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The Most American of All Bond Films


A good part of the beggining is in the US.

South American drug lords made most of their money off of American
users. Therefore this story plot resonates more with Americans.

The storyline centers around avenging an American and his American wife (Leiter).

The Bond girls are all played by Americans.

The Villians: Sanchez, Krest, Killifer, Lodge, Dario,etc are all played by Americans

The singers of the opening and ending Bond songs are Americans. The songs are American R&B stylized.

Michael G. Wilson and Albert Broccoli, producers, are Americans. The writer, Richard Maibaum, is an American.

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I agree, a little too forced.

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It's basically like a sub par extended Miami Vice episode. Both in terms of story and its TV quality cinematography.

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I wonder if Timothy Dalton is by proxy, the first "American" actor to play James Bond. What I mean is that, his mother was an American, so that by default, makes him an American citizen.

https://www.ajb007.co.uk/discussion/33789/licence-to-kill-is-it-too-american/

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