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www.apolloguide.com - : From Russia With Love is as culturally diverse as any Bond flick. The scenes in Istanbul are the best in the film, if only for their sheer quietness and the great performance by Kerim Bay, playing a Turkish friend of Bond’s who introduces the spy to secret passages under the city’s streets. The film is relatively streamlined despite its otherwise convoluted plot. It begins with a sequence that misleads us into believing that Bond is dead and from there it heads into a tightly directed chess match where Kronsteen is cleverly drawn as a man whose mind and mission in life are personified by the game itself. more...
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70/1
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movie-reviews.colossus.net - : From Russia with Love, along with its successor, Goldfinger, represents Bond at his best. Although the series has run for more than thirty years with seventeen ''official'' entries, it has yet to better, or even equal, what it achieved in 1963-1964 with the release of these two films. By combining solid storylines, tightly-paced action sequences, memorable villains, and Sean Connery in top form, Russia and Goldfinger mark the cinematic apex for Ian Fleming's 007. more...
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3.5/
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efilmcritic.com - : 'From Russia With Love' is strong, adult stuff for a Bond film. Heavy on interest and plot, it's almost unique in that its plot doesn't basically centre on a bomb exploding or a laser being fired. Although it doesn't skimp on the action like 'Dr. No' does, it's still a far cry from the lightweight Roger Moore years. It's one for the Bond purists and should be savoured like a strong, Turkish coffee. more...
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5/5
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