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Saturday, March 30, 2013

A View to a Kill

... otherwise known as Roger Moore's last hurrah as James Bond.

As simply as it can be put, where Octopussy was terrible, A View to a Kill is great, though it does have a few bits and pieces that remove the effect of different scenes.
The first bit is the opening scene. A fantastic opening with Bond escaping the clutches of the bad guys up a snow-capped mountain. His escape as he skis down the mountain starts off well, then takes a bizarre turn when The Beach Boys' "California Girls" starts playing. As far as sense is concerns, there was none.
Little things like that take away from the film, which would probably be in Moore's top three.
What makes the film great is the performance of Christopher Walken. Walken plays Max Zorin, who is hell-bent on destroying Silicon Valley. Walken is credited with playing one of the best Bond villians of all time. Everything about the character, and his performance, were near-perfect for the role.
Recording artist Grace Jones plays May Day, Zorin's lover and henchwoman with superhuman strength.
Some of the acting is a little stale at times, but Moore's run finishes better than it started.
The scene in City Hall where they are trapped in an elevator is a great one, along with the chase where Bond and Stacey Sutton (the Bond girl played by Tanya Roberts) commandeer a fire engine to escape the police.

A View to a Kill (1985): 131 minutes
Bond Songs: A View to a Kill by Duran Duran,

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