Directed by Terence Young (1963)
Once again we have Sean Connery playing the lead role. To me this felt very much like it's predecessor (Dr. No) which makes sense as they were both directed by the same guy. A 36 year old Robert Shaw of Jaws fame plays the bad guy Grant, an ex-convict psychopathic murderer who's been uber-trained at a super-secret assasin camp for one purpose - to kill James Bond.
Bond beds his typical bevy of beauties, has women begging to sew his shirts and even makes a Russian spy fall in love with him. I did find it a bit - odd- I suppose, when he has to rough up the beautiful Russian spy to make her come clean, in some 60's manly sorta way. I realize it was a different era, but the suave and debonair (yes I had to Google the spelling) James Bond is far too smooth for that type of thing.
I can't help but chuckle every time I come across a part mimicked by Mike Myers.
I feel almost rude in saying this, but I found the story to seem a bit, I dunno, "cobbled together". Secret agent turning double in a sham for an evil empire to lure James Bond with a gift of a secret Russian decoder and along the way there are gypsies, Russians, trains and boats. Whew! I realize this may sound like a typical Bond plot, but this one just seemed like something Chandler and Joey would come up with in a 10 second conversation.
I guess I'm nitpicking however because I did enjoy the flick. Sure it's dated and a bit corny at times, but that doesn't make it unlikeable. I would watch it again.
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