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A View to a Kill

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A View to a Kill (1985)

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Reviews Counted:41

Fresh:16

Rotten:25

Average Rating:4.8/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 11 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Synopsis: Roger Moore makes his the final appearance as the Secret Service Agent, James Bond in A VIEW TO A KILL. Her Majesty's Secret Service sends Bond to stop Madcap computer industrialist Max Zorin... Roger Moore makes his the final appearance as the Secret Service Agent, James Bond in A VIEW TO A KILL. Her Majesty's Secret Service sends Bond to stop Madcap computer industrialist Max Zorin (Christopher Walken) from triggering a massive earthquake in Silicon Valley and annihilating the global computer market. With the help of geoligist Stacey Sutton (Tanya Roberts), Bond must contend with May Day (Grace Jones) and Zorin's endless supply of henchmen as he jet sets from Paris to San Francisco leaving a trail of empty martini glasses and broken Q-gadgets behind him. In the 14th installment of the 007 series, director John Glen delivers an unforgettable and dazzling farewell vehicle for actor Roger Moore. Packed full of sex pot debutantes, whizz bang gadgetry, and cliffhanger action sequences, A VIEW TO A KILL is an unforgettable roller coaster ride. [More]

Starring: Roger Moore, Christopher Walken, Grace Jones, Tanya Roberts

Starring: Roger Moore, Christopher Walken, Grace Jones, Tanya Roberts, Patrick Macnee, Patrick Bauchau, Fiona Fullerton, Lois Maxwell, Robert Brown, Desmond Llewelyn, Dolph Lundgren

Director: John Glen

Director: John Glen
Screenwriter: Michael G. Wilson
Story: Richard Maibaum
Producer: Albert R. Broccoli, Michael G. Wilson
Composer: John Barry

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Reviews for A View to a Kill

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A workmanlike entry brings Moore's long and increasingly tired tenure to a close.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Oct., 13 2008 11:12 AM

Channel 4 Film

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2/5

Ian Nathan

Roger Moore's last Bond and not before time.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Oct., 13 2008 11:11 AM

Empire Magazine

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Once 007 was licensed to kill; now he not only eats quiche, he cooks it himself.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jan., 26 2006 03:16 AM

Time Out

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4/5

Almar Haflidason

As certain films in the Bond series have set specific benchmarks for tone, A View to a Kill is James Bond in comic book perfection.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Nov., 11 2002 08:32 AM

BBC

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Dennis Schwartz

This Bond eats quiche.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Feb., 21 2009 08:39 AM

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Dave Kehr

This one, directed by John Glen, just follows the numbers, plodding from one unimaginative set piece to the next.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Oct., 13 2008 11:16 AM

Chicago Reader

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It is exhausted and exhausting, an old joke retold once too often.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Oct., 13 2008 11:15 AM

TIME Magazine

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2/4

A View to a Kill is not the worst Bond film ever made, but it's closer to the bottom than to the top of the barrel.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Oct., 13 2008 11:13 AM

TV Guide's Movie Guide

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Variety Staff

While Bond pics have always traded heavily on the camp value of its characters, A View to a Kill almost attacks the humor, practically winking at the audience with every move.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Sep., 12 2008 03:15 AM

Variety

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4/5

Cole Smithey

No review available.

comment Comment | Apr., 22 2008 02:49 PM

ColeSmithey.com

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3/4

Stefan Birgir Stefansson

Bond is old but still cool

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Feb., 10 2008 04:59 PM

sbs.is

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2.5/5

Christopher Null

A View to a Kill is at least better than Octopussy, but it's so absurd as to make for a less than perfect time.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Feb., 17 2007 06:42 AM

Filmcritic.com

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3/5

Robert Roten

No review available.

comment Comment | Apr., 02 2006 01:20 PM

Laramie Movie Scope

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2/5

Jay Antani

The aging Roger Moore rehashes his somewhat foppish Bond in this sad '80s installment with Grace Jones as a vampish villainess. Awful, and an embarrassment to the Bond mystique.

comment Comment | Mar., 25 2006 02:08 PM

Los Angeles Alternative

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3/5

Chuck O'Leary

Roger Moore's final Bond film is a solidly entertaining entry in the series.

comment Comment | Sep., 21 2005 05:14 PM

Fantastica Daily

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3/5

Emanuel Levy

No review available.

comment Comment | Jul., 14 2005 11:54 PM

EmanuelLevy.Com

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Leo Goldsmith

Moore's tryst with Grace Jones is, on the one hand, a well-intentioned attempt to tear down the Bond-girl color barrier, and, on the other, a rather disturbing image.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Mar., 22 2005 10:15 PM

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2/5

Philip Martin

No review available.

comment Comment | Jan., 29 2005 05:58 AM

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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3/5

Michael A. Smith

Moore's final Bond picture is one too late. Walken is a fine villian, though.

comment Comment | Jan., 09 2005 12:01 AM

Nolan's Pop Culture Review

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2/5

Daniel M. Kimmel

No review available.

comment Comment | Dec., 07 2004 08:10 AM

Worcester Telegram & Gazette

 
 
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Latest News for A View to a Kill

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