James Bond’s LICENCE TO KILL Pre-Title Sequence has a wedding, drug lords, shootouts, lover’s quarrels, the DEA, helicopters, parachutes, an airplane chase, and the Florida Keys.

Join undercover agents Dan, Tom and Vicky as they decode new discoveries and connections.

You can watch the pre-title sequence here if you need a refresher.

In this discussion we look at the following in the pre-title sequence to LICENCE TO KILL:

The locations that were filmed in Florida, USA (the airport, the house, the field with the shootout, and the church). You can go there and it looks the same now as it did then.
Highway 1, the Seven-Mile Bridge, and how the Rolls Royce carrying Felix Leiter, James Bond, and Sharkey was going the wrong way.
The real-world athetes who were actors in this pre-title.
The reaction Robert Davi got after the release of the movie for the scene where he whips Lupe.
James Bond’s hat and the bullet hole
The “Let’s go fishing” segment
Where the parachuters landed.
Why wasn’t Gladys Knight in the Title Credits?
As usual, influences from other movies and real-life are explored.
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