I remember when I saw this at my local cinema when it first came out and I was left distinctly disappointed and in general I have always regarded this movie as second only to "die another day" as the worst of the long running franchise. The flippant comic nature of the Roger Moore bond outings never really played well to me, I always preferred the edgier Sean Connery treatment. None the less watching the Roger Moore films now I find they have aged surprisingly well. The stunts, the music, and the title sequences are a joy in themselves and " a view to a kill" delivers super entertainment of the escapism kind with Roger Moore's one eyelid acting style a scream just perfect for the witty if sexist comic lines. While I was left in stitches at the heroines dialogue of James, James James, Oh James and Ahh James, all hilarious. Christopher Walken has a ball hamming it up as the super villain while Grace Jones adds a memorial new character to the series with some style. In short I found the movie a delightful guilty pleasure and as always the brilliant John Barry score is a pure delight.
Review of A View to a Kill
