how did the contemporaries react?
Derek Malcolm in "The Guardian" was broadly approving of "Licence to Kill", liking the "harder edge of the earlier Bonds" that the film emulated, but wishing that "it was written and directed with a bit more flair.
Licence to Kill
Derek Malcolm in "The Guardian" was broadly approving of "Licence to Kill", liking the "harder edge of the earlier Bonds" that the film emulated, but wishing that "it was written and directed with a bit more flair." Malcolm praised the way the film attempted "to tell a story rather than use one for the decorative purposes of endless spectacular tropes." Writing in "The Guardian"s sister paper, "The Observer", Philip French noted that "despite the playful sparkle in his eyes, Timothy Dalton's Bond is ... serious here." Overall French called "Licence to Kill" "an entertaining, untaxing film". Ian Christie in the "Daily Express" excoriated the film, saying that the plot was "absurd but fundamentally dull", a further problem being that as "there isn't a coherent storyline to link [the stunts], they eventually become tiresome."

Hilary Mantel in "The Spectator" dismissed the film. "It is a very noisy film. There is a weary and repetitive note to the frenzy. The sex is low key and off-screen
where is the world is not enough filmed Filming locations included Spain, France, Azerbaijan, Turkey, and the UK, with interiors shot at Pinewood Studios. who directed it? Michael Apted. what is the storyline? MI6 field operative James Bond arrives at a Swiss bank in Bilbao, Spain, to retrieve money for British oil tycoon Sir Robert King from a Swiss banker claiming to return the money King had used to buy a stolen MI6 report taken from a murdered MI6 operative. who played the role of this field operative? Pierce Brosnan. what was it adapted to? The film was adapted by Electronic Arts to create two first-person shooters of the same name. what is this arts you mentioned just? Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) is an American video game company. what are the other movies in which the above actor played this same character? "GoldenEye", "Tomorrow Never Dies", "The World Is Not Enough", and "Die Another Day". is there any prelude to this first mentioned film? Yes,"Licence to Kill". is this one also a film? Yes, it is a 1989 spy film, the sixteenth in the "James Bond" series. who was casted for the protagonist's role here? Robert Davi
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Licence to Kill [SEP] Contemporary reviews
Derek Malcolm in "The Guardian" was broadly approving of "Licence to Kill", liking the "harder edge of the earlier Bonds" that the film emulated, but wishing that "it was written and directed with a bit more flair." Malcolm praised the way the film attempted "to tell a story rather than use one for the decorative purposes of endless spectacular tropes." Writing in "The Guardian"s sister paper, "The Observer", Philip French noted that "despite the playful sparkle in his eyes, Timothy Dalton's Bond is ... serious here." Overall French called "Licence to Kill" "an entertaining, untaxing film". Ian Christie in the "Daily Express" excoriated the film, saying that the plot was "absurd but fundamentally dull", a further problem being that as "there isn't a coherent storyline to link [the stunts], they eventually become tiresome." Hilary Mantel in "The Spectator" dismissed the film.