Timothy Dalton's Darkest Kill As Bond Is The Series Most Disturbing
Timothy Dalton's darkest kill as James Bond might also be one of the most disturbing of the entire franchise. Dalton's name had come up for Bond a few times before he made his debut. He had first been approached for On Her Majesty's Secret Service — but felt he was too young for the role at the time — and considered again during different points in the Roger Moore era when the latter considered not returning. After Pierce Brosnan briefly won the part — but was later forced to exit due to another commitment — Dalton became Bond for 1987's The Living Daylights.
Moore's 007 run was filled with light humor and cartoonish action, so Dalton sought to return to the grit of the original Ian Fleming Bond novels. This was underlined by his second and final adventure Licence To Kill, where Bond goes rogue to hunt down a drug lord who maimed his friend Felix Leiter and killed his wife. While still being PG-13, Licence To Kill is noted as one of the most brutal entries and is filled with blunt violence, including the aforementioned Leiter getting his leg bitten off by a shark.
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The movie's intensity met with a mixed response in 1989, though it's now considered one of the most underrated Bonds. Licence To Kill also contains Dalton's darkest kill as the character, and while it's often not cited as such, it might be one of the most unpleasant demises in the entire series. This takes place towards the end of the first act, where Dalton's Bond — whose favorite 007 film was From Russia With Love — infiltrates the aquarium where Leiter was mauled, which contains a maggot incubator used to hide packages of cocaine. Bond rolls up his sleeve to retrieve the
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