Product Details

• Actors: Jacqueline Brookes, James Farentino, Penny Fuller, George Martin, Ari Meyers
• Directors: Jud Taylor
• Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: Unrated
• Studio: VCI Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: February 1, 2008
• Run Time: 96 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000NOK0LC
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #108,832 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Celebrating her high school graduation young Lynne Peterson is killed in an auto accident by a successful businessman who is driving drunk. Her father vowing to see his daughter's killer punished runs up against the slow-moving legal system and a high-priced defense attorney.System Requirements:Running Time: 96 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA/PSYCHOLOGICAL DRAMA UPC: 879431000503 Manufacturer No: MAC50

Customer Reviews

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars License to Kill (NOT the 007 movie), September 16, 2005

By	Laurie S. (Portland, OR, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: License to Kill (DVD)

Dud. Dull. Drab. Predictable. Formula. Overuse of cliche. This overly simple story line spells out the evils of drunk driving and the havoc it wreaks on the innocent by featuring one family's struggle to cope, not only with the death of a young daughter with her whole life ahead of her, but also the frustrations with the legal system in dealing with the aftermath. The script is tedious and the actors can do little to overcome it's simplistic, stilted feeling, including never transforming the actors into real-feeling characters. The actors actually looked awkward with one another. I have no idea who wrote it, but it feels like perhaps they were about 12 years old and this was a class project. I could not figure out who the audience was supposed to be -- junior high Sunday School classes perhaps, this being part of the chapter about the importance of being responsible about drugs, smoking and alcohol. Denzel Washington, whose name is being featured prominently to sell this DVD, though not the major charater in the story, was clearly at the outset of his career, trying hard, but awkward and only okay. James Farantino and Don Murray did somewhat better, but still were not all that convincing -- alternately overacting and walking through their roles. I kept waiting for it to get better and to find someone or something to relate to, but it never happened because the whole thing was too Dick&Jane.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars False advertisement, November 22, 2006

By	S. Johnson "sporty" (Michigan United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: License to Kill (DVD)

The producers of this movie are geniuses. This movie is skillfully marketed as if Denzel is the lead actor when in fact he is only in the last half of the film (more like the last half hour of the film). I only bought it because I love Denzel. By the time he made it to the screen, I was already sleep. This movie is quite horrid. The story line drags, the actors are boring and the outcome is fairly predictable. The only satisfaction I received from the film is that he played a lawyer.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars STIFF BUT EFFECTIVE, January 19, 2007

By	Michael Butts (Martinsburg, WV USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)    (VINE VOICE)

This review is from: License to Kill (DVD)

This tv movie is hopelessly preachy and manipulative, but it does bring to the front the tragic issue of drunk driving. A talented and lively high school senior is killed by a drunk driver; her family tries to deal with the guilt and the father is determined to bring the driver to justice. The script is cliched, but it does try to look at both sides of the coin and focus on the alcoholic issue as well as vehicular manslaughter. Denzel Washington makes one of his earlier appearances as the prosecuting attorney but the writers don't give him much to do. James Farentino and Penny Fuller, along with Don Murray and Millie Perkins, do an okay job in showing the anguish of the victim and the perpetrator. Not a classic but not a dud either.