A View to a Kill

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Marco L (CASTELLANO) Hay películas que te marcan por el momento en el que las ves, y Panorama para matar es una de ellas. Con diez años quedé atrapado por la energía de Duran Duran y su tema principal, y quizá por eso siento un apego especial a esta entrega de Bond. Con el tiempo, al revisitarla, sigo viendo sus defectos, pero también su magnetismo ochentero. La película es un desfile de excesos: persecuciones imposibles, un villano histriónico interpretado por Christopher Walken y la siempre fascinante Grace Jones, que se roba cada escena con su presencia salvaje y ambigua. Todo en ella grita “años 80”, desde la estética hasta la música, y eso puede jugar tanto a favor como en contra según los ojos con los que se mire. Es cierto que Roger Moore ya estaba mayor para el papel, y que algunas escenas rozan lo autoparódico, pero aún así logra mantener el tipo con su ironía y estilo característico. Quizá no haya aquí grandes innovaciones narrativas, pero lo compensa con personalidad y un aire de espectáculo total. Vista hoy, Panorama para matar funciona como un cóctel de nostalgia y entretenimiento ligero. Puede que no sea la más sólida de la saga, pero sí una de las más recordadas por su estética pop y su capacidad para condensar toda una época en una sola aventura. Para mí, sigue siendo de las más disfrutables. (ENGLISH) There are films that leave a mark because of when you first saw them, and A View to a Kill is one of those for me. At ten years old, I was captivated by Duran Duran and their theme song, and maybe that explains my fondness for this Bond entry. Rewatching it years later, I still see its flaws, but also its irresistible 80s magnetism. The movie is a parade of excess: impossible chases, a flamboyant villain played by Christopher Walken, and the ever-fascinating Grace Jones, who steals every scene with her wild and ambiguous presence. Everything screams “1980s,” from the aesthetics to the music, which can work both for and against it depending on your perspective. Yes, Roger Moore was clearly too old for the role, and some scenes border on parody, but he still manages to hold his ground with his trademark irony and charm. The story doesn’t reinvent the saga, but it makes up for it with personality and sheer spectacle. Seen today, A View to a Kill works as a cocktail of nostalgia and light entertainment. It may not be the most solid entry, but it’s certainly one of the most memorable, condensing the spirit of an era into one adventure. For me, it remains among the most enjoyable. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/27/25 Full Review Jacob B If I had a nickel for every time one of the more poorly-received James Bond films had a well-received villain played by an actor whose first name is Christopher, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice. I'd still take A View to a Kill over The Man with the Golden Gun in a heartbeat. I found this movie, while certainly not one of the best, not as bad as its claimed to be. Most of the complaints have to do with Roger Moore no longer being convincing in the part but still having the Bond tropes played straight, whereas the unofficial Never Say Never Again actually did take Sean Connery's age into account. I feel like when you set that aside, this is a flawed but not entirely unwatchable spy film. And I'm certainly not blind to this film's flaws: uneven pacing, the plot stopping dead in its tracks to reunite Bond with an old flame we've never seen before because the filmmakers were unable to get the actual old flame from The Spy Who Loved Me back, Tanya Roberts the scream queen who fails to notice the slow-moving blimp behind her and moments that come off as eye-rolling or implausible. Plus, the painfully '80s opening credits sequence and my hatred of the fact that we live in a timeline where Lois Maxwell's last scene as Miss Moneypenny in the franchise is of her crying because Bond is missing and presumed dead...when the plot has already been resolved, further rubbing me the wrong way. But given the issues surrounding Roger Moore one final outing as 007, there were still enough good things to make this intermittently entertaining. Christopher Walken and Grace Jones steal the show as the villains, the action sequences are memorable, the Duran Duran theme song is a certified banger, there were a few moments that made me genuinely laugh out loud, the infamous mine scene was certainly a memorable bit of nightmare fuel and Moore still delivers a good performance, despite his age. For as much of a mixed bag as this era of Bond films was, Roger Moore's acting was never one of those flaws. After spending so much time hearing people complain about this film being another letdown, I went in expecting the worst but instead got a slightly below-average film whose status as another letdown for a Bond actor's final outing is more palatable here than in Diamonds are Forever because the hit-or-miss quality of this era made it hardly the lowest 007 has sunk when previous films had him going to space or being trapped in a campy blaxploitation film, among other things. I still wonder if, had Moore stuck to his guns and quit while he was ahead with Octopussy, this film would've turned out different with Timothy Dalton and his darker, truer to the text in the lead. Maybe in an alternate timeline. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 08/26/25 Full Review thiago s Filme mais ou menos, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são mais ou menos, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom, tem poucas cenas boas de ação e só a cena de ação final, salvou o filme. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 07/28/25 Full Review Stephen C Success in 2 hour and 11 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! In British English with English subtitles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/04/25 Full Review General M The fact that this movie is rated so low on this website shows that rotten tomatoes' reviews are not to be trusted. The people who criticize a lack of gadgets in one movie are the same people who criticize too many gadgets in another. If you like Bond then you'll like this movie. If you don't... well why are you here? Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/27/25 Full Review Liam D John Barry’s score is still fantastic, the title song is an all timer and Christopher Walken and Grace Jones make a great villainous duo but the script is terrible, Roger Moore is clearly phoning it in (including the hilarious way you can see his stunt doubles) and has one of the most annoying Bond girls ever Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 04/22/25 Full Review Read all reviews

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