From Russia With Love
From Russia With Love
James Bond (Sean Connery) delivers another blistering, thrill-a- minute caper as he attempts to thwart the enemy from seizing a decoder that can access Russian state secrets. Robert Shaw co-stars.--©MGM
3.1 out of 5 based on 8 reviews
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Omniscore:
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| Certificate |
PG |
| Genre |
Action / Adventure |
| Director |
Terence Young |
| Cast |
Daniela Bianchi, Pedro Armendáriz Sean Connery |
| Studio |
United Artists |
| Release Date |
April 2009 |
| Running Time |
116 minutes |
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James Bond (Sean Connery) delivers another blistering, thrill-a- minute caper as he attempts to thwart the enemy from seizing a decoder that can access Russian state secrets. Robert Shaw co-stars.--©MGM
Reviews
Total Film
Neil Smith
“it’s Sean Connery’s second outing as 007 that has served as the series’ default setting, the franchise returning to its Cold War feel, taut storytelling and darker tone every time it heads too far in the opposite direction.”
30/03/2009
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The Times
Dominic Wells
“The stylish second Bond film From Russia With Love now looks as if it was shot yesterday — it’s quite a jolt when a masseuse strips to her “sexy” undies, revealing 1963 pants so huge they make Bridget Jones’s look racy.”
23/04/2009
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The Guardian
Peter Bradshaw
“But FRWL has character and dash, and even something of a conventional plot, all worth revisiting for this pin-sharp restoration.”
24/04/2009
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The Financial Times
Karl French
“The narrative is plodding, time has not been kind to set-pieces that were once so thrilling and now seem oddly perfunctory, and 007’s misogyny and casual slapping of several women is more than faintly repellent.”
22/04/2009
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The Sunday Times
Edward Porter
“Consequently, it’s not too different from the non-Bond action thrillers of the same era, in which company it falls well short of the top film, North by Northwest.”
26/04/2009
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Time Out
Derek Adams
“...the film lacks the exotic, colourful flamboyance of the best of its successors.”
23/04/2009
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The Independent on Sunday
Nicholas Barber
“The series' high point? It's certainly the most faithful to the book.”
26/04/2009
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The Observer
Philip French
“In fact, much of it borders on the inept and the embarrassing, and that goes for the title song sung by Matt Monro, the "singing bus-driver".”
26/04/2009
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