A View to a Kill (1985)
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Cast
as James Bond
as Max Zorin
as Stacey Sutton
as May Day
as Tibbett
as Scarpine
as Chuck Lee
as Pola Ivanova
as Miss Moneypenny
as Jenny Flex
as Bob Conley
as Dr. Carl Mortner
as Q
as M
as Gen. Gogol
as Aubergine
as Howe
as Klotkoff
as Pan Ho
as Kimberley Jones
as Butterfly Act Compere
as Whistling Girl
as Taiwanese Tycoon
as Minister of Defense
as Paris Taxi Driver
as US Police Captain
as Auctioneer
as Auctioneer
as Venz
as Mine Foreman
as O'Rourke
as Guard
as Guard
as Tycoon
as Helicopter Pilot
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Moore is worth every wrinkle on his face in "A View to a Kill," the seventh movie he has made in the Bond series and the most enjoyable since "Moonraker" back in the '70s.
The film also fails on other traditional Bond levels. For example, the gadgets. Zorin and his gang have an inflatable dirigible, but so what? The key to the best Bond gadgets has been that they were something you might want to own yourself.
It's not double-oh-seven anymore, but double-oh-seventy, the best argument yet for the mandatory retirement age.
Hard as it is to justify Bond films on intellectual grounds, there's something invigorating -- and strangely reassuring -- about this sort of picture.
This one, directed by John Glen, just follows the numbers, plodding from one unimaginative set piece to the next.
It is exhausted and exhausting, an old joke retold once too often.
Audience Reviews for A View to a Kill
Feast your eyes on the last and weakest entry in the Roger Moore era of James Bond flicks. "A View to a Kill" follows a much older looking bond as he rides horses, takes down blimps, and runs on top of a bridge. With a laughable villain in Christopher Walken, there is some enjoyment to be had with this film, even though it is not good enjoyment. With one-liners at a new low, a villain that is not interesting, excess build-up to a disappointing finale, and an atmosphere that is way too far from the feel of bond, this film fails on many levels. Aside from a few cool action bits spread throughout, everything else feels uninspired. This is one of the worst films of the franchise by far. "A View to a Kill" is just plain dumb.
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The 14th Bond film and finale for the Roger Moore era ends his tenure on a flat note, showing us everything that was not up to par with Connery's era while also proving that Bond still can deliver great action set pieces even when the story and script aren't as strong. These films are always technically well made. A View to a Kill is, however, the worst Bond film since Live and Let Die (my pick for the worst of the series) and almost gives it a run for its money. Ultimately, I just barely prefer this one because it doesn't have the blaxploitation that Live and Let Die had. The plot is incredibly weak despite having a decent villain in Christopher Walken and a good side villain in Grace Jones. Tanya Roberts character starts off strong, but by the end she is just the typical damsel in distress Bond girl who can barely act and constantly screams for help. Roger Moore is sleep walking through the role at age 57 and probably should not have been involved with the past two installments. The action is pretty good, especially the finale on the Golden Gate bridge, but it's all for naught. Overall, Roger Moore had a couple decent Bond films, but his era was mired in mediocrity and put the franchise in jeopardy before the mantle was passed on to Timothy Dalton. He was done with the role two movies ago, and so was the audience (evident by the low box office numbers).
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Roger Moore's final turn as James Bond, despite being entertaining (if not always for the right reasons) is a rather unremarkable entry in the series, and I guess a good enough way to end my least favorite (overall) era. This time around a crazy computer industrialist named Max Zorin plans a devious scheme to get rid of his competitors in Silicon Valley. Okay, sounds fine I suppose. But, to do that, he wants to trigger an earthquake that will flood the entire valley. That's really over-the-top, even for a Bond villain. I used to dig this one, but it's lost some of its charm over time. Yeah, Grace Jones is memorable as the lead hench(wo)man, if only for her statuesque presence, and there's something undeniably fun about seeing Christopher Walken in typical Walken mode as Zorin, but I dunno, this one is just kinda blah. I give it a slight boost because the action scenes are well staged, and, like I said, Walken really holds it together, but this is overall quite blah, uninspired, and really offers nothing all that fresh or interesting. At least it's watchable, but I question if it really needed to be 131 minutes in length.
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A View to a Kill Quotes
| Stacey Sutton: | It was granddad's ashes. But he always loved a good fight. |
| Tibbett: | (watching from a distance as we see Stacey for the first time in the film) Another wealthy owner? |
| Tibbett: | Another wealthy owner? |
| James Bond: | Who knows? But she certainly bear closer inspection. |
| Tibbett: | We're on a mission! |
| James Bond: | Sir Godfrey, on a mission I am expected to sacrifice myself. |
| May Day: | (Looks through Zepplin window at Golden Gate Bridge) Wow... What a view |
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