A View to a Kill
Movie, 1985, Roger Moore, Set in 1985
A View to a Kill is #16 of 27 in release order and #14 of 27 in chronological order in the James Bond.
The story
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.
A View to a Kill recap
Bond recovers a microchip from the body of agent 003 in Siberia; it is a copy of a British chip that can survive a nuclear pulse, made by Zorin Industries. Bond investigates Max Zorin, a horse breeder and tech magnate who was the product of Nazi medical experiments and once worked for the KGB. Zorin's bodyguard and lover May Day kills a French detective from the Eiffel Tower, and Bond chases her. In San Francisco, Bond teams up with the geologist Stacey Sutton, whom Zorin is trying to buy out. Zorin plans to set off explosives along the San Andreas and Hayward faults, flood Silicon Valley and control the world's microchip market.
A View to a Kill ending explained
Zorin floods the mine and abandons his own workers, including May Day. She turns on him and rides the bomb out of the mine on a rail cart, dying in the blast that saves the valley. Zorin kidnaps Stacey in his airship, and Bond fights him on top of the Golden Gate Bridge, where Zorin falls to his death. Bond and Stacey are found in a shower by Q's robot.
Post-credits scenes
No. There is no post-credits scene.
Where to watch A View to a Kill
A View to a Kill is streaming on Prime Video in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 6.3/10, Rotten Tomatoes 36%
Where it fits
- Release order: after Never Say Never Again, before The Living Daylights.
- Chronological order: after Octopussy, before The Living Daylights.
What to watch before A View to a Kill
In release order, 13 James Bond essentials come before A View to a Kill (1985), from Dr. No (1962) to Octopussy (1983).
Cast
- Roger Moore as James Bond
- Tanya Roberts as Stacey Sutton
- Christopher Walken as Max Zorin
- Grace Jones as May Day
- Patrick Macnee as Tibbett
- Patrick Bauchau as Scarpine
- David Yip as Chuck Lee
- Fiona Fullerton as Pola Ivanova
- Manning Redwood as Bob Conley
- Alison Doody as Jenny Flex
- Willoughby Gray as Dr. Carl Mortner
- Desmond Llewelyn as Q
Directed by John Glen.