The second edition of the Bond series. From Russia with love was one of the classics too. The film boasts a number of outstading elements. One of these is the pre-credits seqeunce were Grants attcks a fake Bond. Another being the introduction of Q and the Bond gadgets.
Bonds assignment in this film is to un-cover a decoding machine called 'Lektor'. This is currently held by the Russians. Bond is helped by Soviet agent- Romanova. SPECTRE, a secret national crime organisation, tries to prevent Bond from finding the 'Lektor' but are un- succesful.
On his missions, bond encounters many enemies- one of wich is Donald 'Red' Grant. Actor, Richard Shaw, gives a brilliant performance. Grant has two roles in this film, and altenates well between them. As Grant- he is aruthless killer, though he has to have a disguise and become 'Nash'. Talkative and obnoxiously talkative. Grant and bond encounter towards the end of the film and give stunning fight on the train. Bond comes out victorious, but it was not easy. A classic moment from any Bond film.
Q made his first appearnce in a Bond film here. It was fairly short in comparison to other films. He was portrayed as maybe an un-interesting bureacrat. This aside, he came up with some pretty cool gadjet. One of the more famous inventions is the Attache case. In the train battle- it saves Bonds life. It contained many smaller gadgets- which would, as always, proove to be usefull in the long run.
Bond couldn't complete his assigment alone, so, mainly, two people helped him through. One of these was the lovely Tatiana Romanova. She manages to steal the 'Lektor' and Bond retrieves it from there. Bond manages to seduce her and she is remember as one of the more memorable bond gals.
The other person to help Bond is kerim Bey. He spies on the soviets and there workers. Kerim plays a vital role in 007's theft of Lektor. He was played very well and was a very charasmatic character- another memorable Bond ally.
So the second Bond film rolls into the cinemas- and once again, was a huge hit world-wide. It is hardly surpsing as it was very well directed and acted. 007 is as normal, exceptional, the Bond girls were at their best and the emeny came across very well. Even minor character roles were played sururbly. As a big Bond fan, I should know my films and I know this one was great. Top marks to 'From Russia with love'.
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