Film

A View to a Kill 1985

Directed by John Glen

  • Adventure, Action, Thriller
  • 131 min
  • PG

Has James Bond finally met his match?

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.

AdventureActionThrillerlondon, englandhelicopterfiredrug abusefranceparis, franceenglandsan francisco, californiahorse racesecret identityfire enginevillain

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Classical in form, resolved, unpretentious and cool.

  • classical in formformally daring
  • resolvedopen-ended
  • unpretentiousprestige
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21 profiled raters. Loved most by The Genre Devotees; disliked most by The Prestige Hunters.