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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
While Ian Fleming created a great character in 007, time is wilting away the logic to a lot of the plots to the early films in this series. While this one still has touches of the Cold War Theme, the plot actually holds up better over time than some of the other films. In fact, this film does very well with the location shots being scenic including the Eifel Tower & Golden Gate Bridge in the same film.
Even though Flemming's material is long gone by this time the plot in this film actually holds together quite well. Actually, in a way the plot borrows on the plot of Goldfinger replacing Gold with sand. This does hold the film together quite well. The biggest problem with this film is Tanya Roberts, on my list the second worst Bond girl. Trouble is there is nothing good to balance her here & since her poor performance dominates the film, we are stuck with her here.
(In case your wondering, the worst Bond Girl of the entire series is Lynn-Holly Johnson. In FOR YOUR EYES ONLY, Lynn proved she can't act, & couldn't even be a believable skater even though in real life she is one. Carol Bouquet balances her off because she is one of the best Bond women ever, because without her, Lynn would have killed the series off for Moore sooner.) Christopher Walken is good as the heavy in this. Grace Jones does a good turn as "Mayday" also.
Roberts is the reason this ended Roger Moore's reign as 007. Maybe this is a good thing, but I wish they could re-shoot it with another better actress (not Johnson) because this film is good. The scenery is good, and the rest of the cast brings this off well. The stunts in this one are top notch too. This film grows on you when you watch it. There are times when Moore's advanced age shows up plainly though.