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Milton Krest is the owner of Wavekrest Marine Research, an ally to drug lord Franz Sanchez and the secondary antagonist in the 1989 James Bond film Licence to Kill.

He was portrayed by Anthony Zerbe, who also played Jonathan Matthias in The Omega Man, Helmut Kellerman in Mission: Impossible and Arnie Grunwald in Tales From The Crypt.

Biography[]

Krest is the owner of a marine research facility used as a cover for Franz Sanchez's drug operations, and also owns a boat named the Wavekrest. He is an alcoholic who faithfully serves Sanchez, though he does occasionally peek on Sanchez's mistress, Lupe Lamora, when she is undressing. When Sanchez is placed under arrest for drugs and murder, Krest puts his organization at risk to free his boss after corrupt DEA official Ed Killifer sends his police van into the sea.

At night, Krest and Sanchez talk over Killifer's loyalty before Sanchez maims Felix Leiter, who was the one who got him arrested. James Bond, learning of Sanchez's vicious attack on his friend, meets with Krest the next day for a look around but Krest encourages the agent to leave. On the drug deal the next day, Bond slips into the Wavekrest and plans to make Krest appear disloyal to Sanchez. Bond sabotages the drug deal while Krest's men attempt to kill him, but Bond manages to escape in a seaplane with $2 million of Sanchez's money.

Krest's death

Krest's body being compressed by the pressure and torn to pieces.

A while later, Bond once again sneaks onboard the Wavekrest as it is entering Isthmus City and plants the stolen money inside the ship's decompression chamber before Krest's meeting with Sanchez. Sanchez, already suspecting Krest of ripping him off, goes down to the lower deck and discovers the stolen money. Bond had previously made the paranoid Sanchez believe that Krest was using the money to pay a hit team to kill him. In a rage, Sanchez push Krest into the decompression chamber and gradually increases the pressure. As it reaches a critical level, Sanchez destroys the vent with a fire axe, causing rapid decompression inside the chamber. Screaming in agony, Krest's body begins to expand and tear into small shreds splattering the porthole window with blood.

Quotes[]

Hey! Ha ha. Ready tah go? We got batteries recharged on the sub. It'll take to the twelve mile limit, fast boat to Cuba. You'll be there for breakfast.
~ Milton Krest's first words in the film after helping Franz Sanchez to escape.
Sanchez: Relax. We wait for Vario.
Krest: Are you crazy? You got everybody looking for you. What about Killifer? The cop here is nuts. I wanna deep sink 'em.
Sanchez: I made a deal with this guy and I'm gonna keep my word.
Krest: I don't like it, he can finger me. I spent a fortune on this company.
Sanchez: Something you'd better understand, amigo; loyalty is more important to me.
~ Milton Krest when Sanchez insisted on staying instead of fleeing into exile.

Trivia[]

  • Milton Krest shares his name with a literary villain from the James Bond novels, though the two characters possess different personalities. Ironically many of the literary Krest's traits were given to Franz Sanchez including using a stingray tail whip on his significant other.
  • Krest's death can also be considered the most disturbing death in any Bond Film.

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