From Russia with Love

1964 "The world's masters of murder pull out all the stops to destroy Agent 007!"
7.3| 1h55m| PG| en| More Info
Released: 08 April 1964 Released
Producted By: United Artists
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
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Official Website: https://www.mgm.com/movies/from-russia-with-love
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Agent 007 is back in the second installment of the James Bond series, this time battling a secret crime organization known as SPECTRE. Russians Rosa Klebb and Kronsteen are out to snatch a decoding device known as the Lektor, using the ravishing Tatiana to lure Bond into helping them. Bond willingly travels to meet Tatiana in Istanbul, where he must rely on his wits to escape with his life in a series of deadly encounters with the enemy.

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Kingslaay From Russia with Love has to be the best made James Bond film and adaptation in my humble opinion. Not only does it have the classic elements of a good bond film (bond girl, good gadgets, great fight scene) it works together very well. The sum and whole film is indeed better than its individual parts or elements. The same cannot be said for other bond films. The story is something the viewer can logically follow and understand and it gradually builds up to some iconic scenes. We see an evil organization play both sides of the cold war against each other in an ingenious plot to collect something valuable. The enjoyable film leads into some memorable scenes where the great 007 beats the odds. The film as a whole connected magically and was reinforced by great acting, a beautiful bond girl, great storytelling and iconic scenes such as the fight in the train between Bond and Nash. This film cemented 007 as a successful film franchise with an iconic spy film and capitalized on the success it gained in Dr No. Sean Connery will go down as the best James Bond and this can be arguably regarded as the best James Bond film made to date.
LeonLouisRicci With the Surprisingly Stupendous Success of "Dr. No" (1962) James Bond was Back with a Bigger Budget and the Same Production Team.Often Considered one of the Best in the Series, and one of the most Serious and True to Ian Fleming's Source Material, this one Certainly Solidified the Series that has Never Stopped. In Fact, it is the Longest Running Continuing Franchise in Film History.The Film has a Polished Sheen, Very Violent, Unabashedly Sexy, with Iconic Characters that Founded the Mold for the Variations on the Theme that have Branched into Pop Culture History in many a Form.Some Sight "Goldfinger" (1965) as the Pinnacle Connery, and all this is Arguable and Objective, but this Movie holds its own in the Conversation when Bond Films are Discussed.Although it's a Slow Starter, the Third Act beginning with the oft Sighted Train Sequence that has Robert Shaw and Connery Battling to the Death in a Confined Compartment (something that was quite new and visceral for the time), leading to the Helicopter and Boat Scenes, the Movie Concludes with Quite the Quintessential Ending that is still Imitated to this Day.Note...It was the Last Film of any kind watched by both John F. Kennedy and Ian Fleming.
Leofwine_draca After the success of DR. NO, a film which I personally didn't care for very much, the Bond series becomes a familiar hybrid of hi-tech gadgetry, high-speed chases, explosions, exotic locations, some very impressive stunts and action mixed in with a traditional romance, some cheesy one-liners, and a complex spy plot involving numerous factions. Yep, I enjoyed this film a lot, from the good cast to the well-shot locations and complex characters. This is what a real Bond film should be like.Here, Sean Connery looks and sounds more assured as Bond; indeed he's positively glowing in the role, and handles his action and lines with an easy smoothness. Connery is supported well by a love interest in the shape of Italian Bianchi; a hulking, memorable menace in the shape of the ever-excellent Robert Shaw; and a whole plethora of unusual and eccentric memorable supporting characters. These include Lotte Lenya as the lesbian Rosa Klebb, one of the most nasty little women you'll see (that poisoned shoe spike is a natty little weapon), and Pedro Armendariz who is excellent Kerim Bay, a friend of Bond's. Being filmed in the UK, a number of familiar British faces fill out the cast, including future Hammer starlet Martine Beswick as a virtually unrecognisable fighting gypsy girl. Desmond Llewellyn makes his first appearance as 'Q', handing out a supremely cool and lethal suitcase to 007.Action highlights include a shoot-out at a gypsy camp and a long, but highly tense, train ride in which Bond is stalked by the psychotic killer Shaw. This culminates in a fine one-on-one battle between the pair in a train carriage of all places, which was so good that it was revisited in LIVE AND LET DIE. To top things off, there's an explosive speedboat chase at the film's finale. One thing I liked a lot was the inclusion of more comedy than in the previous adventure, which Bond's one-liners being consistently amusing and lots of little odd touches (like Bond realising that Shaw is an impostor when he orders red wine with fish, of all things). In all, FROM Russia WITH LOVE is an intelligent adventure film for lovers of action and thrillers alike, with a great cast.
bock_g "From Russia With Love" is the second film in the EON series of James Bond. This film follows Bond attempting to obtain a decoding machine through an elaborate scheme involving a seductive Russian agent, a silent blond brute, and a fiesty Russian colonel-- timely cold war era spy thriller. Sean Connery in his second outing as Bond is at his most confident and sophisticated; providing the right cocktail of gritty action and subtle one- liners (and beating women, another timely element in the early films). Robert Shaw as the silent blond brute is the best acted henchmen in entire series (a subtle, psychotic, and brutal heavy) Lotte Lenya as the fiesty Russian colonel is truly chilling and menacing. The Bond girl was sexy (not the best but served well enough for the plot). Much like the previous film, Dr. No, the film is paced extremely well, with twice the scale--establishing the quintessential Bond formula (pre-title sequences, opening credits, introducing the villains, M's briefing at MI6, arriving at the airport, meeting the ally, etc.). On many levels, it is the perfect Bond film with the perfect amount of sophistication (a subtly executed plot, gritty action, real espionage) and escapism (gadgets, women, one-liners). The best of all time? That is still debatable. The timely elements such as Bond beating women and the whitewashed portrayals of ethnic Europeans can be slightly bothersome and some of the dubbing is a little out of sync. In spite of those minor inconveniences however, From Russia with Love is a natural successor to "Dr. No" and a must-see for audiences who want to enjoy the early films in the series.