A View to a Kill
A View to a Kill (1985) is the fourteenth spy film of the James Bond series, and the seventh and last to star Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Although the title is adapted from Ian Fleming's short story "From a View to a Kill", the film is the third Bond film after The Spy Who Loved Me and Octopussy to have an entirely original screenplay. In A View to a Kill, Bond is pitted against Max Zorin, who plans to destroy California's Silicon Valley.
The film was produced by Albert R. Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson, who also wrote the screenplay with Richard Maibaum. It was the third James Bond film to be directed by John Glen.
The film was produced by Albert R. Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson, who also wrote the screenplay with Richard Maibaum. It was the third James Bond film to be directed by John Glen.
Despite being a commercial success and earning a Golden Globe nomination, A View to a Kill was poorly received by critics and was also disliked by Roger Moore himself. However, Christopher Walken was praised for portraying a "classic Bond villain."[1]
Cast
Roger Moore as James Bond: British Secret Service agent.- Christopher Walken as Max Zorin: A microchip industrialist planning to destroy the Silicon Valley in an earthquake and gain a monopoly in the market.
- Tanya Roberts as Stacey Sutton: The granddaughter of an oil tycoon whose company is taken over by Zorin. She later becomes a geologist and assists Bond in preventing the earthquake.
- Grace Jones as May Day: Zorin's lover and chief henchwoman. When Zorin betrays her, she joins hands with Bond and sacrifices her life so as to save Silicon Valley.
- Robert Brown as M: The strict head of the Secret Intelligence Service
- Desmond Llewelyn as Q: An MI6 officer in charge of the research and development branch. He provides Bond with unique vehicle and gadgets for battling Zorin.
- Lois Maxwell as Miss Moneypenny: M's secretary.
- Geoffrey Keen as Fredrick Gray: The British Minister of Defence.
- Walter Gotell as General Gogol: The head of the KGB.
- Patrick Macnee as Sir Godfrey Tibbett: Bond's ally who helps him enter Zorin's villa and stable.
- Patrick Bauchau as Scarpine: Zorin's loyal associate.
- David Yip as Chuck Lee A CIA agent who assists Bond and Sutton but is killed by May Day.
- Fiona Fullerton as Pola Ivanova; a KGB agent sent by Gogol to spy on Zorin.
- Willoughby Gray as Dr. Carl Mortner: A former Nazi scientist who designs Zorin's microchips for carrying narcotic drugs (in the German release version, he is a Polish communist).
- Alison Doody as Jenny Flex: One of May Day's assistants
- Papillon Soo Soo as Pan Ho: One of May Day's assistants
- Dolph Lundgren as Venz, one of General Gogol's KGB Henchmen
