Roger Moore ended his James Bond career battling a villain who wants to sink the Silicon Valley in “A View to a Kill.” This seventh time around for Moore featured all the usual action, villains, and beautiful Bond women, well-directed by John Glen (“Octopussy” 1983) and well-written by Richard Maibaum and Michael G. Wilson, stepson of producer Albert R. “Cubby” Broccoli, who also promoted Wilson to co-producer.
The supporting cast includes Christopher Walken (as bad guy Max Zorin), Tanya Roberts, Grace Jones, Patrick Macnee, David Yip, Patrick Bauchau, Willoughby Gray, Allison Doody, Fiona Fullerton, Jean Rougerie, and Dolph Lundgren as a KGB henchman.
Lois Maxwell makes her fourteenth and final appearance as Miss Moneypenny. She was in every Eon Production Bond film from “Dr. No” in 1962 to this one. Other returnees include Robert Brown as M, Geoffrey Keen as the Minister of Defense, Desmond Llewelyn as Q, and Walter Gotell as head of the KGB.
John Barry returned as composer of the soundtrack, and co-writer with Duran Duran of the theme song “A View to a Kill,” performed by the rock band. The watchable “A View to a Kill” was successful in theatrical release for Eon Productions, United Artists, and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
A View to a Kill (1985)
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My Review
Roger Moore ended his James Bond career battling a villain who wants to sink the Silicon Valley in “A View to a Kill.” This seventh time around for Moore featured all the usual action, villains, and beautiful Bond women, well-directed by John Glen (“Octopussy” 1983) and well-written by Richard Maibaum and Michael G. Wilson, stepson of producer Albert R. “Cubby” Broccoli, who also promoted Wilson to co-producer.
The supporting cast includes Christopher Walken (as bad guy Max Zorin), Tanya Roberts, Grace Jones, Patrick Macnee, David Yip, Patrick Bauchau, Willoughby Gray, Allison Doody, Fiona Fullerton, Jean Rougerie, and Dolph Lundgren as a KGB henchman.
Lois Maxwell makes her fourteenth and final appearance as Miss Moneypenny. She was in every Eon Production Bond film from “Dr. No” in 1962 to this one. Other returnees include Robert Brown as M, Geoffrey Keen as the Minister of Defense, Desmond Llewelyn as Q, and Walter Gotell as head of the KGB.
John Barry returned as composer of the soundtrack, and co-writer with Duran Duran of the theme song “A View to a Kill,” performed by the rock band. The watchable “A View to a Kill” was successful in theatrical release for Eon Productions, United Artists, and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.