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Licence to Kill, Dario (Benicio Del Toro)

Site Rating: 65%
(ratings: 2)
Writeup Rating: 70%
(ratings: 2)
Film: Licence to Kill (1989)
Deceased Character: Dario (Benicio Del Toro)
Archetype: Baddy (Minor)
Killed by: James Bond (Timothy Dalton)
Killed with: Rock crusher


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Written by Mr. Mouseburger 3rd Mar 2006

Kindly submitted by Alex

James Bond has just been uncovered as an enemy of drug lord Franz Sanchez (q.v.) by his crazed henchman, and best friend, Dario.

Sanchez, sends Bond down a large conveyor belt with the aim of seeing him ground into fine mince by the very effective rock crusher at the end. He is distracted from this entertainment when Bond sneakily suggests that his missiles are in the process of being stolen.

Sanchez decides to go and see if this is true, and in doing so, makes the classic mistake of all Bond megalomaniacs by leaving the conveyor belt running and assuming Bond will eventually lose his grip and be killed.

Dario is not so stupid though. Bond is dangling directly over the Rock crusher at this point, with only his rope tied around his hands keeping him from falling in. Dario stops the conveyor, moves over to Bond, and begins to cuts through the ropes tying Bond's hands.

Fortunately, Bond's latest bit of fluff, Pam Bouvier, comes to his rescue. Dario looks up and, surprised that she survived an earlier attack by him, laughsha ha ha! You're dead!. What Dario does not know though is that Pam has concealed a weapon upon her person, and pulling the gun out she says you took the words right out of my mouth and shoots Dario.

This does not kill the psychopath, but he does fall onto the conveyor belt. As Dario starts to laugh again, Bond grabs his boot and drags him into the grinder. He clings on to Bond for dear life, but all the while, the grinder is eating his legs, and he screams in utter agony before falling into the machine, which reduces him to the constituency of a hamburger.



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This review has 11 comments. Reply to the comments
Comment 1 by 'Mr. Briggs Inc.' (reply to this comment)
Looks like Mr. DeLarge beat me to the punch! You know this was only Del Toro's second movie gig!
Comment 2 by 'Mr Mouseburger' (reply to this comment)
heh, i have just looked to see what his first gig was - as Duke, the dog-faced boy in "Big Top Pee Wee" smiling smiley
Comment 3 by 'Mr. Briggs Inc.' (reply to this comment)
Another comment, this may fall under "extreme dismemberment."
Comment 4 by 'Mr. Briggs Inc.' (reply to this comment)
I'll bump this up if no one saw it.
Comment 5 by 'Matt' (reply to this comment)
Wounded this count as Crushed? He did end up getting hamburgered in a cocaine crusher.
Comment 6 by 'Monk' (reply to this comment)
Torture? That has got to hurt, oh, and revenge? He crippled his best friend and killed said person's wife.
Comment 7 by 'Matt' (reply to this comment)
Dario wasn't tortured.
Comment 8 by 'Bill' (reply to this comment)
He got shot and fell into the machine, so no.
Comment 9 by 'Guy' (reply to this comment)
Ow
Comment 10 by 'Flashpenny' (reply to this comment)
Anonymous User Wrote:
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> revenge? He
> crippled his best friend and killed said person's
> wife.


I don't think that qualifies as revenge. Bond was going after Sanchez, not Dario. He didn't actually know Dario did it. That being said revenge is more like he killed him as a result of the revenge. Bond killed Dario because the psychopath was threatening to toss him into a cocaine shredder and his girlfriend shot him so Bond really had no choice.
Comment 11 by 'Kooshmeister' (reply to this comment)
Exactly. Dario, to Bond, was just another thug he needed to kill to get at Sanchez.