Licensed to Kill

1997

Action / Documentary

3
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 75% · 13 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 75% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.0/10 10 257 257

homophobia gay interest

Plot summary

A riveting journey into the minds of men whose contempt for homosexuals led them to murder. Attacked in 1977 by gay bashers on the streets of San Francisco, filmmaker Arthur Dong confronts murderers of gay men face-to-face in his film. He asks them directly: “Why did you do it?”

Director

Arthur Dong Photo
Arthur Dong

Top cast

Arthur Dong Photo
Arthur Dong as Self
Donald Aldrich Photo
Donald Aldrich as Killer
Corey Burley Photo
Corey Burley as Killer
Raymond Childs Photo
Raymond Childs as Killer
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700.24 MB
968*720
English 2.0
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29.97 fps
1 hr 16 min
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1.27 GB
1440*1072
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
29.97 fps
1 hr 16 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by superwonderscope-1 8 / 10

Brutal, Intense, not for the squeamish.

Reviewed by shawdakota 6 / 10

Analyzing Jeffery Swinford's value expression

11118084In Licensed to Kill there is a reoccurring theme that suggests that gay man need to be punished for being gay "because it says so in the bible". Jeffery Swinford tells Arthur Dong that what is written in the bible is morally right and has been drilled into their heads from a young age so they carry these beliefs with them through their lives. Jeffery Swinford refers to a specific quote from the bible, taken from Leviticus, to justify his actions. The quote states that a man whom has sexual relations with another man, as he would with a woman, should be put to death, which, in Jeffery Swinford's eyes, tells him that he did the right thing by killing a gay man. Jeffery Swinford was using extreme homonegativity to express his personal values. However, through out the whole movie, the many quotes about love in the bible are never mentioned. Never do any of the people in the movie quote any verses from the bible that focus on acceptance of others and fair treatment. The focus is instead on the quotes that put people who are different to death, thus Jeffery Swinford is being a "buffet Christian" in the sense that he is picking and choosing what he wants to believe in the bible and what parts he would rather disregard so that scripture acts in his favor. According to the bible, idolatry, adultery, murder, slander are all things gravely contrary to the love we owe God and, because of Him, our neighbor. By killing a man, Jeffery Swinford has committed a moral sin and, according to the bible, "suffered spiritual death". If Jeffery Swinford were actually "living by the bible" he would never put himself at risk of spiritual death and separating himself from god by committing murder.
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