A View to a Kill (1985)

Roger Moore's final attempt to destroy the franchise almost succeeds in A View to a Kill. Not even Christopher Walken's presence can provide any relief. Walken plays Max Zorin, an insane but enterprising businessman who wants to eradicate Silicon Valley so that he can create a microchip cartel. But for some reason he starts by rigging horse races. We spend the first HOUR investigating horse-race doping until we finally get into the main plot. I zoned out for over half of the runtime. Occasionally, a stunt here or there would be impressive, but I was so tired of obvious stunt doubles and bad rear projection that I just didn't care. Roger is at his eyebrow-waggling zenith and it's more irritating than ever. In no other Bond film have I rooted for anyone to lodge a bullet into Bond's head. They had a few good chances, too! Grace Jones is terrifying, and the other Bond girl--Tanya Roberts--is worse than Denise Richards (!). I could go on, but I think I can safely say that A View to a Kill is the worst Bond film ever made.

1/10