{"id":33130,"date":"2013-04-11T20:55:45","date_gmt":"2013-04-12T02:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/04\/11\/movie-review-view-to-a-kill-1985.html"},"modified":"2013-04-12T06:25:46","modified_gmt":"2013-04-12T12:25:46","slug":"movie-review-view-to-a-kill-1985","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/04\/11\/movie-review-view-to-a-kill-1985.html","title":{"rendered":"Movie Review: "View to a Kill" (1985)"},"content":{"rendered":"
Wow. This Bond flick is worse than I remember. Not quite the worst, but an awful mess.<\/p>\n

Ironically, it's also the first Bond film I recall seeing in a theater.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Dave Hill\u2019s \u2605\u2605 review of A View to a Kill (1985) on Letterboxd.com<\/a>
\n The last of the Roger Moore Bond films — mercifully. There’s little to recommend this lackluster, muddled affair: Christopher Walken as bubbly psychopath main villain, Grace Jones as Walken’s main ne…\n <\/p>\n

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Wow. This Bond flick is worse than I remember. Not quite the worst, but an awful mess. Ironically, it's also the first Bond film I recall seeing in a theater. Dave Hill\u2019s \u2605\u2605 review of A View to a Kill (1985) on Letterboxd.com The last of the Roger Moore Bond films — mercifully. 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