A View To A Kill (1985)
John Glen
Bond, James Bond: Roger Moore
Arch Rival: Max Zorin (Christopher Walken)
Bond Girl: Stacey Sutton (Tanya Roberts)
A View To A Kill (1985)
Final part in the tiring seven part act by Roger Moore is one of his most sober and decent films. In this episode, Bond investigates a dubious racing circuit, where one particular horse seems to get better with more laps. He decides to track the owner of this horse which takes him to Max Zorin, a semiconductor giant who plans to use his might to blow down the silicon valley in the US so that the European companies gain monopoly in the industry. Bond also finds that he was a result of a biological experiment conducted by Nazis on the pregnant women in the concentration camps. He also meets geologist Stacey Sutton, who helps him discover Zorin’s plants and stop Zorin from blowing up his pipelines to flood the semiconductor cradle.
Last of the seven ventures for Roger Moore takes him back to the good old days of espionage rather than mindless shooting and reckless driving. Deliberately paced and developed, the film surprisingly succeeds partly because of the mellow yet charming performance of Christopher Walken as the semiconductor tycoon. The films final half hour turns as Psychopathic as Zorin himself and breaks the finely crafted film abruptly. Another wimpy girlfriend makes you wish for one tight slap.
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