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The most violent Bond film?

posted 13 years ago by hambuger15
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I found this to be the most incredibly violent Bond film ever like the shark bite sequence along with the exploding head.
It was just too gory for a movie of the franchise.
Anybody feel the same way?

[–] me1991 10 years ago

Up until Casino Royale, I'd say this was the most violent. The bathroom fight and the stairwell fight seal the deal.

Movie critics aren't biased. You're just a fanboy.

[–] sillyspaghetti 10 years ago

I'd say this was the most violent Bond film. I really wanted to see this when it came out in the UK but, as it was released just before me 9th birthday, it was never gonna happen! Lol. I remember my mum's friend coming over from Greece, saying it had been given the equivalent of an 18 there for the compression chamber scene, which put me off it for years. Finally got to see it a few years afterwards. Very good film but not one I can watch repeatedly.

[–] hyperjet 9 years ago

It's funny, I don't remember the decompression scene bothering me when I saw it in the theater at around nineteen. Now I find it a bit too much.

[–] TMC-4 (20483) 5 months ago

Even Licence to Kill didn't go to the extreme of having a scene where a naked James Bond is tied to a wooden chair and having his nutsack repeatedly hit on with a bullrope by the bad guy like in Casino Royale. So Timothy Dalton must be lucky in that regard.

[–] TMC-4 (20483) 2 years ago

James Bond: All 6 Changes Licence To Kill Made To Avoid An R Rating

https://screenrant.com/bond-license-to-kill-r-rating-changes/

Timothy Dalton’s second outing as 007 features brutal tortures and gruesome deaths, forcing the film to make some changes to its more violent scenes.

[–] EleazarHisSon (769) 2 years ago

I think it is still to this day the only James Bond movie to have received an R rating, though it was cut for a PG-13. Although there are some theories that the Bond franchise may go R-rated in the future due to the recent changes in Blockbuster cinema and the action genre.

https://screenrant.com/james-bond-26-r-rating-could-work-why-explained/

[–] mariomonsieur (315) 2 months ago

I wouldn't care for R rated, whatever the ratings board yields/exerts. The appeal is these movies are always borderline adult-themed yet also for a drop of candor. Is that the correct word? God darn dictionary