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A View to a Kill

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A View to a Kill (1985)

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Reviews Counted:41

Fresh:16

Rotten:25

Average Rating:4.8/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 11 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Synopsis: Roger Moore makes his the final appearance as the Secret Service Agent, James Bond in A VIEW TO A KILL. Her Majesty's Secret Service sends Bond to stop Madcap computer industrialist Max Zorin... Roger Moore makes his the final appearance as the Secret Service Agent, James Bond in A VIEW TO A KILL. Her Majesty's Secret Service sends Bond to stop Madcap computer industrialist Max Zorin (Christopher Walken) from triggering a massive earthquake in Silicon Valley and annihilating the global computer market. With the help of geoligist Stacey Sutton (Tanya Roberts), Bond must contend with May Day (Grace Jones) and Zorin's endless supply of henchmen as he jet sets from Paris to San Francisco leaving a trail of empty martini glasses and broken Q-gadgets behind him. In the 14th installment of the 007 series, director John Glen delivers an unforgettable and dazzling farewell vehicle for actor Roger Moore. Packed full of sex pot debutantes, whizz bang gadgetry, and cliffhanger action sequences, A VIEW TO A KILL is an unforgettable roller coaster ride. [More]

Starring: Roger Moore, Christopher Walken, Grace Jones, Tanya Roberts

Starring: Roger Moore, Christopher Walken, Grace Jones, Tanya Roberts, Patrick Macnee, Patrick Bauchau, Fiona Fullerton, Lois Maxwell, Robert Brown, Desmond Llewelyn, Dolph Lundgren

Director: John Glen

Director: John Glen
Screenwriter: Michael G. Wilson
Story: Richard Maibaum
Producer: Albert R. Broccoli, Michael G. Wilson
Composer: John Barry

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This Bond eats quiche.

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02/21/09
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

This one, directed by John Glen, just follows the numbers, plodding from one unimaginative set piece to the next.

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10/13/08
Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
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It is exhausted and exhausting, an old joke retold once too often.

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10/13/08
TIME Magazine
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A View to a Kill is not the worst Bond film ever made, but it's closer to the bottom than to the top of the barrel.

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10/13/08
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A workmanlike entry brings Moore's long and increasingly tired tenure to a close.

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10/13/08
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Roger Moore's last Bond and not before time.

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10/13/08
Ian Nathan
Ian Nathan
Empire Magazine

While Bond pics have always traded heavily on the camp value of its characters, A View to a Kill almost attacks the humor, practically winking at the audience with every move.

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09/12/08
Variety Staff
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04/22/08
Cole Smithey
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Bond is old but still cool

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02/10/08
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
sbs.is

A View to a Kill is at least better than Octopussy, but it's so absurd as to make for a less than perfect time.

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02/17/07
Christopher Null
Christopher Null
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No review available.

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04/02/06
Robert Roten
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope

The aging Roger Moore rehashes his somewhat foppish Bond in this sad '80s installment with Grace Jones as a vampish villainess. Awful, and an embarrassment to the Bond mystique.

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03/25/06
Jay Antani
Jay Antani
Los Angeles Alternative

Once 007 was licensed to kill; now he not only eats quiche, he cooks it himself.

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01/26/06
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Roger Moore's final Bond film is a solidly entertaining entry in the series.

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09/21/05
Chuck O'Leary
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07/14/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

Moore's tryst with Grace Jones is, on the one hand, a well-intentioned attempt to tear down the Bond-girl color barrier, and, on the other, a rather disturbing image.

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03/22/05
Leo Goldsmith
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01/29/05
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Moore's final Bond picture is one too late. Walken is a fine villian, though.

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01/09/05
Michael A. Smith
Michael A. Smith
Nolan's Pop Culture Review

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12/07/04
Daniel M. Kimmel
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette

As lavishly escapist as they are, the latest James Bond films have become strenuous to watch, now that the business of maintaining Bond's casual savoir-faire looks like such a monumental chore.

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08/30/04
Janet Maslin
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New York Times
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