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David McK (3425 KP) rated From Russia With Love (1964) in Movies

May 8, 2023  
From Russia With Love (1964)
From Russia With Love (1964)
1964 | Action, Classics, Mystery
6
7.8 (19 Ratings)
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Only the second (ever) Bond film, this is very much a product of its time (as are the books), complete with the Cold War setting.

Here, Bond is sent to Istanbul to obtain a decoding machine from a Russian defector in what is obviously a honey trap, but there are strings being pulled behind the scenes by SPECTRE - the organisation itself only name-dropped in the previous film - who are out for revenge for the defeat of Dr No in the previous film.

This is the film with the cringe worthy Gypsy encampment fight.

On the other hand, it's also the one with Roas Klebb and her shoes ...
  
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Dean (6926 KP) rated Ava (2020) in Movies

Dec 12, 2020  
Ava (2020)
Ava (2020)
2020 | Action, Crime, Drama
6
6.2 (13 Ratings)
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Good cast (1 more)
Fight scenes
Poor pacing (1 more)
Very average overall
Assassin film by numbers
I hadn't heard much about this prior to it popping up on Netflix. Which given the cast line up wasn't a good sign. This seems to follow the typical blueprint of so many assassin films. The agent is now in the crosshairs of the organisation they work for and surprise they turn the tables for payback. Pretend you've never heard of @The Bourne Identity (2002) or @Anna (2019) or any of the films on my Assassins film list pretty much. The ending felt like a blank misfire as well. Such a shame given the cast on show.