Bond: View to a Kill [VHS]
by John Glen (II)
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Actor: Christopher Walken, Grace Jones, Patrick Macnee, Roger Moore, Tanya RobertsDirector: John Glen (II)
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
Running Time: 126 minutes
Release Date: 2000-10-17
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
VHS Movie Reviews of Bond: View to a Kill [VHS]
Movie Review: Oh, James
Summary: 4 Stars
A View to a Kill finds Roger Moore in his last outing as James Bond while pushing 60. We see Christopher Walken do what he does best: play a creepy bad guy.
Every Bond movie can be judged on five things: Bond himself, the plot, the villain(s), the Bond girls, and the Bond song.
Bond: When Roger Moore came on as Bond in 1973's Live and Let Die, he was 46 but looked 10 years younger. By the time he was in 1985's A View to a Kill, he looked every bit his 58 years. Oddly, his age is not a detriment to the story, even though he should have retired after For Your Eyes Only. He doesn't look grossly old, just a little too seasoned. The other thing about his age that is bothersome is that it's so blatanly obvious a stunt double is doing most of his work. I'm sure a stunt double always did the dangerous scenes for all the Bond actors, but because the stunt double is so much younger than the real actor here, it is more noticeable. Moore's charm remains strong and he is fun to watch; which is more than I can say about his successor.
Plot: A former KGB tychoon plans to blow up Silicon Valley to have a monopoly on computer chips. It's almost like the plot of Mr Big's in Live and Let Die where he wants a monopoly on heroin.
Villains: What can be said about the incomparable Christopher Walken? Here, he is psychotic, like in half of his roles. His psychosis is blamed on a biological experiment that was done on pregnant women in Germany during WWII. They were injected with steroids, and while most miscarried, a handful produced genius kids with mental instability. Max Zorin is one of these grown up steroid kids who has defected from the KGB and who wants to control the computer chip industry while also racing steroid horses.
Girls: I don't think there is a more stark contrast of Bond girls than Grace Jones' May Day and Tanya Roberts' Stacy Sutton. Grace Jones' masculine physique is very jarring, but she is fun to watch, and like Walken, no one can compare to her. Jones has a presence on screen that is undeniable and the way she sacrifices herself at the end is commendable. Tanya Roberts gets put on a lot of people's Worst Bond Girls list, but I like her. Some things she does are annoying, but can't that be said about most of the Bond girls? They are not written to upstage Bond, so they have to be somewhat brainless and helpless. Roberts is certainly beautiful--she looks just as beautiful in overalls with a hard hat as in a dress--she has spunk, and her situation in the movie is sympathetic. I must also give honorable mention to one of the other Bond girls, Jenny Flex. Just watch the way she walks. Was she trained to walk like that? Wow.
Song: I think Duran Duran's A View to a Kill is the best Bond song ever. Sure, some will say Live and Let Die by Paul McCarteney and Wings, or Nobody Does It Better by Carly Simon, but I find this song has better replayability and the lead singer of Duran Duran has a better voice and uses every ounce of it on this track.
Bottom line: A View to a Kill is not the best Bond movie; but it is very fun to watch and probably my favorite.
Summary of Bond: View to a Kill [VHS]
Roger Moore's last outing as James Bond is evidence enough that it was time to pass the torch to another actor. Beset by crummy action (an out-of-control fire engine?) and featuring a fading Moore still trying to prop up his mannered idea of style, the film is largely interesting for Christopher Walken's quirky performance as a sort-of supervillain who wants to take out California's Silicon Valley. Grace Jones has a spookily interesting presence as a lethal associate of Walken's (and who, in the best Bond tradition, has sex with 007 before trying to kill him later), and Patrick Macnee (Steed!) has a warm if brief bit. Even directed by John Glen, who brought some crackle to the Moore years in the Bond franchise, this is a very slight effort. --Tom KeoghAction & Adventure VHS Video
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