Cubussoli Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

CommentsXp Best movie ever!

Crwthod A lot more amusing than I thought it would be.

Invaderbank The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

stormhawk2018 This film has everything that was great about the first bond film, and more. The plot is wiser, the characters have more to do, the action is much more developed, and the character-to-character dialogue scenes are some of the most intense scenes I have ever seen in a movie. This film does everything to perfection, and what I love so much about these films is how easily each cast member can work with each other. They all feel so comfortable. I have no complaints about this film, besides a few characters that were brought up, but left out until then end of the film, but every movie can be poked at. "From Russia With Love" is a stunning Bond feature!

higherall7 I saw this with a bigger see-through bag of popcorn than they serve these days along with GOLDFINGER. These two films made for a great afternoon at the Admiral Theater. FROM Russia WITH LOVE is the most realistic of all the Bond movies to my mind. The book, though somewhat longer than most of Fleming's Bond novels, I also found more suspenseful and an easier and more thrilling read.What stands out for me in this film is the sense of male camaraderie between Connery's James Bond and Armendariz's Kerim Bey. There is this feeling of them enjoying a comfort zone in a society and world of strong men. The knife fight where the two gypsy women fight over a man they both want to have, reminds me of Picasso's mistresses engaged in a wrestling match for his favor. This is further suggestion, if we really need any, that this is a man's world that we are silently witnessing along with the trained assassin Donald 'Red' Grant from the shadows. Robert Shaw plays this muscular thug with unforgettable menace. He tails Bond throughout much of the film until their final brutal encounter on the Orient Express. This was the first time I saw fighting like I remembered seeing it in the streets of Detroit. All force and desperation seeking any advantage over one's opponent; a knock down drag down affair only one person was going to walk away from whole.There are elements of suspense in this one that recall the Hitchcock technique, and definitely the dramatic tension that you feel as Shaw's Grant circles his prey in Bond is something you will not experience in quite the same way in the later Bond adventures. The blonde Russian Tatiana, who is femme fatale or not to Bond on his mission gets bitch slapped for the truth in a way that suggests the cruel and ruthless edge of the Bond in the book series. Because of scenes like these, you feel a strain of authenticity to FROM Russia WITH LOVE that you will not experience again in what one reviewer called Ian Fleming's 'adult' comic books.Enjoyed the chess match in the beginning alluding to the battle of wits to come between Her Majesty's Secret Service and SPECTRE. There are many other bits of business that make this one of the more realistic as well as entertaining Bond films.

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.

sqdb From Russia With Love was the second official Bond film, starring Sean Connery and was released in 1963. The film features the criminal organisation SPECTRE and its leader, Ernst Stavro Blofeld, for the first time in a Bond film. The plot revolves around a Lector Decoding Machine, which has been promised to the British Secret Service if James Bond can go and bring it back to the UK, with the help of a Russian Cipher operative. SPECTRE is, of course, behind the whole thing, for revenge on Bond for killing Dr. No in the previous film.The cast is excellent for an early Bond film. Connery gives perhaps his most confident and assured performance as Bond. Newcomer Daniela Bianchi plays the Russian clerk who is supplying the machine and I have always thought she was very beautiful and perfectly cast. Seasoned actress Lotte Lenya plays head of SMERSH and agent for SPECTRE Rosa Klebbe and she portrays this part very effectively. There is an underlying hint of lesbianism in her character, which somehow managed to slip past the then very tight censors. British actor Robert Shaw, later to appear in Spielberg's Jaws in 1975, plays the main villain Donald "Red Grant" and I thought that he was one of the best early Bond villains. His character always carried an air of menace and his scenes are all excellent. Pedro Armendariz played Bond's ally in Turkey, Kerim Bey and his character carries great warmth and humour and I thought he had great chemistry with Sean Connery in their scenes together. The actor shot himself soon after this film was made, due to the fact that he had terminal cancer and didn't want to endure painful treatment for it. There are not a lot of action scenes in this film, but it does have some notable set-pieces, particularly the raid on the gypsy camp, the fight between Grant and Bond and the boat chase near to the end of the film. These are few, but they more than compensate for the lack of other, big action scenes.I have always enjoyed the film and I regard it as Connery's best Bond and one of the best Bond films of the 1960s. It has some memorable characters and action scenes, the plot is involving and the film reeks class and quality. I much prefer this film to the vastly overrated Goldfinger and the only other 60s Bond film that matches this is Lazenby's OHMSS, though that was a tad too long. I completely recommend From Russia With Love to any serious Bond fan, though modern audiences may find it a bit talky and slow. It is still a landmark Bond film, though and it always will be. It should be watched at least once by anyone interested in Bond, or fans of Connery's Bond films.