And so it came down to this. The End of Roger Moore's Bond Career....I can hear my Connery friends cheering now, but for those real Bond fans who do care, that being the majority of us, Roger Moore's leave obviously had to come. After twelve years of entertaining us with his wit and admireable one-liners, A View to A Kill marked the end of a legacy.
This time around, James Bond is caught up in a frenzy of suspicion and danger investigating Max Zorin, played by Christopher Walken. A millionare horse breeder and a pioneer in the microchip industry, Zorin plans the total destruction of Silicon Valley, leaving him with control over the multi-million dollar franchise of microchipping. Details of his murderous scheme are gradually uncovered to Bond during his investigations of Zorin's stables and the mystery of why his horses always defeat those of far superior bloodlines. Bond also has to tend with Zorin's partner in crime, May Day, played by Grace Jones.
Roger's charming efforts on Stacey are cut short by May Day. (Right-Click to Save)
As usual, 007 gets help and finds leads into the investigation. This time around, Bond teams up with Stacey Sutton, a girl whom Zorin bribed with 5 million dollars because she partly knew what he was up to. The story just keeps on getting more dangerous for the two as they fall deeper and deeper into Zorin's scheme.
This movie has gotten a lot of bad reviews in the past, but it's not really all that bad. Some of the acting
can be easily criticized and the plots' track may take you through a few loops of confusion at times, but
with those factors aside, this film carries on in the Bond tradition quite well. Although Roger may look a little too old for the part here, he still produces in his special way. The make up artists should be commended for a job well done in keeping an old veteran actor in good looking shape for the role. Any fans of 60's tv would surely enjoy this film as it contains not only Simon Templar, The Saint, but also Patrick Macnee, who portrayed John Steed of The Avengers. Here Macnee plays Tibbet, Bonds' chauffer/partner.
With all said and done, Roger left honourably in a solid film that is filled with adventure and excitement. From a fast paced ski-chase in the Siberian mountains, to a climactic fight atop the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, A View to a Kill gives the audience true Bond action and should be considered a classic in that it saw the final reprisal of Roger Moore as James Bond, the debonaire English gent who owned the seventies and in many minds, mine included, the James Bond series.
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