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| “ | Don't worry. We gave her a nice honeymoon! | „ |
| ~ Dario gloating about murdering Felix Leiter's wife. |
Dario is one of the two secondary antagonists (alongside Milton Krest) in the 1989 James Bond film Licence to Kill and a supporting antagonists in 2012 game 007 Legends. He is a vicious cartel member who is the personal killer of drug kingpin Franz Sanchez, serving as the latter's senior personal bodyguard as he gets like kin by Sanchez himself.
He was portrayed by Benicio Del Toro, who also portrayed Aaron Hallam in The Hunted, Jack Rafferty in Sin City, the title character in the 2010 remake of The Wolf Man, DJ in Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi, Dr. Gonzo in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and The Collector in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Thor The Dark World, Guardians of the Galaxy and Avengers Infinity War.
Biography[]
Dario was kicked out of the Contras for his brutality and found his way into Franz Sanchez's cartel, becoming one of his closest henchmen. Dario is also the leader of the gang of killers who kidnapped CIA Agent Felix Leiter and raped and murdered his wife, Della.
Dario is later present while Sanchez is torturing and maiming Leiter; when Leiter asks where his wife is, Dario sneers that he and the other goons "gave her a nice honeymoon". Dario then laughs cruelly as Sanchez throws Leiter into a shark tank, in which a Great White bites off his hand and leg.
Later, Dario is sent to assassinate CIA Agent Pam Bouvier, but Bond, a friend of Leiter's who is on an unauthorized mission to avenge him and Della, intercedes on her behalf and helps her escape.
Dario being dragged to death into a cocaine crusher
After this, Dario is not seen until much later in the film, during the tour of Sanchez's cocaine plant. As Truman-Lodge was showing the Chinese buyers the plant, Dario recognized Bond. After Bond has caused a fire in the lab, Dario reveals that Bond is an informant for Bouvier. Right after the revelation, he is instructed by Sanchez to kill Bond (by dropping him into the cocaine processing machine), so he stays behind as the other villains get away to make sure Bond falls into the cocaine processing machine device from a conveyor. However, Bond manages to grab Dario's foot and pull him into the processing machine, where he is promptly crushed and shredded to death finally avenging Della's death.
Trivia[]
- Benicio Del Toro to this day is the youngest actor to play a Bond villain, being 21 at the time of making.
- Dario's backstory refers to the Nicaraguan Contras, a right-wing militia group in Nicaragua whose anti communism campaign led to at least 7000 civilian deaths and countless human rights violations.
- Dario being kicked out of the Contras for brutality implies he committed crimes offscreen that were so terrifying that not even the war criminals could support him.
