Bond Retrospective: "A View To A Kill"

Released: 1985

Actor: Roger Moore

Villain: Max Zorin (Christopher Walken)

Henchman: May Day

Allies: Chuck Lee

Bond Girl: Stacey Sutton (Tanya Roberts)

First Appearance: none worth mentioning

Notable Reappearance: Gogol

Precredits sequence: Bond obtains a microchip from a fallen 00 agent, and skies down to safety to an icicle ship.

Plot: In short, Zorin wants to destroy Silicon Valley by blowing up two fault lines, and sinking the area. Then, he will likely retain a greater control of the market. Bond catches wind when he realizes the captured microchip is designed to withstand an EMP. Bond learns more about Zorin during his horse auction, and learns that he's using steroids to amp up his horses. Bond survives an assassination attempt, and with the help of Stacey Sutton, tries to find out more about Zorin's plans, when he attempts to kill them in a building. Bond saves them both, and travels to the mines, where with May Day's sacrifice, he destroys the bomb set to sink Silicon Valley, and disposes of Zorin and his henchmen.

Thoughts: Too long a movie. What happened to the brief, solid running times of the Connery era? This film is too long and bloated. The plot itself was interesting enough, but the movie felt too long for what the plot itself was. That being said, I fell asleep near the end, and missed a bunch of action scenes that probably didn't add much to the overall picture. Zorin was a good enemy, as Walken is a good actor. More looks entirely too old. The camp is still there. It's a good thing the Moore era ended, and a shame he didn't have consistently good material like TSWLM.

 

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