I believe this is one of the most popular Bond films and although it's good, of the first two flicks I prefer "Dr. No". That said, Connery is a lean mean fightin' machine here. "From Russia With Love" is largely Q-gadget free except for a pretty cool briefcase.
There are no intimidating evil henchmen, only Red Grant who is almost an equal to Bond in a fist fight and is a pretty brutal thug. The scenery is stunning and it looks great on Blu-Ray.
I think what keeps this one down for me is that a large portion of the film takes place on a train. It makes for some claustrophobic moments when instead of seeing Bond fight the bad guys in the wide open spaces. Blofeld is here (petting his cat of course) and his presence adds to the laundry list of SPECTRE villains on hand.
Shout by whitsbrainVIP 6BlockedParent2022-01-15T16:38:31Z
I believe this is one of the most popular Bond films and although it's good, of the first two flicks I prefer "Dr. No". That said, Connery is a lean mean fightin' machine here. "From Russia With Love" is largely Q-gadget free except for a pretty cool briefcase.
There are no intimidating evil henchmen, only Red Grant who is almost an equal to Bond in a fist fight and is a pretty brutal thug. The scenery is stunning and it looks great on Blu-Ray.
I think what keeps this one down for me is that a large portion of the film takes place on a train. It makes for some claustrophobic moments when instead of seeing Bond fight the bad guys in the wide open spaces. Blofeld is here (petting his cat of course) and his presence adds to the laundry list of SPECTRE villains on hand.