The film starts out in an interesting way. In 1989, this sixteenth entry in the vast cinematic canon of James Bond polarised fans and critics alike, and this has not changed in the slightest over the last 23 years.
– Raymond Benson, former Bond continuation novelist There’s really more of a true Ian Fleming story in that script than in most of the post-60s Bond movies.” “It boggles my mind that Licence to Kill is so controversial.