In what perhaps may be the Bond franchise's most inspired bits of casting, they wisely snagged Oscar-winner Christopher Walken to play the evil industrialist Max Zorin. Hatching a classic Bond plot to destroy Silicon Valley and take over the entire microchip market, Walken chews up the scenery spectacularly, and I loved every scene he was in. However, the big climatic fight atop the Golden Gate Bridge still holds up smashingly, and the fire truck chase through San Francisco is another standout. I don't know, maybe A View To A Kill is a bad movie, but for some reason I still find it highly entertaining from start to finish, whatever its flaws may be. To Kill looks good though not great.
Colors are somewhat flat, and some shots look surprisingly soft.
Black level is good, though occasionally some scenes appeared a bit washed-out and lacked depth and detail. While this is certainly not the best of the Bond transfers, it is better than some of the weaker entries in the series, such as Dr. No or the particularly poor On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Overall, a fairly good picture. Sporting a new 5.1 surround mix, this is also a good remaster of dated material. It is always surprisingly to hear how far sound design and recording techniques have come in just a few short years, and A View To A Kill is perhaps the penultimate 80's sound mix.