The most violent Bond film? - Licence to Kill (1989) Discussion

[–] L0GAN5 13 years ago

It was the 80s, an exploding head wasn't a big deal back then.

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[–] externaltestaccount 12 years ago

I thought it was great, but a more pertinent question - Are we ever going to see and uncut version of this movie?

The home video/DVD releases of this film have different edits to them - even though in the UK it was rated 15 e.g. the exploding head scene was cut in one of the releases. I would love it if the new Blu-Ray released this November would be the definitive uncut version of this action classic.

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[–] Ronsin1976 12 years ago

Yup, I agree this was a violent movie. But even some of Moore's movies were violent. The dog killing Drax's assistant in Moonraker was a bit disturbing. Also the shark killing the assistant of Stromberg on The Spy Who Loved Me was a bit disturbed, especially with the nonchalant music playing while she was attacked by a shark.

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[–] Gene_Hackman 13 years ago

The violence in You Only Live Twice seemed more needless to me.

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[–] krachmacher 13 years ago

I thought it was too gory as well. I realize the movie was supposed to be a darker Bond, but no need for the gruesome yuck.

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[–] megaskunk 13 years ago

Bond running rampage and literally raping women or exploding heads. Your choice

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[–] anders-rock 13 years ago

Whether you find it needless or not this is indeed the most violent Bond movie ever made. But what some people don't know is that the books that inspired the movies are a great deal more serious and violent than most of their cinematic counterparts. The shark scene is taken from the book Live And Let Die and the testicle torture scene in Casino Royale was in the book of the same name as well. Ian Fleming could have a rather grotesque imagination.

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[–] TheKillingJoke1991 13 years ago

No, I think it is an awesome Bond-film and I whish they would make another one like this.

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[–] boogles 13 years ago

The books are a lot more dark and violent. But, remember Dr. No? Bond giving Professor Dent his 'six', breaking the neck of that Dr. No's henchman, Quarrel getting flamed by Dr. No's dragon and Honey Ryder talking about getting raped?

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[–] mistermycroft 12 years ago

What about Bond shoving a needle in his arm in "Casino Royale" (2006) or the torture scene when LeChiffre whips him ?

I would say License to Kill has the most PROFANITY. Bond tells the Chinese to "piss off" and Pam says "bulls---!", something not heard in other 007 films

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[–] Drooch 9 years ago

All since blown out of the water by Dench's F-bomb in Skyfall.

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[–] boogles 9 years ago

It's still the most violent. Let us consider the following :-

A woman raped and killed with her heart cut out(not actually shown - but hinted about).
A man gets his legs bitten off and eaten by a shark and shown in bloody detail.
A man shown strung up from the neck.
A man getting electrocuted by some Electric Eels.
A woman getting whipped by a man using a tail from a Stingray.
A man getting harpooned.
A man's head exploding in a shower of blood in a decompression chamber.
A man getting minced in a mincer - in bloody gory detail.
Dalton's headbutt to a baddie.
The bad guy getting set alight and not just burnt - but exploded to death.

Take that.

Craig's stuff is pretty violent - I grant you - things like the toilet fight, the stairwell fight, the torture, the death of Vesper, etc. But - it's still nothing compared to LTK. That takes the biscuit.

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[–] brentnevers 8 years ago

Good list, but you left out a few more....

Lupe's boyfriend heart removed (albeit off screen, you do hear him scream)
Dario falling to his death in the grinder
Asian woman being slaughtered with machine gun fire
Asian guy takes cyanide and then is repeatedly shot by Sanchez....

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[–] TMC-4 (20149) a year ago

Licence to Kill (1989) Kill Count

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rFJh1P_m4k

27 people died in total.

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[–] TMC-4 8 years ago

If not the most violent, then LTK definitely feels the most sadistic (at least among the pre-Casino Royale ones) and brutal. LTK is undoubtedly one of the meanest and toughest-minded of the Bond movies.

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[–] ediaz8 12 years ago

This movie was the first PG-13 film in the series. The producers felt that it was time to "push the envelope" with the franchise. The language also upped the ante as words like "bull-$%#@" or "I don't give a S^%! about the set-up" were never said in the previous Bond films.

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[–] Master_Live_013 11 years ago

It was fine.

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[–] oz_mant 10 years ago

It's definitely the most gory Bond movie but i think casino royale is the most violent in the series. That torture scene is so gruesome that i am surprised it didn't get an R.

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[–] matthew-brown1 10 years ago

I thought Tomorrow never dies was pretty violent with the ninja stars and Carver saying to Stamper please kill those B$$tards

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