SMERSH (James Bond) V (the letter) in "Icebreaker". They return in a larger role in "No Deals, Mr. Bond", renamed Department Eight, Directorate S, a KGB sub-section. In the film series, Bond's archenemy became SPECTRE, which first appeared in Fleming's novel "Thunderball" (1961). SPECTRE is introduced in the first film, "Dr. No" (1962), in which Julius No explains to Bond that it is the acronym for the "SPecial Executive for Counterintelligence, Terrorism, Revenge, and Extortion", the four great cornerstones of power. Film versions of novels where SMERSH appears substituted either SPECTRE or independent villains. Although twice referred to, SMERSH never appears in the
Spectre (2015 film) "come not to bury "Spectre", but to weirdly praise it. Because the final act of the movie is so strange, so willfully obtuse, that it deserves extra attention." Christopher Orr, writing in "The Atlantic", also criticised the film, saying that "Spectre" "backslides on virtually every [aspect]". Lawrence Toppman of "The Charlotte Observer" called Craig's performance "Bored, James Bored." Alyssa Rosenberg, writing for "The Washington Post", stated that the film turned into "a disappointingly conventional "Bond" film." In a positive review published in "Rolling Stone", Peter Travers gave the film 3.5 stars out of 4, describing "Spectre" as "party time for