Get the freshest reviews, news, and more delivered right to your inbox! No disappointments, and an absolute must see, if you're a bond fan... Roger Moore Last bond and one of the great baddie's in my view Max Zorin And Christopher Lee are my two favourite's Christopher of cause in The Man With The Golden Gun. Many people hate this entry in the 007 series, calling it cheezy, clichéd, and that Moore is just too hammy and way too old. Where other Bond films at least have a kitsch quality, A View to a Kill is not only silly but it also commits the ultimate cardinal sin for any Bond movie - it's boring. The two films are similarly structured. Just as Connery is in Never Say Never Again, Moore is here much more confident, charming and delivers his lines superbly. Read the Empire Movie review of A View To A Kill . With this movie,… The action definitely feels bigger, and there are a few notable action scenes that I can see myself re-watching. The plot by Michael G.Wilson and Richard Maibaum has Bond investigating the nefarious activities of millionaire 'Maz Zorin' ( Christopher Walken ). I see Roger Moore and he’s looking rough. It contains guns, shooting, chasing, fighting, and some killing, but bloodletting is … A girlfriend of zorin maybe. |, August 29, 2017 Thanks to A View to a Kill, Sean Connery didn't suffer the indignity of being the only Bond to go out on a low note. Trading adventure in for bad jokes, this rote outing marks an embarrassing entry for the series. The Vampire Diaries: "A View to a Kill" Review. . Verified reviews are considered more trustworthy by fellow moviegoers. For a lot of people, Roger Moore is usually dismissed from the 'who was the best Bond' argument. | Rating: 1/5 I love this film always did and it is one of my favorite Bond films. This is one of the worst films of the franchise by far. Rating a Bond movie is subjective. A great watch with amazing music, villains, and final action sequence. The recovery of a microchip off the body of a fellow agent leads James Bond to a mad industrialist who plans to create a worldwide microchip monopoly by destroying California's Silicon Valley. Read critic reviews. A View to a Kill represents the farewell bow of two long-time Bond film actors: Lois Maxwell, who portrayed Miss Moneypenny in all fourteen official movies from Dr.No to this one, and Roger Moore. It’s a conglomerate of fun and hot mess. Youtube has forced me to remove certain pieces of music and audio due to copyright claims. James Bond 007: A View to a Kill, ein Computerspiel von Mindscape aus dem Jahr 1985. Along with some of the best music scoring of all the films in the series, including the fantastic Duran Duran song which epitomizes the 80's, the final showdown between Zorin and Bond on top of the golden gate bridge is breathtakingly exciting. A view to a kill : Actor Roger Moore's final film as agent 007. 8.8. The music score by John Barry is the best ever in a Bond-film. Directed by John Glen. Forgot your password? I don't want to give too much away, aside for having the best Bond, you have Christopher Walken playing psycho to the max. Even the title song with Duran Duran is great. Instead of cheating at cards, Zorin is fixing horse races with the aid of steroids and micro-chips. A View to a Kill steht für: den Originaltitel zu dem Film James Bond 007 – Im Angesicht des Todes. In fact, it's one of the weaker ones. Metacritic Reviews. Plus he is supposed to be a sex symbol. A View To A Kill was the first 007 title to be released by Domark, published in 1985. August 21, 2015 The strain is starting to show on 007. Investigating further, Bond is led to Max Zorin (Christopher Walken), the head of Zorin Industries. Please enter your email address and we will email you a new password. Thirty years have passed since the release of the 14 th James Bond film “A View to a Kill”, and it remains uncontested as the worst entry in the series. And what an exit Moore makes, put simply A View to a Kill is on of the most exciting, stylish, well written and under-rated Bond movies of all time. | Rotten (37). Jack Bauer.) Moore's last decent Bond very underrated and unappreciated good 007 flick. There are times when even a villain can also be more popular than a hero. It was my first Bond movie), and even beating out the unforgivable Die Another Day. Read, review and discuss the entire A View to a Kill movie script by Richard Maibaum on Scripts.com The fight scenes are laughably bad. Duran Duran had the best song until Skyfall ,and John Barry produced the best musical score since On her Majesty's secret service (1969). Cinemark We want to hear what you have to say but need to verify your email. But the film is poorly paced with an incredibly slow first half. Grace Jones was phenomenal as May Day. * "A little restless, but I got off eventually." It’s been that way for decades. Regal The government guy says " Not sure about her American never far from him we think the names Mayday". For example, the protein Fha (forkhead-associated) (Pallen et al., 2002) is absent in more than half of the bioinformatically identified T6SSs (Boyer et al., 2009) (Figure 5A), several of which have been confirmed to be functional and active without it, such as in A. baylyi (Basler et al., 2013) and E. tarda (Zheng and Leung, 2007). The scene with the Iceberg, the fight at Miss Suttons house, the fire truck, the race course are particularly enjoyable. Speaking of the opening credits, this film contains one of the better credits songs and the score for the entire film is great. Roger Moore is back for his seventh and final crack at Bond. The movie would turn out to be Roger Moore's last turn as the British agent, James Bond. Zorin and his gang have an inflatable dirigible, but so what? This was the first Bond film with a premiere outside the UK, opening on 22 May 1985 at San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts. +Opening credits theme Unfortunately, none of the women or even men that Bond gets help from prove to be of any relevance. great. 4.8/10. Duran Duran was chosen to do the song after bassist John Taylor (a lifelong Bond fan) approached producer Cubby Broccoli at a party, and somewhat drunkenly asked "When are you going to get someone decent to do one of your theme songs?" He's given some nice lines in the first half and his charm and his charisma is still there, but it just looks creepy when he's making attempts at flirting with much younger women. (Also, the title Duran Duran sequence is probably the best of the lot with its colourful 80's imagery and the punchy track from a great band!). Where other Bond films at least have a kitsch quality, A View to a Kill is not only silly but it also commits the ultimate cardinal sin for any Bond movie - it's boring. The primary villain is memorably vicious and well acted, the henchmen and their demises are bombastic and amusing, and the set pieces are extravagantly grandiose. It doesn't help that the first action scene we see is before the opening credits and it's yet another ski chase. I have enjoyed action and Roger Moore was good in his performance. A View to a Kill 1985 ★★★ Watched Jan 10, 2014. You have been warned. Other genes play a clearly accessory role in T6SS function. Kissing is shown and sex is implied. | Top Critics (12) User Ratings Most of his films featured multiple exotic locations , lots of cool action sequences and an awesome villain. The Government guy say's it is and Then he asks the guy who the women in the hat. Part of the reasons for this is a pure nostalgia factor in that he was the Bond when I was growing up. Find album reviews, stream songs, credits and award information for A View to a Kill [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] - John Barry on AllMusic - 1985 - … | Rating: 3/4 This 10-digit number is your confirmation number. Oh ho ho. What's on TV & Streaming What's on TV & Streaming Top Rated Shows … With a laughable villain in Christopher Walken, there is some enjoyment to be had with this film, even though it is not good enjoyment. When this film was being made, there was absolutely no link between horses and a silicon valley as 1985 was too early a period to speak about the destruction of 'Silicon Valley'. Sure, Octopussy was almost the Austin Power's of its day in that it was almost a parody, but this one reigned in the campiness a bit and while not his best work, still ended his tenure as Bond in nice fashion. Feast your eyes on the last and weakest entry in the Roger Moore era of James Bond flicks. Movies . Coming Soon. Just confirm how you got your ticket. He did 100% off him and he is acting was decent it wasn't so much goofy or terrible in my opinion. Or to suggest sexual activity on one's names. It's also unfortunate that we have a wasted performance from Christopher Walken, who very well could have been an all time great villain. It goes on for almost two and a half hours, but it contains more than enough action to justify that running time. At this troubling juncture, Jones' character name, Mayday, seems symptomatic of the franchise in general. Release Calendar DVD & Blu-ray Releases Top Rated Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Showtimes & Tickets In Theaters Coming Soon Coming Soon Movie News India Movie Spotlight. Parents need to know that A View to a Kill is the 14th official James Bond film, and Roger Moore's final outing in the series. Moore had obviously aged a great deal and yet I'm to believe he'd sleep with the pretty girls. Despite Roger Moore being a little over the hill for his last Bond film, I still loved it. Even if the climax borrows slightly from Superman the Movies flooding of St Andres Fault, or in this case Sillicon Valley. The locations are mostly very good, particularly Paris and Golden Gate Bridge. So far the only film I haven't enjoyed in the series has been Roger Moore's Moonraker, just because of the over the top silliness and the obvious sell-out to appeal to moviegoers who had just seen Star Wars. I know it does have flaws and mistakes like every movie does. After reading several not very flattering opinions of this film, I thought it right to add my own opinion to this film. I can say I am a Bond fan, seeing as I own twenty of the twenty-two movies currently on DVD (as of writing this review). They won't be able to see your review if you only submit your rating. Highly underestimated entry. (Almost sounds like Bauer. It contains guns, shooting, chasing, fighting, and some killing, but bloodletting is minimal. His films were the ones that were on television and when there was a new film he was Bond. |, August 21, 2015 Bottom line: That Fatal Kiss. "A VIEW TO A KILL" Review The year 1985 marked a milestone in the history of the Bond franchise. A view to a Kill (1985) After recovering a microchip from the body of a deceased colleague in Russia, British secret agent James Bond (Roger Moore) discovers that the technology has the potential for sinister applications. By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie. With Roger Moore, Christopher Walken, Tanya Roberts, Grace Jones. James Bond 007: A View to a Kill ist ein Computerspiel der Firma Mindscape aus dem Jahr 1985. Don't have an account? The plot may be fairly difficult to understand, but eventually it becomes easier to follow. Everyone discusses Roger's age and say he was too old for Bond. I claim to be a true Bond-phile, having seen every film many times over, and have read every one of the most excellent (and quite different from the films) Fleming novels (btw the Fleming short story View to a Kill is actually the basis for the films Live and Let Die and For Your Eyes Only) and find that this is definitely one of my favourites. Hard as it is to justify Bond films on intellectual grounds, there's something invigorating -- and strangely reassuring -- about this sort of picture. I found his devilish laughter, especially just before he dies, one of the best moments in the film. Chris Walken is in fine form as the evil Zorin - a psychopathic mega-lo-maniac with his eyes set on computer domination of the world by destroying silicone valley. A View to a Kill By focusing on high-definition thrills, nature documentaries obscure more than they reveal. | Rating: 6/10 It is exhausted and exhausting, an old joke retold once too often. A View To A Kill is viewed as one of the worst James Bond movies ever made, often beating out Moonraker, Octopussy (which deep down, I can never hate. Only that this time Bond gets away on a snowboard, how original. The opening sequence is great, apart from the Beach Boys music (what were they thinking?). He also steals a horse, shoots down a helicopter, invents snow boarding, hijacks a truck full of dynamite, jams a drilling rig, replays the "inside job" massacre at San Francisco's City Hall, crashes a wedding, bests Evel Knievel's top vehicle jump, straddles the point of the TransAmerica Building, and saves Silicon Valley. I'd like to discuss a couple of points mentioned in previous comments. Actually, I think he's better than ever. “View” has one of the series’ great title songs (by Duran Duran), it was filmed in some of the best locales imaginable (Paris, San Francisco), it was … Bond says, "Of course you are." Low energy as he goes through the all-too-familiar paces of redundancy, his now-lackluster 007 fails to throw off sparks even with a villainous two-fer played by Christopher Walken and Grace Jones. If this film represents anything, it's that we're not nearly as bad as a society toward women as we once were. 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