Licence to Kill tilt onto its side, it was not necessary as Julienne was able to pull off the stunt without the aid of camera trickery. Initially Vic Flick, who had played lead guitar on Monty Norman's original 007 theme, and Eric Clapton were asked to write and perform the theme song to "Licence to Kill" and they produced a theme to match Dalton's gritty performance, but the producers turned it down and instead Gladys Knight's song and performance was chosen. The song (one of the longest to ever be used in a Bond film) was based on the "horn line" from "Goldfinger",
Licence to Kill to cope with its general creative decline and the end of the Cold War". In October 2008 "Time Out" re-issued a review of "Licence to Kill" and also thought that Dalton was unfortunate, saying "one has to feel for Dalton, who was never given a fair shake by either of the films in which he appeared". On a more positive note,Collider's Eric Vespe put it in the top ten of his list, Chuck O'Leary of Fantastica Daily remarked that it was a rare entry in the Bond series where the danger seems real., while Screenrant's Mark Zambrano praised the new