From Russia With Love

From Russia With Love

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From Russia With Love

Bernard Lee, Daniela Bianchi, Desmond Llewelyn, Lois Maxwell, Lotte Lenya

Bond is back -- and so are the bullets, beauties and bad guys! You'll be shaken &NFi;and&NFi_; stirred by Sean Connery's second outing as James Bond, which has him paying the price for his previous ad...( read more  read more... )venture when SPECTRE lured him into a deadly trap to avenge the death of Dr. No. Will Bond's mission to find a Russian coding machine be his last? Don't bet the bank on it!

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  • September 23, 2009
    Could be the best Bond film ever, it?s neck and neck with Goldfinger for me. It does have the best song though!
  • May 27, 2009
    Shadowy criminal organisation SPECTRE plan to play the Russians and British secret service off against each other to obtain a strategically important decoding machine. The recent "reinvention" of Bond was really more of a process of going back to the roots of the franchise. The g...( read more)ritty, no-nonsense almost amoral tone of Bond was already in place at a very early stage and this is one of the best examples. Connery had eased nicely into the part and here shows the easy charm and tough guy charisma that enabled him to make the part his own and he shares a charming relationship with the lovely Daniela Bianchi rather than the cynical misogyny of the later films. There are also great turns from Pedro Armendariz as his Turkish sidekick and especially Robert Shaw as a sociopathic hired killer; he occupies all the best scenes, in particular the brutal showdown between he and Bond on a train. It does have its weaknesses; SPECTRE's head honchos with their clumsy exposition, silly accents and insistence on telling their entire plan to the audience are straight out of Austin Powers, the final scene is corny as hell and the cinematography is quite poor. But if you can get past the awkward opening scenes, Bond's (eventual) appearance is well worth waiting for. One of the best of the original Bond series.
  • January 6, 2009
    This is what a perfect Bond film is. The sequel to Dr. No finds Bond in Turkey at the behest of a Soviet stenographer (Daniela Bianachi) who is offering the superspy a decoding device. What is actually happening is a well planned operation by SPECTRE to get the east and the west ...( read more)in a conflict that will allow them to take over. Robert Shaw also stars as SPECTE's secret weapon.

    From Russia with Love further developed the Bond film. Dr. No was the foundation and this film was built upon the basic scenario of Bond having a mission to save the world. Connery further develops the Bond role that would be the standard for the next forty years.
  • December 15, 2008
    Most likely one of my least favourite Bond movies. This one just didn't interest me as much, it didn't pull me in like it should have.
  • November 13, 2008
    Tatiana: The mechanism is... Oh James, James... Will you make love to me all the time in England?
    James Bond: Day and night. Go on about the mechanism.

    James Bond's second outing. One of the best Bond stories of them all. One of the best Bond villains of them all. And one of the...( read more) best Bond fights of them all. The best Bond movie in terms of providing a solid spy thriller story structure, mixed with Bond style charm and action. And you have Robert Shaw in ultra cool mode as a SPECTRE assassin who is Bond's match.

    Red Grant: The first one won't kill you; not the second, not even the third... not till you crawl over here and you KISS MY FOOT!

    Sean Connery as James Bond still plays things very cool, even with all the danger he gets surrounded in, and there is even time for a hot gypsy woman fight.

    The plot surrounds Bond attempting to find a secret decoder that could upset world order while the evil organization known as SPECTRE does their best to stop him.

    Bond has to travel to various places including Istanbul, make some sexy contacts, and stay alive through various boat and helicopter chases, while keeping himself looking cool throughout.

    The movie is very well made, a ton of fun, and full of memorable moments and the wonderful Bond score by John Barry.

    James Bond: Pardon me, do you have a match?
    Kerim's Chauffeur: I use a lighter.
    James Bond: Better still.
    Kerim's Chauffeur: Until they go wrong.
    James Bond: Exactly.
  • January 5, 2010
    Probably the simplest story line I have ever seen. Still played out to good effect and the fact that it connects with Dr.No gives it a little depth.

    Some great lines in this Bond though.
  • January 1, 2010
    60's spy movie masterpiece and one of the Bond's 10 best.
  • December 20, 2009
    The 2nd in the series. Not one of my favourites but I love the brilliant fight scene between Bond and Red Grant. The movie is a bit too long though.
  • December 19, 2009
    Definitely the sexiest Bond movies ever made and one of the top five Bond movies ever. Personally, my favorite Sean Connery 007 role and certainly one of the best cinematography jobs in the franchise. Sweeping and almost epic. If you didn't fall in love or get aroused by Daniela ...( read more)Bianchi you are either blind or a gay male. Robert Shaw was by far the best 007 baddie of the bunch. What a badass.
  • December 4, 2009
    The second in the series of James Bond Movies. And finally we get to see some neat secret agent gear, a brief case with a talcum powder can that explodes if case is open wrong, the explosion is tear gas. Also case contains 50 Gold Solverns (Wish I had Them). And it holds a knife...( read more), ohh wow secret agent gear of the sixties, would interest anyone today. But James works with a female Russian agent who he falls in love with and is simply beautiful. The object is to get a code machine back to England. Far better then Dr No, have to give it 4 stars.

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