Licence to Kill
film by Glen [1989]
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License to Kill is a 1989 British spy film, the sixteenth in the James Bond series. It stars Timothy Dalton as Bond, who goes rogue to hunt down a drug lord responsible for the torture and murder of his friend Felix Leiter and Leiter's bride. Bond resigns from MI6 and, with the help of Pam Bouvier and Lupe Lamora, infiltrates the drug lord's organization in the fictional Republic of Isthmus. The film is noted for its darker tone and more violent portrayal of Bond compared to previous installments.1
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