Licence to Kill

Licence to Kill, released in 1989, is the sixteenth entry in the James Bond film series by Eon Productions, and the first one not to use the title of an Ian Fleming story. It is the fifth and final consecutive Bond film to be directed by John Glen. It also marks Timothy Daltons second and final performance in the role of James Bond. The story has elements of two Ian Fleming short stories and a novel, interwoven with aspects from Japanese Rnin tales. The film sees Bond being suspended from MI6 as he pursues drugs lord Franz Sanchez, who has ordered an attack against his CIA friend Felix Leiter and a rape and murder on Felixs wife during their honeymoon. Originally titled Licence Revoked in line with the plot, the name was changed during postproduction because too many people did not know what revoked meant.

DEA agents collect James BondMI6 agent 007and his friend, now DEA agent Felix Leiter, on their way to Leiters wedding in Key West, to have them assist in capturing drugs lord Franz Sanchez. Bond and Leiter capture Sanchez by attaching a hook and cord to Sanchezs plane in flight near The Bahamas and pulling it out of the air with a Coast Guard helicopter. Afterwards, Bond and Leiter parachute down to the church in time for the ceremony.Sanchez bribes DEA agent Ed Killifer and escapes. Meanwhile, Sanchezs henchman Dario and his crew ambush Leiter and his wife Della and take Leiter to an aquarium owned by one of Sanchezs accomplices, Milton Krest. Sanchez has Leiter lowered into a tank holding a great white where he is maimed by the shark. When Bond learns Sanchez has escaped, he returns to Leiters house to find him barely alive and that Della has been murderedand by implication raped. As the DEA refuses to help because Sanchez is out of its jurisdiction, Bond, with Leiters friend Sharkey, start their own investigation into what happened to their friend. The pair discover a marine research centre run by Milton Krest, one of Sanchezs henchmen, where Sanchez has hidden cocaine and a submarine for smuggling. ........

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