A View to a Kill (1985)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

John Glen

Writers:

Ian Fleming (story)
Richard Maibaum (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

24 May 1985 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Thriller

Tagline:

Adventure Above And Beyond All Other Bonds

Plot:

An investigation of a horse-racing scam leads 007 to a mad industrialist who plans to create a worldwide microchip monopoly by destroying California's Silicon Valley.

Plot Keywords:

Silicon Valley | Microchip | Explosion | Computer | James Bond

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 4 nominations

Cast

Roger Moore	...	James Bond
Christopher Walken	...	Max Zorin
Tanya Roberts	...	Stacey Sutton
Grace Jones	...	May Day
Patrick Macnee	...	Sir Godfrey 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 / Hans Glaub
Desmond Llewelyn	...	Q
Robert Brown	...	M
Lois Maxwell	...	Miss Moneypenny
Walter Gotell	...	General Anatol Gogol

Also Known As:

From a View to a Kill (UK) (working title)

Runtime:

131 min

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Canada:PG (Ontario) | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Germany:12 (re-release) (uncut) | West Germany:12 (cut) (video premiere) | Iceland:10 (original rating) | Iceland:12 (video rating) | UK:PG (cut) | South Korea:15 | Brazil:12 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Netherlands:12 | Norway:15 | Norway:16 (1985) | Singapore:PG | Sweden:15 | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

2201 Broadway, Oakland, California, USA

Company:

Danjaq

Trivia:

Despite it being Bond's best-known catchphrase, "The name's Bond. James Bond." only appears in full in this movie and Casino Royale. All other Bond films have only used "Bond. James Bond."

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Zorin's safety harness is visible as he pulls Stacey into his blimp.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Kimberley Jones: I thought you'd never get back.
James Bond: Well, there was a heck of a crowd on the piste!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Jeopardy!: (#22.11)" (2005)

Soundtrack:

California Girls

Moore Knew When To Get Out

This was Roger Moore's last James Bond effort. I salute him for doing a fine job replacing a legend in Sean Connery. However, Moore didn't go out with a bang, more like a whimper.

That's the way this movie went: started with a bang with a wild opening. It was still excellent after the first half hour, but then went downhill. After the next half hour, the film was actually boring.

Tanya Roberts was a pretty female lead but her overdone eye makeup made her look cheap. Grace Jones was supposed to be sexy but a woman with flat- top haircut, a ton of makeup and a constant frown on her face was anything but "sexy."

Moore must have known this was a turkey and got out while the getting was good.