How 'Licence to Kill' almost killed the JamesBond franchise
was the first Bond movie to have James’ licence to kill revoked, as he embarked on a personal vendetta to avenge the attempted murder of his good friend, CIA Agent Felix Leiter — on Leiter’s wedding day, no less — that resulted in the death of Leiter’s new bride. So Bond goes rogue , armed with go-fast boats and bloody fisticuffs out of a Michael Mann movie as he infiltrates drug lord Sanchez’s inner circle and takes down his cocaine empire.
Indiana Jones was cracking jokes and punching Nazis with his dad. Batman fought a Joker that liked to play Prince music while he defamed priceless art. Lackluster box office indicated audiences wanted a Bond that veered closer to the one they grew up with — a more Roger Moore-era Bond, not a 007 that watches blank-faced as a traitorous Miami DA is eaten by a shark.
But for some fans, the film marked the return to the intended spirit of Ian Fleming’s novels – and a welcome departure from the lighter fare of recent Bond missions. What were deemed as failures or shortcomings in the film then are regarded now as successes.novel by having Bond and Sanchez serve as mirrors for each other; both are sophisticated men of means, but one has crossed the line that the other is sworn to protect, even if that line gets a little blurred.
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