A View to a Kill
A View to a Kill
A newly-developed microchip designed by Zorin Industries for the British Government that can survive the electromagnetic radiation caused by a nuclear explosion has landed in the hands of the KGB. James Bond must find out how and why. His suspicions soon lead him to big industry leader Max Zorin who forms a plan to destroy his only competition in Silicon Valley by triggering a massive earthquake in the San Francisco Bay.
GBWest reviewedSeptember 1, 2025
Don't betray your best henchwoman.
This is a very Roger Moore 007 flick. There is plenty of silliness for this film with some pretty good action and story. I thoroughly enjoyed this film for its campiness, action sequence (including and not limited to 007 hanging off of a firetruck ladder like a certain T-800 (Terminator 3)), and there is a lot to love about this film. In the end, my favorite character was Mayday, sure she's Max Shreck's...Max Zorin's (Christopher Walken) top henchwoman, loyal and fierce who believes that Zorin loves her, a fact that brings forth her ultimate betrayal. After Zorin betrays her, she is most responsible for thwarting his plans to sink Silicon Valley into the ocean.
There is no need to worry as while Zorin is a psychopathic former genetically reengineered Russian agent, he does not suggest that the theme song needs more cowbell. Ultimately, while Mayday is the end of his schemes, Zorin is his own ultimate end as he'd rather fight 007 on top of the Golden Gate bridge than escape.