A View to a Kill
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Actor: Anthony Chinn, Bill Ackridge, Daniel Benzali, Gerard Buhr, Patrick BauchauBrand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language); French (Original Language); French (Dubbed)
Format: Color, Dolby, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 131 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-09-04
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
DVD Reviews of A View to a Kill
DVD Review: Not Roger's Greatest Bond.
Summary: 3 Stars
Years ago, I used to see a publicist from Paramount at Star Trek conventions. Star Trek V had just come out and failed. He told us that "the main problem with Star Trek V was Star Trek IV." Basically, nothing Star Trek V could have done would have improved upon the much-loved "Star Trek IV." While I don't totally agree with that, Star Trek V had alot of things wrong with it, you could probably say the same thing about this film: the main problem with "A View to a Kill" is "Octopussy." "Octopussy" was such an all-around entertaining Bond film that we were expecting the same thing with this film.
We were greatly disappointed.
"A View to a Kill" is a very average Bond film and a sad swansong for Roger as Bond. Roger was 57 when he made this film and sadly a bit old for Bond at this point. As a result, we never even see Bond in the sack with the much younger Tanya Roberts. (For some reason, Tanya is one of the most disliked Bond women. I had no problem with her and thought she looked pretty damn good in this film. I've met her twice, including once last summer, and she is very nice in person.) It opens with a pretty good action scene with Bond on snowmobile being chased by a low-flying helicoptor. He eventually uses a ski from the snowmobile to surf down a mountain (to the Beach Boys singing "California Girls" Some people hate this, I find it amusing." The basic plot is Bond taking on a madman played by Christopher Walken. Walken is fun but his assistant was played by the annoying Grace Jones, during her 15 minutes of fame. This annoying character is featured prominently in the film's advertising. Today she is a trivia question. (Another interesting trivia question is that the theme from this film, performed by Duran-Duran, is the only Bond film to hit number one.)
The problem is that the film just isn't that interesting. Theres a not very interesting subplot involving Walken using microchips on his racehorses at the beginning of the film. (The great Patrick MacNee is used and wasted during this sequence, being unceremonially murdered by Jones.) The worst thing about this film is a Keystone Kops-like chase scene featuring Bond hanging from the back of a hook and ladder as it goes up and down the winding streets of San Francisco. I hate this scene. I also hate the scene where Bond arrogantly announces who he is to a not-tto-bright San Francisco cop who arrests him anyway. Bond gives him the "Bond, James Bond" line like he is a celebrity, not a secret agent. I hate this scene also. The film ends with a fairly good action scene with Bond combating Walken atop the Golden Gate bridge.
This is not a bad film, it just isn't very good. Its not a great film for Roger to go out on. He deserves a great deal of respect for keeping the Bond series alive and profitable during his 7 Bond films.
The DVD features a nice commentary by Moore, I'v enjoyed listening to his commentaries on the Bond dvds and blu-rays that have been released.
Description of A View to a Kill
Roger Moore makes his the final appearance as the Secret Service Agent James Bond in a VIEW TO A KILL. Her Majesty's Secret Service sends Bond to stop Madcap computer industrialist Max Zorin (Christopher Walken) from triggering a massive earthquake in silicon valley and annihilating the global computer market. With the help of geoligist Stacey Sutton (Tanya Roberts) Bond must contend with May Day (Grace Jones) and Zorin s endless supply of henchmen as he jet sets from Paris to San Francisco leaving a trail of empty martini glasses and broken Q-gadgets behind him. In the 14th installment of the 007 series director John Glen delivers an unforgettable and dazzling farewell vehicle for actor Roger Moore. Packed full of sex pot debutantes whizz bang gadgetry and cliffhanger action sequences VIEW TO A KILL is an unforgettable roller coaster ride.System Requirements:Running Time: 131 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE Rating: PG UPC: 027616066374 Manufacturer No: M106639Bestsellers in DVD
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