7/10
Number 3 shoe knife
10 December 2013
The second in the Bond franchise. SPECTRE is trying to inflame the cold war to weaken both sides. The plan is for Number 3 Klebb (Lotte Lenya) to trick Russian girl attaché Tatiana Romanova (Daniela Bianchi) to lure James Bond 007 (Sean Connery) into stealing Russian super secret Lektor decoding machine. After which, they would steal the machine from Bond and then frame him for it.

The locations are more exotic. The action is bigger. I love Lotte Lenya as Number 3 Rosa Klebb. She creates an iconic villain better any of the other villains in this movie. I know she's not strictly a Bond girl, but I want so much to put her as top Bond girl. I mean com'on!! Shoe knife! I just wish she was the only one with the shoe knife.

The story doesn't move quite as fast as the modern versions. It's still trying to play with the formula. There are a lot of scenes that takes its time on exposition. It's still spending time on spy craft. The cat and mouse game is still realistic. The ridiculous plans aren't here yet. The fights aren't as choreographed. It's in a transitional state.
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