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Title: A View to a Kill (1985)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Roger Moore | ... | James Bond | |
| Christopher Walken | ... | Max Zorin | |
| Tanya Roberts | ... | Stacey Sutton | |
| Grace Jones | ... | May Day | |
| Patrick Macnee | ... | Tibbett | |
| Patrick Bauchau | ... | Scarpine | |
| David Yip | ... | Chuck Lee | |
| Fiona Fullerton | ... | Pola Ivanova | |
| Manning Redwood | ... | Bob Conley | |
| Alison Doody | ... | Jenny Flex | |
| Willoughby Gray | ... | Dr. Carl Mortner | |
| Desmond Llewelyn | ... | Q | |
| Robert Brown | ... | M | |
| Lois Maxwell | ... | Miss Moneypenny | |
| Walter Gotell | ... | General Gogol | |
James Bond has one more mission. Bond returns from his travels in the U.S.S.R. with a computer chip. This chip is capable of withstanding a nuclear electromagnetic pulse that would otherwise destroy a normal chip. The chip was created by Zorin Industries, and Bond heads off to investigate its owner, Max Zorin. Zorin may only seem like an innocent man, but is really planning to set off an earthquake in San Andreas, which will wipe out all of Silicon Valley. As well as Zorin, Bond must also tackle May Day and equally menacing companion of Zorin, while dragging Stacy Sutton along for the ride. Written by simon
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A View To A Kill seems to get more than its fair share of criticism. Often it is labelled the weakest of the Bond entries, but I don't think this is particularly true. Personally, I don't even rate it as the poorest of Roger Moore's Bond outings, with Moonraker and The Man With the Golden Gun standing out in my memeory as less memorable escapades than this one.
It's Moore's final appearance as 007, and he is trying to prevent a psychotic business magnate, Max Zorin (Walken) from destroying Silicon Valley and cornering the world electronic market all for himself. To make matters worse, Zorin is not your average adversary, since he was born as the result of a Nazi doctor's scientific tamperings resulting in him being hyper-intelligent but also uncontrollably murderous. The mission takes Bond from Zorin's French chateau, to San Francisco, and ultimately to an abandoned mine close to Silicon Valley, where Zorin plans to detonate a bomb which will trigger a cataclysmic earthquake.
The set pieces are memorable, including a parachute pursuit from the Eiffel Tower, a fire engine chase around the hilly streets of San Francisco, and an airship crash on the Golden Gate bridge. Moore looks a bit old for the part, and his sexual humour bears a greater emphasis than usual of the "dirty old man" baggage. However, he still has an easy-going charisma and good comic timing. Walken makes for a good, supremely confident villain, and is well backed by the fearsome Grace Jones. However, Tanya Roberts Bond girl character is whining and screaming so much in this film that she eventually wears out her welcome. The theme song from Duran Duran is rather too '80s, but the instrumental music by John Barry is stirring and dramatic.
I'm not sure what all the disappointment is about. A View To A Kill is an above average Bond flick with plenty to keep you entertained.