A View To A Kill 1985

Gene Siskel, Chicago Tribune: The film also fails on other traditional Bond levels. For example, the gadgets. Zorin and his gang have an inflatable dirigible, but so what? The key to the best Bond gadgets has been that they were something you might want to own yourself. Read more

Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel: Hard as it is to justify Bond films on intellectual grounds, there's something invigorating -- and strangely reassuring -- about this sort of picture. Read more

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: This one, directed by John Glen, just follows the numbers, plodding from one unimaginative set piece to the next. Read more

Janet Maslin, New York Times: As lavishly escapist as they are, the latest James Bond films have become strenuous to watch, now that the business of maintaining Bond's casual savoir-faire looks like such a monumental chore. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: A View to a Kill is often numbered among the worst of the series, but, upon closer inspection, this film is a vast improvement over Octopussy. Read more

TIME Magazine: It is exhausted and exhausting, an old joke retold once too often. Read more

Chris Peachment, Time Out: Once 007 was licensed to kill; now he not only eats quiche, he cooks it himself. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: While Bond pics have always traded heavily on the camp value of its characters, A View to a Kill almost attacks the humor, practically winking at the audience with every move. Read more

Paul Attanasio, Washington Post: It's not double-oh-seven anymore, but double-oh-seventy, the best argument yet for the mandatory retirement age. Read more