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 looks as bored in his second Bond film as Sean Connery did in his sixth." Opinion on "Licence to Kill" has changed with the passing of time, some reviews are still mixed, though film review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes lists the film with a positive 77% "fresh" rating from 52 reviews. Reviews have improved since Daniel Craig's tenure, Glen intimating that Dalton's Bond influenced his. Some are still unimpressed.Tom Hibbert of "Empire" gives the film only two of a possible five stars, observing that "Dalton ... is really quite hopeless". Hibbert concluded that "he may look the part, but Timothy Dalton