Russia House should have been a great film. Certainly with spirit of glasnost prevailing at the time, the western crews who came to the soon to be extinct Soviet Union to make this film got some great location cinematography of Leningrad, Moscow and other points of interest on the European continent. Sean Connery's name heading the cast should have guaranteed box office and I'm sure a few people paid for movie tickets for Russia House.
Unfortunately what they got was one two hour long boring story. Connery is a book publisher who gets a manuscript from a Russian scientist telling the truth about their defense capabilities. Of course the spy agencies from the UK and the USA find out about it and enlist Connery in some dangerous games to prove the authenticity of the manuscript.
This is a spy story with no guns, no gadgets, but unfortunately no real story. Totally unlike other John LeCarre stories done for the screen like The Spy Who Came In From the Cold or Smiley's People. Try as I might I just could not get into this film, not even for Sean Connery.
Michelle Pheiffer is the go between for the Russian scientist and Connery the publisher. A little May/December romance evolves between Connery and Pheiffer, but it doesn't save the story.
If you're expecting James Bond from Russia House, don't bother. But I can't say see it if you expect something like The Spy Who Came In From the Cold.
Unfortunately what they got was one two hour long boring story. Connery is a book publisher who gets a manuscript from a Russian scientist telling the truth about their defense capabilities. Of course the spy agencies from the UK and the USA find out about it and enlist Connery in some dangerous games to prove the authenticity of the manuscript.
This is a spy story with no guns, no gadgets, but unfortunately no real story. Totally unlike other John LeCarre stories done for the screen like The Spy Who Came In From the Cold or Smiley's People. Try as I might I just could not get into this film, not even for Sean Connery.
Michelle Pheiffer is the go between for the Russian scientist and Connery the publisher. A little May/December romance evolves between Connery and Pheiffer, but it doesn't save the story.
If you're expecting James Bond from Russia House, don't bother. But I can't say see it if you expect something like The Spy Who Came In From the Cold.