"From Russia With Love", Sean Connery's second outing as superspy James Bond, is often cited by Bond fans as the film closest to Ian Fleming's original conception of the character.
More so than later films in the series, it's a proper spy story, with Bond journeying to Turkey to infiltrate the Soviet embassy and contact potential defector Daniela Bianchi. Unknown to him, she's a KGB agent with instructions to pretend to fall in love with him. Unknown to her, her KGB chief Rosa Klebb (an unforgettable Lotte Lenya) is actually working for SPECTRE. Amidst these plots within plots, Bond has to deal with a deadly assassin - the super hard Red Grant, played by Robert Shaw as a violent but cunning adversary. We also get our first glimpses of SPECTRE's mysterious "Number 1", who we later know as Ernst Stavro Blofeld. In fact, it's SPECTRE who are the bad guys here, and the Russians are actually blameless!
There's fights and stunts aplenty, as Bond is guided through the treacherous world of espionage by Pedro Armendariz's Turkish section chief. Of course, this being Bond, the girl really DOES fall in love with him, and the innuendoes really begin. As she claims her mouth is too big, Bond replies "It's just right - for me, that is."
This new Ultimate Edition has a totally remastered picture and new 5.1 DTS sound. It combines the features and director's commentary from the previous release with a bewildering array of new documentaries. An essential purchase for the true Bond fan.
ロシアの暗号解読者タチアナから連絡を受けたボンドはイスタンブールへと飛んだ。暗号解読機と引き換えに亡命を助けるという話は、ロシアとイギリスを開戦させ、またドクター・ノオを殺害したボンドを抹殺するための秘密結社スペクターの罠であった…。
