"No one ever leaves the KGB. Except me. In the very next film."

"I don't think anyone can be too old to play James Bond" Lazenby confirmed for Bond 26

Love Roger's approach to acting - 'say the words & don't bump into the furniture'.

About the ending… don’t know if anyone has suggested when Bond chucks the towel at Q’s robot, it can signify Moore throwing in the towel on the role?

A View To A Kill is such a guilty pleasure for me along with The World Is Not Enough, I love the music especially. John Barry's score is incredible in this.

There’s something about the way Max Zorin laughs just before he falls to his death that really stuck with me. Idk why, but it’s one of the most iconic villain deaths of all time for me. Is he laughing in disbelief? Is he laughing at the irony? Is he laughing because he’s insane? It’s a bit of everything and it embodies his character so well for me in a memorable way.

Roger Moore cooking show titles... "A View to a Grill" "For Your Pies Only" "Moon Baker" "Live and Let Diet" "The Pie Who Loved Me"

42:17 "Yes, we played Bridge together. He lost." -James Bond

re: Moore and Macnee chemistry. They played Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in a 1976 TV movie with John Huston as Professor Moriarty.

This movie is definitely one of my favorites. Not only is an older James Bond acceptable, but the chemistry between Moore and Macnee is also very refreshing. I once heard someone argue for a series of films with the two actors, where Moore would play a wealthy adventurer with Macnee as his valet and sidekick. I would absolutely love to see a series like that.

Actually the Eiffel Tower was EON's idea. They'd intended it for Moonraker, what with that filming in France, but in typical EON fashion, when they dropped it, they intended to come back to it in a future film.

The dress they put Moneypenny in is quite tragic. It looks like the costume designer went to the old lady department at Walmart.

Back in 1985 me and my pals laughed at Bond's flares in the gun barrel sequence at the cinema. We were only ten.

For me, the Golden Gate Bridge sequence, Christopher Walken and Barry's score are the highlights of this film. By the way, Calvin, your impression of Mr Aubergine is excellent!

May Day: "What a view." Max Zorin: "To a kill." As cheesy as it is... I do like it when movies say the title.

The film that made me fall in love with the Bond franchise and that made me a hardcore Bond fan. The title song, the soundtrack, the Golden Gate Bridge fight, Zorin’s blimp, May Day’s sacrifice, etc. I saw all these elements and I was hooked. Don’t know if I’d be a part of this fandom if it wasn’t for A View to a Kill.

While the Paris Eiffel Tower scene seemed to be pointless, it ended up being a pivotal point of Duran Duran’s music video.

That one interview with Roger Moore. Roger said this "I was only about 400 years to old for the role" That has the be one of the funniest tihings an actor admit they shemselves where to old to play the role. I wonder if Tom Cruise would be willing to say something like this?

Moore and Macnee got to know each other well through their years filming in adjacent studios at Elstree. Moore on The Saint and Macnee on The Avengers. Moore was renowned for playing practical jokes on the casts of the other shows being filmed. There's a few behind the scenes photos of him popping out of cupboards and things during a take on The Avengers.😁

Nobody rips an Axe off a wall better than Zorin.. Not even Rose in Titanic came close.

That female KGB agent being Anya from The Spy Who Loved Me would have been perfect.

"Impossible! Max Zorin is a leading French industrialist! A staunch anti-Communist!" Says the man who six years earlier was duped by French industrialist Hugo Drax into thinking he was a harmless guy.

View to a kill is a harmless, 2 hrs of Sunday afternoon bond fun. The VHS brought me enjoyment as a child and for all its faults, it holds a place in my heart, as do all the bond films. It's a post Sunday roast, cup of tea on the sofa fun for all the family. I can't give it a higher compliment then that

I still feel like this movie is all about the villains. Roger Moore awesome as usual, but I’m one of the people who find his age a tad distracting. But the villains, I love Zorin and May Day so much. Walken is clearly having a blast and May Day is such an exotic and interesting femme fatale that it’s hard to not like her.

24:50 "They're looking at San Francisco instead of Silicon Valley." THANK YOU FOR THIS! San Francisco is NOT Silicon Valley, but Hollywood films always imply that it is.

I love how Walken suddenly slips and falls into his own New York accent: “Get ‘em back to work!”

If they did show Moore coming out of the lake, fully clothed & out of breath, it would have reminded me of the stiumlator scene in Moonraker.

I’m in two minds about this film: on the one hand, I really feel it would’ve been improved if it were Dalton’s first film. As you said, the film can’t quite decide whether it wants to change with the times or just keep on as they’ve always done, and it feels very uneven as a result. While I would never accuse Moore of phoning in a performance (he was far too professional), there is a slight “business as usual” air to his performance which I feel wouldn’t have been there with a new actor eager to prove themselves in the role. (Heck, his very casting feels lethargic - Cubby had seen off Connery and NSNA, so it’s not as if he needed Roger anymore, but, from what I’ve gathered, he just didn’t feel like going through the recasting process). Also Dalton lending his darker take on the role would’ve fit the darker air of the Zorin character and made it less tonally uneven. So, yeah, I have no qualms saying I wish this was a Tim film instead of Roger. After all, he had done six Bond films already, his tenure wouldn’t have been hurt by ending a film sooner (and maybe I’m a wee bit miffed that Dalton’s tenure came to such an abrupt end). However, if Dalton had been Bond in this film, then they probably would’ve cast a younger actor to play Tibbet opposite him. It’s no secret that I’m a massive fan of The Avengers, and I love Patrick MacNee, so to lose him would’ve been a real shame. His scenes are the highlight of the film for me. In fact, I wish he was in the film for longer. Heck, I genuinely think the film would be improved if you cut the Stacey character entirely and just had Bond and Tibbet as an OAP world-saving duo. You may say “BenCol you’ve gone mad! A Bond film without a Bond Girl? That’s insane! Leave this fandom immediately!” And yeah, I’d be inclined to agree with you, except Moore has much more chemistry with MacNee than he does with Tanya Roberts, I’d think it’d be more fun to watch. I mean, yeah, it’d be a radical departure from the typical Bond formula, but then I feel AVTAK falls down because it plays it too formulaic, so it would help alleviate that problem. … OK, maybe I have gone a little bit mad, but watching Bond snowboard to a crap Beach Boys cover can do that to a person.

It's definitely gone up in my rankings when revisiting it in later life. A big plus for me is Patrick Macnee; having Roger end his tenure as Bond by essentially being teamed up with John Steed (albeit all too briefly) is just pure spy fan service. The pair of them are great together and you can really sense the fun Roger is having, improvising lines and playing with the past awkwardness between Cubby and Patrick, plus the Rolls he's driving was literally Cubby's car!

For me, the definition of a guilty pleasure. A View to a Kill would not be nearly as watchable if not for Christopher Walken.

The John Barry score is great in this movie. Especially the composition that plays during the pre-title sequence.

Oh man, the John Barry track that plays during the bridge fight is just 👌🏻

At the very least, this movie has the best deleted line from James Bond himself "Fuck him, you know, who needs him" :)

In the 1980s, I worked at a toy manufacturing plant called Flexible Flyer. One of the things we made were plastic rocking horses. Several different styles, but our smallest one was actually manufactured by a plastics company called Zorin. They would ship them in by the box loads, then we would unpack them, paint them, and package them with the hardware and frames before shipping them off to Sears, Walmart, and whoever else bought them from us. I remember seeing this disclaimer the first time I saw this movie and immediately assumed they were talking about the company we got our little plastic horses from.

6:02 I always had this strange feeling that Roger Moore was staring into Miss Moneypenny’s soul

This is probably my favourite Roger Moore Bond film. My favourite villain and a soundtrack that keeps me distracted from the stunt doubles byl the amount of head banging I do.

This was the first bond film I ever saw. Still watch it regularly and I even went to visit the filming locations. It's a crazy movie and the villains are great. And the music is amazing throughout.

I've always assumed that Stacey didn't hear the blimp was because of the massive explosion that took out MayDay. Her hearing must've been comprised.... Great and funny review as always Calvin!

Ever since being a kid, this one has ALWAYS been high on my list. Not every Bond film needs to be top notch at the level of OHMSS, LTK or CR but to have one like AVTAK is why I just adore it. Its bizarre in many places but it works. Also, I actually find the plot refreshing and while it does feel dated, I prefer this to FYEO and Octopussy because the Cold War elements just don't resonate. AVTAK actually felt like a turning point in the Bond series and have nothing but absolute praise for and it does have one of John Barry's most phenomenal scores.

At the end of the Bond/Mayday love scene there’s a little musical sting from a solo trumpet. Every time I watch I always think “is that trumpet meant to be playing the first line of God Save the Queen?” Does anybody else hear it too? Because it sounds almost, but not exactly, like it. Enough to make me think it is supposed to be GSTQ, but also not enough like GSTQ to make me think that it’s not supposed to. I’ve also never seen anyone talk about it - when talking about the weirdest Bond moments, “the time Bond bonked a woman to the national anthem” is never brought up - so maybe I’m just reading too much into a coincidence. But then it could be a riff on the “the things I do for England” line from YOLT. Or maybe Bond’s such a patriot that that’s just what he hears in his head whenever he orgasms. I dunno, if it were any other actor I’d chalk it up to coincidence, but this is the Roger era: silliness and patriotic gestures are staples of his tenure, so it wouldn’t be too out of character. But then, if it was what they were going for, why doesn’t it sound quite right? Almost as if the trumpeter was playing it from memory but couldn’t quite remember the notes.

That the Zorin Industries twitter page exists is testament to the fun you can get out of this film. It has its fans and one of my friends can't get enough out of Walken and Jones. At least its not boring or overstays its welcome like Spectre for instance, though whenever its on TV or in my mind I always think that the film skips the whole oil section and just goes from Bonds underwater escape straight to the official in city hall being shot. That subplot could have been cut and nothing would really be missed. Skyfall style intergenerational conflict would have really suited this film well. Daniel Craig with the grey stubble and bad aim got that point across better than Moore with the facelift and constant stunt doubles. At least he did his own driving stunts with operating a firetruck (reportedly the stuntman was too short to use the pedals and Moore had lorry driving experience) but it could have been done much better here.

Grace Jones truly does steal the show..her screen presents is just phenomenal.... I had the pleasure of meeting her quite a few times as a child. My family used to work at island records in West London. She's an extremely elegant woman. She's an incredibly imposing individual in person..what you see is absolutely what you get.

You can't be too old to play Bond? Err... right. Even Roger Moore thought he was too old for the role ... back when he made "FYEO". When you need a hairpiece, when you're older than the mother of the actress playing your love-interest and when your small army of stuntmen have more screen-time than you, you might be too old for the role.

23:55 "I can see my house from here. Oh, that's not a good thing, is it?". I actually spat out my coffee. Hilarious!!

If you listen closely at the end you can hear General Gogol say "on the contrary, admiral" so I believe that this M character is meant to be the same as Admiral Hardgrave (however you spell it) from the Spy who loved me

I love that you described this is as aggressively 80s. That’s how I tell my friends about it.

Like all bond films it has it's flaws but for me it's one of the best and unique. The music, the clash of Moore and Walken - the supporting cast, it's the bond film I remember most from childhood. I think his age while at points raise an eyebrow feels kind of part of and adds to the end of era swan song theme.

That Tom Cruise bit was on time. I was thinking "Well, Tom Cruise..." Then, you actually had him pop up. I couldn't help myself.

Interesting take on the issue of age in this film. Contrast this film with Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, which fully embraces the age of the characters, even using it as a key theme--as to whether Kirk, McCoy, Spock are so old that they are no longer relevant in a changing era. In AVTAK, they pretty much try to pretend that Bond never gets old, even when the evidence is clear that he has.

John Barry's score is a great. Roger is great in the role as always (he is my second favourite Bond, Lazenby is my favourite) but if this film had Dalton as Bond with a darker tone, it could of gone down as one of the best Bond films, A Dalton vs Walken fight on the golden gate bridge would have a been brilliant

My favorite moment in the whole movie, besides Zorin laughing as he's about to fall off The Golden Gate Bridge to his death, one of the scenes at city hall. Zorin has the gun on James and Stacy and James says "Herr Doctor Mortimer would be proud of his creation." Zorin then gives this look first to James and then the henchmen as if to say "well the thing is- wait no you're right. Anyway time to to kill these two." It's some superb facial acting by Christopher Walken haha. As always, excellent review. A View To A Kill is such a fun, ridiculous romp of a Bond movie, that it's hard not to love.

Cubby: "That dastardly McClory had the indecency to remake Thunderball. Now, let's go remake Goldfinger." And I'm very much in the Should've Been Dalton camp. Outside of the Tibbet scenes (which are such pure gold that they'd leave Gert Fröbe frothing at the mouth), Roger feels out of place and doesn't really click with the cast around him. We can assume that with Timothy in the role, the movie's more desperate attempts at laughs would've been dropped. And maybe he could've elevated that rather dull fire truck chase with some actual stunts. I don't know if he could've made Tanya Roberts seem less helpless, though. Perhaps the filmmakers wouldn't have played down the actress's athleticism so much if the main lead were more fit and energetic...?

I love reading watching and hearing about Rogers antics behind the scenes and the human touch he put into his work - I know it’s Bond but he truly was “The Saint”

At 4:50 had me in stitches! "Is there even a toilet in this thing?!" 😂😂😂 Well played Calvin!! 😂😂😂

I was 13 in 1985 and AVTAK was my first Bond film and I was mesmerized!!! Roger Moore and AVTAK will always be my favorite Bond and Bond film. Of all of RM’s Bond films I’d say Octopussy was his best though.

A great light-hearted thriller with nods to personal favorite cities like Paris and San Francisco in a more human time for them, with mom enjoying old classmate Chris Walken as the villain. Imperishable memories.

This was my first Bond film, even if it normally ranks towards the bottom of most's rankings, it holds a soft spot in my heart. When I was 10, I drew a picture of the Golden Gate Bridge fight and sent it into a kid's magazine, and it was featured there! To this day, whatever you think of the cheesiness, the fight on the Golden Gate bridge was a very unique idea for a climax coupled with John Barry's amazing score.

I will say something extremely unpopular: I LOVE THIS MOVIE, and it's one of my favourite 007 films ever, with Goldeneye, Licence to kill, The living daylights, Live and let die, From Russia with love and On her maiesty's secret service. Is it full of flaws? Yes! Is it the best James bond movie with Roger Moore? Probabily not. But its general, more serious tone than for example TMWTGG, Moonraker and Octopussy's ones, the amazing title track performed by Duran Duran and the exciting soundtrack (Barry is a God), Walken' performance, Tanya Roberts' beauty (I must confess: I fell in love with her when i was 13) and Grace Jones' menacing appereance for me put this film in the top 5 of the entire 007 saga. The only problems that irritate me a bit are the visible stunt doubles replacing Moore during the dangerous scenes and the fact that maybe it would have been a better film if they had presented Moore's Bond as an aging spy or replacing it with Dalton or Brolin. I will adore AVTAK forever for the entertaintment that gives to me. I hope that what I wrote is without mistakes, but English is not my first language. Good job Calvin, keep it up!!! 😃👍👌

I can remember John Glen saying in the making of that he thought Roger could've done two more Bond films after AVTAK which I find hard to believe. I do agree that maybe this film could've benefited better with a much younger actor or even be Dalton's first Bond film, but I just can't picture AVTAK without Roger Moore. I think he also the only actor to play Bond who left on good terms. No bad blood, no bad decisions or just got tired of waiting around, just Roger going, I'm getting a tad too old for this, I'll just pass the baton on to someone else.

Calvin videos are so funny how about a top 10 of Calvin’s funny moments always like the one with the bond music playing when Calvin opens his fridge

Your accents/impersonations have made quantum leaps forward over the years. 😄 Kudos, Calvin. Love this video.

Got to love how Duran kick in at the end of the film. The power and the end visuals for me are possibly the best.

I've always loved the part when Scarpine and the Dr are playing hot potato with the dynamite! "N-N-N-N- Knee" Famous last words!

I've always wondered what would've happened to Scarpine if Zorin's plan had succeeded. I mean, he helped him gun down the miners, but would Zorin have just backstabbed him (and Mortner) too? I'm also surprised by how trusting Scarpine is of his psycho boss, having his back turned during the massacre itself.

Sean Connery had a great line in THE UNTOUCHABLES: "I'm too old for this running shit." It would be fun to see this kind of take on Bond.

I do appreciate that in his last film, Bond uses the same recorded conversation gag the bad guys used in his first film. Small bit of symmetry.

i remember watching this with my dad and laughing our asses off at how Zorin was able to kidnap the Bond Girl... IN A BLIMP WITHOUT HER NOTICING THE BLIMP COMING UP BEHIND HER

Waited, waited, waited and then on one happy day Calvin uploaded an AVTAK review. Thank you, sir!

If they ever make an audio book of this film, Calvin could provid a spot on Roger Moore impersonation.

Good bits: Tibbet at the car wash, the KGB agent in a blender, Bond and Mayday get the bomb, Zorin's weird laugh just before he falls. Bad bits: the parade of obvious stunt men, California Girls, that robot, the comedy cops.

I was briefly employed by Zoran, over a decade after this movie came out, when they bought the company I was working for at the time. Much hilarity about Christopher Walken's blimp was had. Zoran actually was a Silicon Valley company (though they had a significant operation in Israel) in a similar business to the fictional company, which is probably why they were so eager to issue the disclaimer. I wonder if this was discovered late in production.

21:57 The best line in all of Bond: "I'm about to make the same mistake twice." Brilliant; Zorin was a better adversary than Bond deserved this time out.

I really like these subtle moments of acting in Roger Moore that you have observed, from that slight pause when he gets caused by the old evil guy to in FYEO when he is at Tracy's grave. Despite all the eyebrow raises and all, he is such a good actor and I am glad you are pointing these bits out.

Fun bit of trivia: Jenny Flex is played by Allison Doody, who five years later played Elsa in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. This means two of the villains from that film are played by former Bond villains, the other being Donovan, who's played by Julian Glover, who played Kristatos in For Your Eyes Only.

'California Girls' is played during the snowboarding because when this came out, snowboarding was a very new, little known 'thing' - unlike surfing! So for kids like me in the cinema, we immediately thought 'He's... surfing! On snow!! WTF!"

First favorite thing to do = watch James Bond films. Second favorite = watch Calvin talk about James Bond films.

13:08 It's like they came up with the 'fly in his soup' line and built a sequence around it!

When they mentioned Zorin could speak 5 languages with no accent, I took this to mean he could speak them perfectly, with none of his original "East German" accent seeping through?

Wait what?! Finally a new AVTAK-review?! I think I've gone to heaven...

I have to say, I've never considered myself a Bond fan but after finding your videos a year ago I've learned a ton about the character and the Bond films as a whole. I know James Bond is a character so large that even if you've never watched the films you know him and you do a fantastic job on helping someone like me get into the universe and the characters. Keep up the great work.

Breathing the air from the Rolls Royce's tyre was remarkably clever. I was fully expecting him to bring out a Q gadget, so when he used an ingenious solution, my admiration for the writer of that scene grew. However, a lot of trouble for Zorin could have been saved if a henchman had been sent into the water to bring back the bodies. Just, y'know, to prove they were dead.

A Cooking show with Roger Moore god I wish that was real

"The pair are disturbed, and I mean that in the sense that they're interrupted..." Why is that so funny?! 😂

Mincing with Moore xD What a great sketch haha

Dear Calvin. I absolutely adore your reviews. They are as entertaining as a bond film. I am already looking forward to the next one

Excellent review and yes, the chemistry between Bond and Tibbitt is amazing. Best part of the film, for me.

When Calvin did the Walken voice, it ABSOLUTELY killed me

This was the first Bond film I saw in the theater, so I'll always have a fondness for it and I'll always be grateful I got to see a Moore Bond film in the theater when it came out. As crazy as this movie is, the interaction between Moore and Macnee is a highlight of the series for me, as is the title song. Thanks for doing these reviews---great fun!!

Awesome review, your first version of this review was the first video I ever watched on this channel!

Another one I've enjoyed much more on a recent watch. I like Roger in it (always great though), stunt doubles not withstanding.

Okay, this is my third comment, but I am just so happy I came across with this content. It's refreshing to hear someone else's thoughts and observations. Great work! I have to check rest of your stuff.

Thank you Calvin. Your in depth reviews are so good that I always break out a bottle of wine to enjoy them with. Although you almost killed me, as I was taking a mouthful during the 'Mayday tracking Tanya through the mines' scene. Made me laugh so hard that I almost choked to death. Absolutely love your content!

Best thing about this film is John Barry's score and I do like the golden gate bridge fight.

When you discussed the opening credits (in my top five bond credits so far) you hit the point on the head which was the attempt to blend old and new. The script definitely felt contemporary but there was clear hesitation to update the rest of the production by keeping the original cast and John Glen’s direction still struggles to break out because of it. Because of that this film just feels awkward despite moments of sheer brilliance and scale (Walken, the climax on the Golden Gate Bridge, and John Barry’s amazing score)

I know it is a very flawed movie, but I love it so much. I just like how campy it is, while some scenes still manage to have a high impact ❤️

THANK YOU FOR THIS. I love Moore's Bond films, as silly as they are, and this is one of my faves. Don't give a shit of Moore's age, I just enjoy him as James Bond so much. The theme song of this film is just so hot and I still listen to it pretty much every day on my Spotify list. Roger Moore was such a gentleman and I wish he had made more Bond films. Rest in peace, Mr. Moore, you kick ass forever!

I'm from the Bay Area originally, and as a result AVTAK often ranks highly for me. Love the review!

Ahh, Calvin! The mincing with Moore segment had me howling. Totally unexpected! Top job

We need a Calvin Dyson cookery show!!!

Five days trapped in a boat with a beautiful woman doesn’t sound bad to me. The opposite of bad, really.