A View to a Kill

1985 "Has James Bond finally met his match?"
6.3| 2h11m| PG| en| More Info
Released: 24 May 1985 Released
Producted By: United Artists
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
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Official Website: https://www.mgm.com/movies/a-view-to-a-kill
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A newly-developed microchip designed by Zorin Industries for the British Government that can survive the electromagnetic radiation caused by a nuclear explosion has landed in the hands of the KGB. James Bond must find out how and why. His suspicions soon lead him to big industry leader Max Zorin who forms a plan to destroy his only competition in Silicon Valley by triggering a massive earthquake in the San Francisco Bay.

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John Glen

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United Artists

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A View to a Kill Audience Reviews

Reptileenbu Did you people see the same film I saw?
Senteur As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.
Matho The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.
Deanna There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.
Pete Snider This is not one of the best James Bond 007 movies of the series but it is far from the worst. I think it is one of the most "fun" movies of the seriesOver all.Also it is one of the very best Roger Moore performances during .his long run as James Bond. The writing and seriousness of the double oh franchise was not as good during the Moore era but he was a great Bond and these movies though kind of silly and comic bookish are lots of fun.I recommend it but then again I recommend.all of the Bond films... even the one with Lazenby ha!
Uriah43 This movie begins with British agent "James Bond" (Roger Moore) being sent to Siberia to search for one of his colleagues. Upon finding the body buried deep in the snow he retrieves a microchip and brings it back to England to have it analyzed. It subsequently turns out that this specific microchip is a top-secret American invention which has inexplicably made its way to the Soviet Union. So in order to track down the security leak he begins his investigating with the founder of the computer corporation that produced the microchip, "Max Zorin" (Christopher Walken). Unfortunately, getting close to Max Zorin, or finding any clues, becomes rather difficult because of his extremely tight security which includes his own personal bodyguard by the name of "May Day" (Grace Jones). Now rather than reveal any more of this movie I will just say that this turned out to be an okay "James Bond" film for the most part. Although I thought that Roger Moore performed in his usual competent manner, I have to admit that Christopher Walken essentially stole the show with an exceptional performance as the main villain. Likewise, having the beautiful Tanya Roberts (as "Stacey Sutton") grace the screen certainly didn't hurt either. On the other hand, I felt that the performance of Grace Jones was slightly uneven and that the movie itself seemed to drag a bit here and there. Be that as it may, while I don't consider this to be a bad "James Bond" film, neither do I consider it to be one of the best and I have rated it accordingly. Slightly above average.
Nigel Robinson Oh Boy, while I love Bond films, A View to a Kill is undoubtedly my least favourite, there's really nothing here to make me like this film. Interesting Characters: No. Decent Plot: No. Good Script: No. Good Direction: No. Good Casting: Hell No. This film is a void with a good theme song, even the film's title doesn't have any meaning, I mean it's a cool title, don't get me wrong, but tell me, what does it mean?This film's plot is all over the place, the story begins with a horse-drugging plot which, spoilers, is left completely unresolved, before shifting to Zorin trying to flood Silicon Valley to take control of the world's micro-chip market (???). It's ridiculous and uninteresting and the resolution to the Silicon Valley plot is resolved with such a cop-out that it was almost not worth writing!The film opens with a ski-chase sequence which while not as cool as the skiing scenes from On her Majesty's Secret Service or The Spy who Loved Me, is still pretty cool, so why they decided to ruin it by playing California Girls I will never know.The first character death of the film is absolutely ridiculous. A French detective who Bond is talking to is kill by May Day who stands at the end of a large room, and uses a fly casting rod, with a hook attacked, and stabs it into his cheek, um, no! Not only do I find the concept of someone being killed by a hook in the cheek absolutely ridiculous, but for me to believe that someone could actually stab someone with a fly casting rod, is too much even for me!Following this is a chase up the Eiffel Tower, where Bond is nearly lifted over the Eiffel Tower with said rod (tut), and this leads to the killer jumping off the Eiffel Tower which was for some reason done is a slow motion cheesy way, that takes all the awesomeness out of the scene.Bond returns to the ground and steals a taxi, this leads to a kinder cool car scene until the roof of the car is completely ripped off by a barrier (whatever), and later in the scene, another car hits the taxi at an angle ripping in in half (seriously?), and then Bond with only the front of the car carries on moving for about two minutes before the thing eventually stops (!!!).I bring up that particular action scene because it's the most ridiculous action scene in the entire film, but later on we still have a pathetically directed fire scene, a daft fire engine chase, a crappy scuffle on the Golden Gate Bridge, and one of the most pathetic Bond girls in the entire series.But first things first, Roger Moore is back for the last time, and just like before he's really cool, but the only problem is that he was 57!!!, when he recorded this film, and considering most of the girls that he somehow falls into bed with in this film are in their mid 20s, it makes for some very awkward scenes. Stacy Sutton played by Tanya Roberts is absolutely pathetic, all she does is scream and get saved by Bond, and at the end of the film, she is captured by Zorin who chases her in a blimp, Seriously? How slow do you have to be running to be court by a flipping blimp. There's no chemistry between her and Bond, nothing to explain why they end up in the shower at the end of the film. Positively Shocking!The only good bit of casting is Christopher Walken, who always make everything 100x better, I don't mind Grace Jones either but I think the casting is a little odd.Overall, I hate this film, it's badly directed, badly written, badly casted, everything just fell flat on it's face in this film, and even Roger Moore and Christopher Walken can't save the pure crappiness here. This is one I'm never touching again!
D' Francis This is a mixed opinion film for me. It did a number of things very well, but all of its merits were inside a fundamentally flawed movie.It has a number of elements which I thought were really well done. Max Zorin does a great job at playing a classic megalomaniac Bond villain. The Golden Gate bridge fight is one of my favorite scenes in the franchise. The Nazi allusions and darker violent elements in the movie with Mortner is a bit creepy and the singular May Day henchwoman as well. I like the self-parody elements like the California Girls' skiing scene and the fact that the Bond series is not afraid to poke fun at itself. I just like the overall classic nostalgic Bond-feeling it has.Unfortunately, there's just too many flaws for it to be a good movie. It spent the first 50 whole minutes on a slow horse-racing plot to lead into the villains' real plan. I nearly fell asleep at certain points in the movie ; it runs a bit long in general. Moore, despite his best efforts, was just too old here. The script should have probably been rewritten for Dalton. The Bond girl is half his age and not believable as a a geologist. The plot is a verbatim clone of Goldfinger. And overall, the movie is slow and lacking in energy.A View to a Kill is the transition point between the classic and the modern Bonds. It has the campy light-hearted spy elements, as well as the darker violent action elements. The former was getting old at that point and the latter was about to take hold.