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Bond Remastered - A View To A Kill (1-disc) [1985]
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Bond passed his best
Review date: 2008-01-02 Rating: 6 out of 10
Roger Moore's final performance as Bond, and he clearly shows his age. He himself admits in the accompanying commentary to often feeling tired and drained when making this movie. Moore played him as a wise-cracking superman, and maybe it was best for him to finally give up the licence to kill.
It's standard Moore-Bond fare with nothing particularly special to recommend it. The story is plain daft and yet well-acted; its stunts are unbelievably unbelievable and yet superbly crafted; the jokes are corny and yet comedic; and the technical hardware ... well, who cares anyway, you know the formula by now. It's just a shame that the producers at the time did not seem to care about Bond's credibility as a concept.
Moore is, as always, marvellously self-deprecating in the accompanying commentary, and is a delight to listen to as he describes his involvement in various scenes. He is alas silent about his bedroom scene with the notoriously prickly (apparently) Grace Jones. The extras also feature the standard commentary from the production team.
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Reviews
Moore's Nadir
Review date: 2007-09-07 Rating: 4 out of 10
If you thought he looked past it in Octopussy, then two years later Moore proves that he really should have left dodge earlier than he did. If this was the most tightly plotted entry in the series with the best supporting characters and the greatest action scenes you'd be hard pressed to find any believability about Moore's Bond here. As this film is none of those things, this is as bad as it gets.
Storyline wise it perhaps is better than it's predeccesor Octopussy, but its just hard to take it seriously. Tanya Roberts' Stacey Sutton is perhaps the most useless Bond Girl in the series to date (and that covers a lot of ground I know) and seems to do nothing but scream very loudly when she messes something else up. And to be honest I would never want to see ANYONE having to bed Grace Jones, least of all Bond.
Yet there are definately plus points. Christopher Walken is a superb Bond villain, and for once a bit of ingenuity is used in the obilgatory chases (Bond in a Horse Race? Bond on the Eiffel Tower? Bond on a Fire Engine?).
It's by no means a complete disaster but it's definately a film too far for Moore.
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Roger Moore
Grace Jones
Tanya Roberts
Christopher Walken
Patrick Macnee
Creators:
Roger Moore (Primary Contributor)
Christopher Walken (Primary Contributor)
Recording label: MGM Entertainment
Manufacturer: MGM Entertainment
EAN: 5039036032063
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: PAL, Widescreen,
Release date: 2007-03-12
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
Audience rating: Parental Guidance
Region code: 2
Running time: 126 minutes
Theatrical release date: 1985
Language: English (Original Language)