Roger Moore decided to give the bond role one last hurrah here in MGM's 14th James Bond installment, A View to a Kill. This is the kind of Bond film you can take or leave. Many choose to leave it, though. And rightfully so. It is not the finest in the series by any stretch of the imagination but it does have some good moments. It is next to last in my opinion mainly because of three factors: Roger Moore's age, the outlandish plot, and the atrocious enemies (Zorin, May Day, Jenny Flex).

Perhaps it was just badly written or simply a bad-timed movie, but A View to a Kill offers little to the cultured Bond viewer in terms of excitement. They tried, but they just didn't succeed. First of all, it is rather hard to believe that James Bond can still do it all considering the fact that he looks over 55 years old. Bond is supposed to be timeless and his age constant. The action sequence in Paris, France was was rather tasty but there is little else.

The thing that makes the enemies so terribly bad is the fact that none of them look like they pose the slightest threat to a bunch of redneck county sheriffs, let alone the entire Silicon Valley. Max Zorin looks like he couldn't even fight his way out of a paper bag. And anyone afraid of May Day and her all-girl goons must be either gay, or under 4 years old. Bond, even at his age, would be able to wallop these losers without even withdrawing his PPK.

The only highlights in this movie are some good-looking women, one or two good action sequences, and the beautiful city of San Francisco. Other than that, A View to a Kill basically belongs on moratorium indefinitely.

Overall Rating: D

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