, and Timothy Dalton's version of Bond was the best one so far in my opinion. I am a huge Robert Davi fan as well. I consider this the most underrated Bond movie.

Always used to kinda scare me as a kid. Had both Dalton's on VHS and would watch Living Daylights obsessively. I'm gonna go watch License to Kill now

This was my first James Bond movie I ever saw in theaters with my Dad one of the things we watched together and both loved. It will always have a place in my memories as well loved.

"the only man to play Felix Leiter twice"... Geoffrey Wright: am I a joke to you?

Dalton is my favorite Bond. Great actor, wish he was more well-known!

The thing is though, there are more typical Bond elements in it than people seem to remember.

"Watch the birdie you Bastard..." ugh, gets me every time! Hate it when tv broadcasts cut it to pieces.

Jeffrey Wright has also played Felix Leiter twice and when no time to die comes out it will be the 3rd time

My personal favourite of the Dalton movies

the cut to Road House was so fluent, hell, no one would've noticed that in cinemas back then 😅😅😅

Dalton could kill you with his eyes. Felix survives a shark attack and the villians were kind enough to return him to his room. Hospitality a+

I also adore this film. Dalton's hair is fantastic!!!

One of the absolute best Bond movies, great villain, fantastic bond girl and theme. Paved the way for future installments, the world just wasn't ready for it yet

rewatched it recently and i would even give it a 9/10 it just holds up much better than most of the other james bond movies, i think... loved every minute of it and i had the song playing a lot shortly after seeing it again...

Such an underrated movie I love it

'turn the bloody machine off!!!' Such a great movie and the truck chase is truly amazing

Definitely the most underrated and darkest of all the Bond films. Its also one of the top 5 best Bond films of all time.

Gruesome action,great plot,insanely hot Bond girls,menacing villain and a majestic Timothy Dalton as Bond ...one of the greatest Bond movies ever it aged perfectly it was ahead of its time ..Too bad Dalton didn't do more Bond movies 7:20 Dalton should play Professor Xavier if Marvel reboots Xmen 8:02 Davi said nothing wrong

Hands down the most underrated Bond film!

Dalton is fantastic in Doom Patrol. He’s such a great understated actor...

All of who saw it as kids will never EVER forget the pressure chamber sequence

Really enjoying you going through the whole series. Good work man

I was always watching this, my dad's video of NSNA, and AVTAK. In Ireland we had the uk TV channels and they always had bond on. I was crazy into Goldeneye when it came out, I was 11, but from a young age I was familiar with Bond. LTK particularly is burned into my memory. When I was older I read the books and appreciated Dalton even more. The Bond films can be sometimes topical so this definitely fits the end of the 80s. Had the third one happened then it would have involved robotics and China and Hong Kong. Some elements being used for Tomorrow Never Dies (97 was when the handover happened) With Dalton you definitely get that cold, icy streak and he can appear like he is scanning the room and is always on his guard. With him you really believe he is in fact a Commander in the Royal Navy. Dalton can tell you that Bond has seen things with just a glance. While I enjoy the Bond girls (Eva Green, Monica Bellucci, Barbara Carrera, Britt Eckland, Famke Jannsen and of course Ursula Andress in particular) it makes sense a killer like him wouldn't be attaching himself so easily to many women over the course of a mission. He can be utterly charming and witty but there is a real cold determination to him and you wouldn't want to fuck with Daltons Bond. I recently rewatched a bunch of Bond and while I know every beat in this I enjoyed it far more than I thought i would. It is so solid. The set pieces are great and having a few gadgets thrown in, Talisa Soto, a sort of female counterpart and a brilliant villain makes this one of the best. Technically I think the game James Bond the Duel was Daltons last official Bond outing... (note to anyone who hasn't played Everything or Nothing??? Hunnt it down and play it. Pierce, Dench, Cleese, Willem Defoe as zorins protégé, return of Jaws, Mya who also does theme song, heidi Klum and Shannon Elizabeth... Different styles of gameplay, great story, great locations and tons of fun... A brilliant send off to Brosnan, waaaaay better than the movie one!) but he was just on the cover in 92/3 I think. A good point btw made about how violent the original books were. I recently went over them again and besides getting hungry and thirsty(he writes so well about food and drink are great) and chuckling about how parts of it are soooooo of it's time (the whole Pussy Galore thing in the book) is how violent and dark at times the books get. It's not even for violence sake, but Fleming I suppose considered that not many spies retire and at times its kill or be killed, and you weren't going up against reasonable people... So I can see why after the raised eyebrow and quip heavy Moore films the change in pace was jarring but it was a different time and IN the source material. A shame he didn't get another chance, because I am sure a comfortable Dalton would have given something special for Bond of the 90s...but we got the fantastic Goldeneye so not all bad!! Always amused me when Brosnan was cast... The whole British Isles represented in Bond then, Connery for Scots, Moore for English, Dalton for Welsh and Brosnan Irish. (Lazenby Australian too not forgetting love for you guys!) Although of course Bond is Scottish. It's my birthday in April and planning to make Vespers for first time. Probably not many because of how strong! (Unfortunately I can't have the real Vesper)And hopefully order a few of the products he liked so we can have Bond meals too. There a great website on Bonds food, drink, smoking, gambling habits etc. Some of the products are still available and it has insight to how Fleming got the idea for certain things. Great reading for Bond fans. I'm not affiliated but it's www.thejamesbonddossier.com

The most beautiful women, lots of Q, Benito DelToro and Wayne Newton ! Great movie.

Timothy Dalton is only under rated by simpletons he was a great bond and people realise over the years

Dalton chose not to return due to the fact that by the time they got the legal battles sorted out, Dalton was nearly 50. He only wanted to do one more film due to his age, but Cubby Brocolli didn't want to relaunch the franchise with someone who was only going to do a single film. At that point, Dalton stepped down.

One of the most underrated Bond movies - a great movie that deserves a revisit

Also the extra scene “James Bond watches tv” (cut out ) is great :D

Dalton was always my favourite, especially after reading some of the Fleming stories.

The best bond forever!

I always thought one of the problems here is that it's a "change of pace" Bond movie before Dalton even had a "pace" movie (since TLD was mostly developed when they thought Moore would be back again.)

This film was ahead of its time and very under-appreciated. Craig’s films basically used this as a blueprint

I love the musical score from Michael Kamen. "License Revoked" and "Sanchez in the Bahamas" are worth downloading as workout music

Robert davi made a great villian cause his character is somewhat likeable even tho hes evil

One of my favorites as well. I much prefer the grittier, more intense Bond films. The only thing I didn't care for is Dalton's Bond hair style. It's almost as bad as the villains.

That bar dancer never stopped dancing. Even when they started shooting she just lets it wiggle. When you got a job to do...

Best Bond Film Ever... Yes it has its problems, the films looks at times as a TV movie, Talisa Soto, absolutely beautiful, but terrible in the acting stakes... but IMO it really is the best Bond film. Those who says that this isn’t a Bond film... well they are wrong, the setting maybe then contemporary... but the tone and subject matter is very much Fleming.

Timothy Dalton made really 2 solid Bond entries and this movie features my favourite Bond girl in Carey Lowell's Pam Bouvier. Q giving Bond a signature gun is something they revisited in Skyfall.

13:25 Don't forget Ghostbusters II came out that summer as well.

This is my favorite Bond movie.

Absolutely love this movie. One of my favorite Bond movies.

The most UNDERRATED Bond movie. If there were no license to kill there would be no Daniel Craig movies.

Dalton's two bond's stand out in the franchise mainly because of his incredible acting talent. The plus in this second dalton film is looking at cary, she is so hot.

I liked the living daylights much more than this one because I felt this movie went back to the old tired formula. However, the stuff with Q is so charming, the villain is pretty cool and I loved Pam Bouvier. ohh and of course I love Timothy Dalton as bond, probably top 3 for me.

People might have hated at the time but it's still my favourite, totally underrated and completely agree with you Mr. Baumbray, Dalton's Bond was so close to Fleming's character

The film works/has worked over time because it takes the plot points & qualities of book Bond that adheres to those late 80s action film tropes, so it doesn’t feel too much out of character and still works in favour to that particular zeitgeist.

The Dalton films were my favourites back when I really liked Bond films, so when I was about 11. A fair amount of time has passed and they're still my favourites

I'm glad you really liked this one. There are times when I feel I am one of the very few who appreciated it.

It's funny how we, as adults, make a big deal of who plays Bond and how he played the character but watching these videos I've realized that I saw these movies as a kid and I never really cared about stuff like that. Sure I noticed it was a different actor but really couldn't care less. It was more about the girls and the gadgets if I'm honest and personally, Carey Lowell and Talisa Soto were always my favorites.

I'm loving this series of videos. I rewatched both Dalton films recently and absolutely love them as much as I did when they were released. Timothy Dalton was an excellent Bond and it certainly was a pity we didn't get to see him in the role one more time. The timing of the release didn't help but in the UK the cinema was busy when I went to see them both. I forgot how many high grossing films had come out at that time! The competition was certainly fierce, but you would think that they might have made better trailers to promote the film. It's so interesting to see the evolution of Bond and I can't wait for your next video.

One of my favorites, wasn't at first but subsequent viewing have shown so much awesomeness. I view it as the spiritual successor to OHMSS which is my fav film

It is my favourite one as well. This is what Bond was supposed to be like.

In the words of Wayne Newton aka Professor Joe Butcher: Bless your heart for this video and review.

License to Kill is in my top 5 Bond movies of all time. Timothy Dalton, aside from Connery, is my second favorite cinematic Bond as he is the closest that comes to the literary Bond of Ian Fleming. Overall, very underrated film... I remember opting to see this movie over Lethal Weapon 2 and was never disappointed that I did.

Thank you for the positive and glowing recap / review of this film. Not only is it my favourite Bond film, but it’s probably in my top ten favourite films period -it’s nice to get some sort of reassurance from somewhere! I still remember being heart brokenly disappointed being taken to Indiana Jones + TLC on my 14th birthday in Leicester Square, when THIS was also playing across the way in the bloomin’ Odeon no less (parental error thankfully rectified a couple of weeks later; though grudgingly, the Indy film was OK too). Kept the LTK poster in my bedroom for all of my student years. Special mention needs to go to a) the tanker chase at the end which is filmed beautifully and is amazing that it’s largely devoid of score, which in itself is kind of awesome, b) the opening gun barrel intro - best in series in terms of dramatic opening music (Kamen knew his stuff) and c) Carey Lowell’s face when she downs the martini! Dalton is the strongest most talented actor to undertake this role, no question. “Don’t you want to know why?” still stays with me. Goldeneye is my second favourite of the franchise (though obviously, Sean Bean should have been the lead!) so looking forward to the next entry.

Thank you so much for giving this title the praise it deserves. Agreed with all of your points (although I really do think Kamens version of the Bond theme is something special.) Probably my favourite film in the series after OHMSS.

Dalton is criminally underrated as an actor...he was great in early film roles in Cromwell and Mary Queen Of Scots, through his Errol Flynn phase (Flash Gordon and The Rocketeer) up to now (Hot Fuzz, etc).

Some of the best action scenes ever. Dalton was very close to the Fleming Bond. Probably in the top 5 of bond movies I rewatch. Side note: A film company I was working with in Phoenix had a delay thanks to License to Kill. We were renting Uzis from the same supplier. The gas tanker shots went beyond their shooting schedule. But what a thrill to handle and fire the same guns as James Bond.

This is my all time favorite Bond movie. At first I was disappointed that you only gave your review 15 minutes as I think you’ve gone on longer with other Bond reviews but you touched on everything I expected and more! Love that you reviewed the music! I think that gets overlooked on this film and is a driving part of that classic 80’s and Bond franchise style. Timothy Dalton got robbed of being in another Bond film and I would have loved to have seen him in Goldeneye. Also love that you made a note to say that this was the longest gap between this film and the next Bond film. Also was the last Bond film to feature him smoking. Great work team! Keep it up!