8.1
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
From Russia with Love (1963)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 8.1
Overview
Agent 007 is back in the second installment of the James Bond series, this time battling a secret crime organization known as SPECTRE. Russians Rosa Klebb and Kronsteen are out to snatch a decoding device known as the Lektor, using the ravishing Tatiana to lure Bond into helping them. Bond willingly travels to meet Tatiana in Istanbul, where he must rely on his wits to escape with his life in a series of deadly encounters with the enemy.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
LGBTQ: Negative
Overview
Agent 007 is back in the second installment of the James Bond series, this time battling a secret crime organization known as SPECTRE. Russians Rosa Klebb and Kronsteen are out to snatch a decoding device known as the Lektor, using the ravishing Tatiana to lure Bond into helping them. Bond willingly travels to meet Tatiana in Istanbul, where he must rely on his wits to escape with his life in a series of deadly encounters with the enemy.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Traditional
Primary
The film is a Cold War spy thriller where the primary antagonist is a non-ideological global criminal organization (SPECTRE) rather than a specific political system, leading to a focus on adventure and individual heroism over explicit ideological promotion or critique.
The film features traditional casting with no explicit race or gender swaps of established roles. Its narrative consistently portrays traditional identities in a positive manner, without any critical framing or central DEI themes.
Secondary
The film features subtextual LGBTQ+ elements through the villainous character of Rosa Klebb. Her implied lesbianism is linked to her menacing and predatory nature, reinforcing a harmful stereotype without counterbalance, resulting in a negative overall portrayal.
The film "From Russia with Love" does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. Its narrative focuses on espionage, Cold War politics, and action, without engaging with transgender identity in any capacity.
The film features female characters such as Tatiana Romanova and Rosa Klebb. While Rosa Klebb engages in a physical confrontation with James Bond, she is ultimately defeated by Tatiana Romanova using a firearm. No female character is depicted winning a close-quarters physical fight against one or more male opponents.
All major characters in "From Russia with Love" (1963) maintain the same gender as established in Ian Fleming's original novel. There are no instances of characters canonically or historically established as one gender being portrayed as a different gender.
All major characters in "From Russia with Love" (1963) are portrayed by actors whose race aligns with their established depictions in Ian Fleming's novels or prior film installments. There are no instances of a character's race being changed from their source material.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.3
7.1
Critic Ratings
9.7
8.3
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