James Bond 007: março 2012

sábado, 24 de março de 2012

From Russia With Love

Late one night, British Agent James Bond 007 sneaks through a graveyard trailing a dangerous blonde assassin. The assassin eventually gets the jump on him and garrotes him to death with a wire concealed in his watch. As the garden lights up, it is revealed that this "Bond" is actually a man wearing a prosthetic mask - It was all a training exercise by S.P.E.C.T.R.E. - the criminal organization revealed by Dr.No.

At Venice, a climatic chess match is being played by two masters: Kronsteen and his opponent MacAdams. Kronsteen is secretly delivered a message on a napkin under his glass of water and quickly trumps MacAdams. Arriving on a luxury yacht, he meets with his superior - A man cradling a white cat, amusing himself and a Soviet Assassin. He is none other then the dreaded Number One of S.P.E.C.T.R.E. and introduces Kronsteen as "Number Five". Kronsteen explains the manipulative plan he has prepared to steal the new Russian decoding machine 'LEKTOR', which will require a female member of the cryptographic section in Turkey and the "help of the British Secret Service". The Soviet assassin is actually Colonel Rosa Klebb - The former head of operations for the deadly Russian counter-intelligent division SMERSH, who has secretly defected and is now Number Three. Klebb has already picked out a woman whose "loyalty to the state is beyond question" and is most likely unaware Klebb has switched sides. Kronsteen further explains that the British will see the whole affair as a challenge they can't resist, as they wanted a LEKTOR for years. They will most likely pick James Bond for the assignment which will give them revenge for the killing of Dr.No.

Klebb flies to S.P.E.C.T.R.E. Island - the training facility and meets with the blonde assassin - a psychotic who escaped from Dartmoor, Donovan "Red" Grant. He has been chosen for this assignment and, after testing him, Klebb agrees to include him.

In Istanbul, a woman named Tatiana Romanova, nicknamed "Tania" heads off to secretly meet with Klebb. Klebb asks if she knows who she is and maintains her cover. She has chosen Tania for a "most important assignment" and asks her questions concerning love. She hands her a picture of a man and informs her that he must do anything he says no matter what to give false information, and threatens that if she speaks about this, she will be shot immediately.

Bond arrives in London after some fun with Sylvia Trench. M tells him about Romanova and that she has contacted them in Station T(Turkey) - lead by agent Kerim Bay. She claims to have fallen in love with Bond after seeing a photograph of him and wants to defect, and will even bring the new LEKTOR decoding machine, but only if Bond personally brought them both himself. Bond and M both are both suspicious about the whole thing, but the LEKTOR is too important to pass up and Bond agrees to go anyway. The equipment officer from Q Branch brings his equipment: "an ordinary black leather case" with an array of gadgets, including a folded snipers rifle, ammunition, 50 gold sovereigns, a knife, and a tear gas cartridge that will explode if the case isn't opened the right way.

Bond departs for Istanbul and is already being followed by Bulgarians working for the Russians, including Grant. Bond meets with Kerim Bey whose staff seemed to be comprised of his sons. Bey tells him that Romanova is making the arrangements and the only thing they can do now. As Bond is driven to his hotel, the Russian guard checks the car that was tailing him to find the Bulgarian dead - killed by Grant. Grant meets with Klebb who informs them that the only one the Russians can suspect now are the British, things are about to heat up.

Bond finds his hotel room entirely bugged and asks to be moved to the only other room available, the bridal suite. As Bey relaxes himself in his room, he and his mistress are nearly killed by a limpet mine trap. Bond meets with him and Bey is confused why the Russians would suddenly go so far. They go down to his cellar to a secret room with a periscope to peek in the Russian conference room in the consulate. Leading Russian agents are meeting and Bey recognizes the dangerous Krilencu, a Bulgarian assassin who "kills for pleasure", the one who laid the limpet mine trap. Romonava then walks in and Bond gets his first look at her. He asks for surveillance plans of the consulate, Bey opts for both of them to escape to a gypsy camp where they can escape from Krilencu.

Bond clearly enjoys himself at the camp, and even watches two women try to kill each other for falling for the same man. The camp is then attacked by Krilencu's men leading to a huge gunfight. Grant lurks in the background and saves Bond from anybody who tries to kill him. Bond is hailed a hero and is later paid a visit that night by the two women.

The next morning, Bey is determined to finish off Krilencu. They track him to a hotel room as he tries to escape through a giant advertisement of "Call me Bwana", Bey manages to finish him off with the folded snipers rifle. Bond returns to the bridal suite to find none other then Romanova. Bond seduces her and immediately makes plans for getting the LEKTOR out. Neither are aware that they are being filmed through the other side of the mirror by Klebb and Grant.

Bond and Tania meet at mosque and are followed being followed. Before either of them can do anything, the man is killed by Grant and Bond finds the surveillance plans on him. Bey is confused on who could have killed him and is wary that things seem to be going to easy for them and to be distrustful of Romanova.

Bond and Tania then meet on a ferry and discuss the LEKTOR, their conversation recorded and sent to London, listened to by M, Q, and leading agents. Although Bond embarrasses M, they agree to go ahead with the deal. He gets access to the consulate and Bey and Bond prepare themselves. Bey sets off a tear gas bomb underneath the building and Bond and Tania manage to escape with the LEKTOR in the chaos. They board the Orient Express train, but are being tailed by security man Benz who knows Romanova. All of them are unaware that Grant is already on board.

Bey has already prepared visas and false ID's for them. Bey knows the conductor and manage to prepare to have the train stopped, where they will drive with Bey's sons secretly across the border. Bey and Bond confront Benz on the train, and everything finally seems to be under control.

As Bond heads for the restaurant car, a train guard gives him bad news - Bey and Benz are both dead, apparently killing each other. Bond is manages to convince him not to stop the train now, and confronts Romanova. He demands answers and knows she's doing all this under orders. Tania weeps that "even if you kill me, I can say nothing.", and says she has truly has fallen in love with him. Bond isn't satisfied at all.

The train continues it's journey and stops at Beograd. One of Bey's sons is there and asks why the train didn't stop, Bond gives the bad news. He tells him to send a message to M to have an agent from Zagreb meet up with him to help get the LEKTOR through. When the train gets there, Grant gets to the agent first and kills him. Posing as the agent "Nash", Grant finally formally meets with Bond. Bond is suspicious and attaches the tear gas cartridge to his briefcase.

"Nash" meets with Tania and Bond in the restaurant car. He slips a drug into Tania's drink and Bond confronts him at gunpoint. "Nash" tells him that the escape route is only for one, "who are you after, the girl or the LEKTOR?". Bond concedes and as "Nash" explains his plan, he knocks Bond out and disarms him. Grant taunts him as he awakens, calling him "old man" and Bond asks if that's what SMERSH agents call each other, but Grant just smiles. Only now does Bond realize that S.P.E.C.T.R.E. is behind everything, not the Russians, and they've been playing both sides against each other. Bond guesses that is was Grant who killed the agent in the mosque, Kerim and Benz, and Nash. Grant tells him that they are professionals and they've been keeping Bond alive until he could get them the LEKTOR for them, saving his life at the gypsy camp. Bond questions if Tania is working for them too, but Grant reveals she knows nothing and is under orders from Klebb who is now with S.P.E.C.T.R.E, she simply doesn't know that. Grant further explains the embarrassing cover, that they've already recorded a film of the two in the bridal suite and created a letter from her, supposedly threatening to give the film to the press unless she marries him for helping him get the LEKTOR, making the whole thing look like blackmail and revenge.

Bond understands now and says "Must be a pretty sick collection of minds to dream up a plan like that.", and tries tempting Grant with the 50 gold sovereigns in his briefcase. Grant has the tear gas cartridge explode in his face, and they both have a brutal fight onboard the train, eventually leading to Bond stabbing him with the hidden knife in his case and garotting Grant with his own wire. The train stops at Grant's escape point, and Bond and Romanova escape in the contact's truck. They are eventually discovered by a S.P.E.C.T.R.E. helicopter which nearly kills Bond by ramming at him at high speeds and dropping grenades. Bond manages to kill the pilot by shooting him as he holds a grenade, blowing them up. Bond and Tania continue till then reach a boat, heading for Venice.

Number One is disappointed with Kronsteen and Klebb after hearing about Grant's death. He does not tolerate failure and has henchman Morzeny show off his poison-tipped knife hidden in his shoe. He presumably aims for Klebb but then kills Kronsteen. Klebb assures him they can still take the LEKTOR.

As Bond travels by boat, they are attacked by Morzeny with a fleet of boats trying to stop them. They shoot at fuel canisters, which Bond them dumps in the water. He takes out a flare gun from the boat and shoots them, exploding the canisters and taking out the fleet.

They eventually arrive in Venice to rest and and prepare for the last leg of their journey. Klebb, disguised as a maid, attempts to steal the LEKTOR from under Bond, but Tania sees her and she silences her. Klebb holds Bond at gunpoint and demands that Romanova help her take the LEKTOR out. Tania is unsure, but eventually has a change of heart and fights back. Klebb tries to kill Bond with her own poison-tipped shoe, but is eventually shot by Tania.

The two of them at last peacefully enjoy themselves on a gondola ride. They passionately kiss as Bond pulls out the recorded film and remarks that it was quite a performance, and throws it in the water.

Dr. No

In Jamaica British AgentJohn Strangways is murdered. MI6 orders James Bond to investigate his disappearance which may be connected with some recent problems the CIA and NASA have been having with a moon rocket. When Bond arrives, his driver turns out to be working for someone against Bond, but eats cyanide before Bond can interrogate him. Knowing that something truly is afoot, Bond meets Quarrel, a man Strangways hired to take him to Crab King, a local private island. Quarrel pulls a knife on Bond, and a Felix Leiter backs him up with a gun, before they realize they are MI6 and CIA working for the same goal.

Bond asks the local geologist R. J. Dent some questions and finds out that he is lying about the radioactivity of rocks that Strangways had asked him to test. Dent is worried by Bond's presence and is given orders to kill the British agent. When Dent later shoots a decoy body, Bond knows he must go to Crab Key, and kills Dent.

On Crab Key, Bond meets Honey Ryder as she collects shells. A security team destroys their escape, so they head inland for safety. Bond insists they follow "dragon" tracks which lead them to a tank with a flamethrower. Quarrel is murdered by the tank, but Bond and Honey are taken to a compound. Inside, they are decontaminated and treated to a luxurious room. They meet Dr. Julius No, owner of the facility. Bond calls him out, knowing that he has intentions for his nuclear program other than powering his island facility. Dr. No reveals his organization as S.P.E.C.T.R.E. and tries to recruit Bond, who declines.

Bond is thrown in a cell which he escapes by crawling through steam vents. He knocks out a henchman and dons a radiation suit and enters Dr. No's control room where they are running a test for the takeover of the Cape Canaveral rocket. Disguised, Bond manages to climb up to a control platform where he hijacks the controls, sending the nuclear reactor into a meltdown. Dr. No tries to fight him, but due to his metal hands he is unable to climb out of a cage descending into the water casing the reactor, and dies. Bond rescues Honey and the two escape the island in a boat. They kiss in the boat after it runs out of fuel.

In-DepthEdit

At a country club in Jamaica, undercover British agent John Strangways plays cards with R. J. Dent and others. He leaves the club and is shot down by The Three Blind Mice: three assassins pretending to be blind beggars. His body is thrown inside a getaway car and rushed off. At Strangways' office, his secretary is murdered while making a call to headquarters. The Three Blind Mice steal one file labeled "Doctor No". On the other end, the radio receiver notifies his superior that there is a situation.

In London, James Bond is playing baccarat at an upscale casino with several people and Sylvia Trench. The two flirt, but Bond receives a note and excuses himself from the game. Sylvia follows him, and he invites her to lunch the next day. Bond then travels to the office of Universal Exports, a cover for the British Intelligence office of MI6. There, he is informed by M that he must travel to Jamaica to investigate Strangways' disappearance, which may have something to do with some problems the Americans have been having with their Space Shuttle launches. He is given a new Walther PPK by Q.

He returns home to find Sylvia playing golf in his room, wearing only his shirt. The two spend a quick amount of time together before Bond catches a flight to Kingston, Jamaica. At the airport, a mysterious man watches Bond arrive, and a photographer tries to snap his photo. He is greeted by a driver outside, but calls MI6 first to check in. He asks if the driver was sent and he learns that no driver was sent. He rides with the driver nonetheless. As the driver tries to evade the man from the airport, Bond pulls a gun on him and interrogates him on the side of the road. After taking some punches, the driver weeps and asks for a cigarette. He bites a cigarette from his pocket and dies instantly.

At the government house, they discover it was cyanide inside his cigarette. Bond meets with Pleydell Smith to discuss Strangways, and learns that Dent was one of the last to see Strangways. They visit Strangways' office where Bond discovers a receipt from Dent's practice. He also discovers a photo of a fisherman and Strangways and notes that the fisherman was driving the car that was tailing him from the airport. At his hotel room, Bond sets up traps to see if people have entered his room, and heads off to meet Dent and the other card players. They inform him that Strangways had been chartering a fisherman named Quarrel's boat frequently.

Bond visits Quarrell at his boat, but receives no answers. He follows him to Puss Feller's restaurant and is assaulted by the the fisherman and Puss Feller but gets the upper-hand in the fight quickly. A man orders Bond to "hold it", and shortly reveals himself to be Felix Leiter, CIA. Quarrell greets Bond as a friend. That night at dinner, Bond and Felix talk about Strangways' disappearance and the trouble at Cape Canaveral and the photographer from the airport snaps another photo. Quarrel restrains her while Bond destroys her film. Outside the restaurant, The Three Blind Mice nearly shoot Bond but are thrown off by a passing car.

The next day, Bond visits R. J. Dent at his office and enquires about Strangways' receipt. Dent says the rocks he brought him were not special and he threw them out. Dent also claimed that the rocks were not from Crab Key, a privately owned island near Kingston. After Bond leaves Dent rushes off to a boat and argues with the driver to take him to Crab Key. On the island, he is escorted to a large empty room where he talks to a voice over an intercom. The voice is angry that he arrived during daytime and is angry that Bond is still alive. Dent takes a tarantula to kill Bond with.

Bond returns to his hotel room and discovers that his traps had been sprung. He goes to sleep and in the middle of the night is awoken by the spider in his bed. He kills the spider. The next day he visits Pleydell Smith again and the two discuss the investigation. Bond discovers Miss Taro listening in, but she claims she was looking for a file. Bond is later found by Quarrell measuring the radioactivity of the rocks Strangways brought to Dent with a geiger counter. Their radioactivity levels are high and Bond asks a reluctant Quarrel to take him to Crab Key that night. Quarrel believes there is a dragon on the island.

Back at his hotel room, he receives a call from Miss Taro. She invites him over, but on the way a car tries to run him off the road. He manages to escape while the other car plummets off a hill and explodes. Surprised to see him alive, Taro tries to keep him at her place until another assassin can arrive. They sleep together, and after Bond decides to go out for food. He calls for a car, but rather than a taxi arriving an officer arrives to arrest Taro. Bond waits at her apartment, and when Dent arrives and shoots a decoy, Bond interrogates him and shoots him.

Bond returns to Quarrel at the dock and they boat over to Crab Key. They pull the boat up on the island and wait until daylight. The next morning Bond hears a woman singing. He sees Honey Ryder exiting the sea carrying shells. He surprises her and asks her why she's on the island. She tells him she is not afraid of the island security, but when Quarrel warns them that a boat is coming, they hide behind a sand dune. The security team notices Bond's boat and fires around the island. They leave, claiming they will return with dogs. Bond tries to send Honey back to Kingston, but her boat was hit by the marksmen. She continues with him and Quarrel inland to a hiding spot. On the way, they are forces to hide underwater and use reeds as snorkels as a patrol with dogs approaches. The patrol leaves, but another lone guard arrives and Bond kills him. They arrive at Honey's hiding spot and agree to take turns watching out for the dragon, which Honey claims to have seen. When Quarrel sees tracks, Bond insists they follow them to the dragon. By the time they arrive to the dragon it is nighttime. They are spotted and the "dragon", a tank painted with teeth and a flamethrower mounted on the front, approaches them. Bond and Quarrel attempt to shoot its tires and lights, but fail. Quarrel is lit on fire and dies. Bond and Honey are apprehended and taken to a compound.

Upon arrival, they are put through a decontamination process and are taken to a luxurious suite where they find clothes in their exact sizes because, as the extremely polite receptionist explains, they were expected. Bond and Honey drink coffee, still confused, and quickly pass out because the coffee was drugged. A mysterious man with black gloves enters their room as they sleep, but leaves shortly after. The next morning they dress and are escorted to the office of the compound's owner, Dr. Julius No. He arrives and introduces himself, but excuses his handicap - he has lost his hands in an accident and had replaced them with metallic ones.

Dr. No invites them to lunch, where they discuss the origins of his wealth and what he is doing with his nuclear facility. Bond states that he knows all about No because he has read his MI6 and CIA files. Now that both men know what each other is up to, Bond asks that Honey be excused. The guards drag her away and Bond tries to help her. A guard shoves a gun in Bond's back and he returns to his seat. Dr. No then explains why he is planning on taking over the moon rocket's launch from Cape Canaveral, and that it is all a part of S.P.E.C.T.R.E.'s master plan. No invites Bond to join S.P.E.C.T.R.E., but Bond refuses. No leaves and his guards beat Bond and leave him in a cell.

Bond awakes and breaks through a vent in his cell. He crawls through pipes and vents until he reaches a facility room, where he attacks a worker in a radiation suit. He dons the suit and enters Dr. No's main control room where they are running a test on their nuclear reactor. The disguised Bond climbs to a platform with controls. When No initiate the real mission, Bond cranks a dial to a dangerous level, initiating a meltdown.

Everyone starts to flee, but No attempts to fight Bond on the platform. The two fall onto a cage descending into the water holding the nuclear reactor. Bond is able to fight off No long enough to climb out, but Dr. No can't climb out due to his metal hands. No dies in the water.

Bond runs through the hallways and grabs a receptionist to help him find Honey. He finds her locked on a concrete ramp with a rising tide approaching her body. He unclasps her and the two escape the facility. Outside, they find a boat and Bond punches the two men currently on it. They drive the boat away moments before the compound explodes. Their boat runs out of fuel, but Felix arrives in time to tow them in. Bond and Honey begin kissing, and Bond releases the tow rope, leaving them totally alone in the middle of the Caribbean.