Review of From Russia with Love (1963) by Nick L — 22 Sep 2014
Not as good as it's predecessor, "Dr No", and certainly nothing compared to the 3rd entry to the franchise, "Goldfinger", "From Russia With Love" is still a solid entry into the Bond franchise.
When SPECTRE decide to steal a cryptographic device from the Soviet Union in order to exact a profit, they use a pawn, Tania Romanova, to enable their plan. When Romanova decides to defect to the UK with the device, she insists that she'll only defect to one man - 007. When Bond goes to Turkey to meet her, this situation gets more intense as SPECTRE begin to hunt Bond as revenge for his actions in "Dr. No".
Sean Connery, Bernard Lee and Lois Maxwell return to the cast, and are joined by Daniela Bianchi, Pedro Armendariz, Lotte Lenya, Robert Shaw and Desmond Llewelyn. It's a solid cast, and they complete the early Bond feel very well.
It's a sometimes thrilling film that captures much of the feeling of the Cold War, but sometimes doesn't flow as smoothly as it thinks it does. Still, for a Bond film in the Connery era, it's a very entertaining film.
8/10.
This review of From Russia with Love (1963) was written by Nick L on 22 Sep 2014.
From Russia with Love has generally received very positive reviews.
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