Review of A View to a Kill (1985) by Andre P — 03 Aug 2008

This is easily Moore's weakest outing as Bond. 'Octopussy' should have been his last Bond movie, it was a solid Bond flick and would have been a good one for him to go out on. The always terrible Grace Jones ends up being the most embarrassing and stupid henchman in the entire Bond franchise, and while one would think Christopher Walken would make a great Bond villain, he ends up coming off as uncharismatic and weak.

While I don't think Roger Moore looked too old in this movie (He was 58 when he did this movie, but I think they managed to make him look ten years younger here), the wild things they have James Bond's character do stunt-wise are rediculous and make him appear to be long in the tooth.

The movie has some cool stunts and locations, there's too much stupid crap going on to redeem this film. Like all of the actors who have played James Bond, Moore doesn't get a good film to go out on, which is a shame since he stepped into the role of the iconic superspy more times than any other actor to day.