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A View to a Kill, Max Zorin (Christopher Walken)

Site Rating: 52%
(ratings: 6)
Writeup Rating: 60%
(ratings: 3)
Film: A View to a Kill (1986)
Deceased Character: Max Zorin (Christopher Walken)
Archetype: Baddy (Major)
Killed by: James Bond (Roger Moore)
Killed with: Falling from height


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Written by Mr. Mouseburger 4th Jun 2005

Silicon Valley has just been saved from sinking in to the Pacific Ocean and the arch villain of the piece, Max Zorin, becomes the first person to use an airship as a getaway vehicle.

Unfortunately for Max, hanging on to a mooring rope is the world’s greatest secret agent, James Bond. After a few minutes flapping, Bond manages to tether the rope against the Golden Gate Bridge (in San Francisco). This leads to Bond and Zorin having a rather precarious scuffle on one of the bridges cables. Zorin is armed with a fire axe; Bond with his wit and half hearted kung fu kicks.

Zorin's death is very disappointing, comprising of a strategic nudge, Zorin losing his balance and, after a suitable period of clinging on (for dramatic effect), falling into San Francisco bay.

Zorin slips off the cable......


.....and plunges into San Francisco bay



2 categories : Unsatisfying, Falling

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Max Zorin (Christopher Walken)

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This review has 26 comments. Reply to the comments
Comment 1 by 'Karl_Eichholtz_13' (reply to this comment)
what if Max Zorin had lived?
Comment 2 by 'Karl_Eichholtz_13' (reply to this comment)
if Max Zorin had lived California would have been flooded and Nevada,Oregan,and Arizona would have been turned into beach front properties.
Comment 3 by 'A Alcott' (reply to this comment)
I love Zorin's death! I was going to put Jenny Flex on here but then people would be like.

Who?
Comment 4 by 'Mr. Briggs Inc.' (reply to this comment)
And if Zorin had survived the fall, he would have drowned. Riiight?
Comment 5 by 'Mr. Briggs Inc.' (reply to this comment)
I'll bump this up since no one saw it.
Comment 6 by 'Mr Mouseburger' (reply to this comment)
i am not sure about adding drowned to this - we do not see him struggling in the water, we just see him fall into the bay. Without question the fall would have been enough to kill him on its own.

you could also argue that halfway into his decent, a giant pteradactyl swoops down and eats him - with no video evidence to the contrary, it is impossible to disporvewinking smiley

Comment 7 by 'Karl_Eichholtz_13' (reply to this comment)
was he Baddy (Minor) or Baddy (Major)?
Comment 8 by 'KrazyCorn' (reply to this comment)
Duh!!!!! Baddy MAJOR If he wasn't the bad guy, Who WAS!
Comment 9 by 'Mr. Briggs Incorporated' (reply to this comment)
Victor Tourjansky, AKA man holding wine bottle!
Comment 10 by 'KrazyCorn' (reply to this comment)
Very Funny, briggy
Comment 11 by 'Mr. Briggs Inc.' (reply to this comment)
Here's another one, this is separate from the other AVTAK deaths because of the year. Is this 1986 or 85?
Comment 12 by 'Matt' (reply to this comment)
1985, because TLD came out in 1987.
Comment 13 by 'Countess Of Ole' (reply to this comment)
I'm glad to see that this death made it into the unsatisfying category. Nothing quite so unsatisfying as a major baddy falling to his death. Especially if it's an uber-awesome baddy like Max Zorin.
Comment 14 by 'commanderblue' (reply to this comment)
I saw the movie last night finally. I liked his death scene, falling from a great height is my favorite, and although it wasn't thee best death of all time for a baddy like him, it still was decent enough.
Comment 15 by 'Mr. Briggs Inc.' (reply to this comment)
[quote=Matt]1985, because TLD came out in 1987.[/quote]Could someone correct this then? It needs to connect with the other deaths in the movie.
Comment 16 by 'FKAJ' (reply to this comment)
[quote Karl_Eichholtz_13]if Max Zorin had lived California would have been flooded and Nevada,Oregan,and Arizona would have been turned into beach front properties.[/quote]No, Bond, May Day and Stacey had stopped the bomb from destroying the geological lock, so the earthquake was prevented.
Comment 17 by 'Brian Rogan' (reply to this comment)
there was a fight with bond and zorin atop golden gate bridge so there should be a one on one icon
Comment 18 by 'caboose' (reply to this comment)
as people say, its not the fall that kills, its the sudden stop
Comment 19 by 'Flashpenny' (reply to this comment)
How did this make it into the Unsastisfying category. I found this to be one of the best film climaxes ever high up there with Casino Royale, At World's End and Revenge of the Sith. Bond and Zorin grappling for dominance on the top of the Golden Gate Bridge was awesome!!!!!!!!!!!! Although I do admit that falling to one's death is an overly-cliched way to die it was pretty much inevitable. Even if Bond killed him in any other way (which I hope he didn't since it was still cool) then Zorin's corpse would have still plummeted into the San Francisco Bay. Nice rhyme eh? Maybe I'll make things out of clay, eat some bales of hay and live by the bay. I just may, what do you say!?!?!?
Comment 20 by 'ShyGuy' (reply to this comment)
Cannibals go fishing! After all, Zorin's corpse would yet turn into dinner.
Comment 21 by 'ShyGuy' (reply to this comment)
Besides, this is just a joke! I didn't want to put this in the Devoued category.
Comment 22 by 'empororD9' (reply to this comment)
Y'know something.

He didn't die by drowning. He fell of the Goldengate bridge and Broke his back hitting the water.

Check the film yo!:demon:
Comment 23 by 'Flashpenny' (reply to this comment)
Anonymous User Wrote:
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> Y'know something.
>
> He didn't die by drowning. He fell of the
> Goldengate bridge and Broke his back hitting the
> water.
>
> Check the film yo!


According to the page for drowning, as long as the corpse ends up submerged in water, it qualifies as drowning.
Comment 24 by 'Bruno Costa' (reply to this comment)
It's 1985. It's not 1986. 1985.
Comment 25 by 'Josh Watson' (reply to this comment)
Rest assured, falling from the top of the Golden Gate Bridge is fatal. It's got one of the highest suicide rates in the world, and that's just by jumping from the road - Zorin fell from the actual support cable! Hitting water from that height would be like hitting concrete (especially if you land flat on your back!), so I reckon Zorin was well and truly dead before he'd even get a chance to drown.
Comment 26 by 'Master Quaver' (reply to this comment)
Bond and Zorin fight on the bridge so there should really be a One on One category here.