![]() But the film is poorly paced with an incredibly slow first half. The action definitely feels bigger, and there are a few notable action scenes that I can see myself re-watching. It's also unfortunate that we have a wasted performance from Christopher Walken, who very well could have been an all time great villain. Bond films attempt to go bigger and bigger with every release, but A View to a Kill fails at bringing a more mainstream approach to the series. Films have come along way since he began in 1973, but the quality has varied in this franchise. It's unfortunate because this film ends Roger Moore's long 15 year run as everyone's favorite British Secret Service agent. The 80's produced several all-time great action films, but A View to a Kill is not one of them. At this troubling juncture, Jones' character name, Mayday, seems symptomatic of the franchise in general. Indeed, the final San Francisco Bay Bridge action set piece offers the most excitement of the entire flick. When a slow-moving blimp is the literal 'vehicle' that sets your supposedly explosive climax in motion, you know it's time to hang up your Walther PPK. In this PG-rated spy adventure, an investigation of a horse-racing scam leads 007 (Moore) to a mad industrialist who plans to create a worldwide microchip monopoly by destroying California's Silicon Valley. 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. In his 7th outing as Bond, Moore's superspy has become Perry Como with a License to Kill. 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. Well past his sell-by date, Roger Moore shamelessly headlines an overly camp adventure where the only action comes courtesy of a killer theme song. If this film represents anything, it's that we're not nearly as bad as a society toward women as we once were. Or to suggest sexual activity on one's names. Like a woman would to be subservient to a man. Bond says, "Of course you are." Get it?! Her name is Jenny Flex, like the word "genuflect," which means to bow down in front of someone. There is a gal named Jenny Flex in the film. It's not that post-industrial society stopped being misogynistic or sexist, it's just that it could never be as blatant as all this is. ![]() Another problem is the misogyny and sexism itself. It's not that he is such a bad guy but it's just so terribly obvious that he is not the kind of man that women would be throwing themselves at like this film portrays. Roger Moore is just too old to be playing Bond at this point. Watching Experience: Nothing of note with my experience regarding mature content.įor intense action violence, sexual content, drinking and some language.Some entertainment just doesn't stand the test of time, including the 1985 James Bond film "A View to a Kill." Problems galore with this film. Positive Role Models and Representations(1/5): Bond uses iffy tactics to achieve things for the greater good. Positive Messages: None are very present in this Bond outing. A man inside a blimp tries to kill Bond with dynamite but drops it, killing him and another man and blowing up the blimp. Bond and Zorin fight on the golden gate bridge, and Bond kicks Zorin off the bridge as we see him fall to the water. Dozens of people are killed in this scene. Max Zorin goes to his mine and destroys it, which is an intense sequence with explosions destroying worker huts and throwing men in the air many men are trapped in the river and attempt to escape but fall down a waterfall to their deaths, are electrocuted by a stray wire that lands in the water due to an explosion and are gunned down by Zorin himself, who smiles with glee while killing them. The violence is really only intense during the climax. Violence(4/5): A man is struck by a fishhook and bleeds from his head on contact briefly. ![]() A couple is shown in bed together and interrupted during an action scene for comical effect.ĭrinking, Drugs and Smoking(3/5): Drinking is often shown, as well as a drunk man. Grace Jones takes off her clothes with her back shown. He gets in a hot tub naked once with another nude woman(nothing is shown) and they make out. Sex, Romance and Nudity(3/5): Bond is involved with many women in this film, shown kissing in bed before having sex offscreen. Language(3/5): There are 3 uses of “s**t” and “g****mn”, 2 uses of “hell” and “oh my L*rd”, and 1 use of “pu**y”, “oh my G**” and “damn”. A View to a Kill is a 1985 Bond film directed by John Glen and starring Roger Moore, Christopher Walken, Grace Jones and Tanya Roberts.
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