How did the Soviet Union react to being portrayed as the villains in so many American action films (especially the James Bond series)?

by RedditQuestionMan
BuckontheHill

Well the Soviet Union really are not the bad guys in the Bond series. They are either not Soviet at all or rogue soviet agents working against both the West and the USSR. I can't think of a bond film where the Soviet government is the major antagonist. Interesting, Fleming created the criminal organization SPECTRE for his stories because he believed the Cold War would in the early 60's so having the USSR as the bad guys would make the Bond series obsolete.

JournalofFailure

In 1986 the USSR made its own action movie, The Detached Mission, about Soviet heroes trying to stop a crazed Vietnam veteran from launching a nuclear war. The American villain is backed by businessmen based in "Florida" (filmed in Cuba).

Searocksandtrees

hi! you may be interested in several previous threads on this or closely-related topics. The posts don't discuss Soviet reaction to American portrayals particularly; they more describe Soviet depictions of Cold War themes.

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Flabergie

Just thought I'd drop in and point out that that James Bond movies are not American action films. They are British action films.