Bond is back in From Russia with Love and Connery seems a little more comfortable in the role this time. James Bond has to battle against SPECTRE in a race to seize the Soviet Lektor decoding machine, and SPECTRE are out to avenge the death Dr. No, by trying to entrap him with the device.
There is a really solid story here, it's a genuine espionage plot, a feat that has not been repeated in a Bond movie since. Of course there is the usual sprinkling of beautiful women, bare fist fights and action that is woven into the story, but the main drive here is the spy theme and the tension, not the action that we are all used to seeing in the later films.
It's definitely not my favourite Bond movie, but it's does still stand alone in many respects, one of them being the first appearance from 'Q' although he's not known as 'Q' just yet.
7/10
There is a really solid story here, it's a genuine espionage plot, a feat that has not been repeated in a Bond movie since. Of course there is the usual sprinkling of beautiful women, bare fist fights and action that is woven into the story, but the main drive here is the spy theme and the tension, not the action that we are all used to seeing in the later films.
It's definitely not my favourite Bond movie, but it's does still stand alone in many respects, one of them being the first appearance from 'Q' although he's not known as 'Q' just yet.
7/10