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Spy Game (2001)
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The CIA's policy may differ with political activist Nathan Muir, who is contemplating retirement because of his lawyer Tom Bishop's arrest in China on spying charges. Muir must use all his skills and clever plans to find a way to free his lawyer Bishop. Shortly after looking for an opportunity to free Bishop from the hands of his captors, Moyer remembers how he recruited and trained a young man. On the other hand, a sergeant in Vietnam may be change things.
The CIA's policy may differ with political activist Nathan Muir, who is contemplating retirement because of his lawyer Tom Bishop's arrest in China on spying charges. Muir must use all his skills and clever plans to find a way to free his lawyer Bishop. Shortly after looking for an opportunity to free Bishop from the hands of his captors, Moyer remembers how he recruited and trained a young man. On the other hand, a sergeant in Vietnam may be change things.
Actors:
Wil Röttgen,
Pál Oberfrank,
Nabil Massad,
Tibor Kenderesi,
Rufus Wright,
Sam Scudder,
Demetri Goritsas
Wil Röttgen
20 September 1966, Bonn, West Germany
Pál Oberfrank
3 May 1964, Budapest, Hungary
Nabil Massad
Tibor Kenderesi
May 15, 1920 in Novi Sad, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes [now Vojvodina, Serbia]
Rufus Wright
1975, England, UK
Sam Scudder
Demetri Goritsas
24 August 1971, Eugene, Oregon, USA
Country:
United States, United Kingdom, France, Japan, Germany
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This is Brad Pitt, for crying out loud! Where can you send him undercover? In the CIA's Beverly Hills bureau?
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Two generations of Hollywood 'golden boys' team up in Tony Scott's Spy Game, a neatly plotted espionage thriller. [Blu-ray]
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It's clever and shows great control of craft, but it doesn't care, and so it's hard for us to care about.
November 28, 2001
A yawn, and the two glamour boys (who, by the way, look awful) are both snoring.
Common Sense Media
December 28, 2010
A smart thriller for grown-ups.
November 06, 2002
The performances are the biggest asset.
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... afterwards I realized that I had been maneuvered into rooting for a dangerously reckless and presumptuous man.
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Redford dazzles in his best role in decades.
August 01, 2003
...takes the spy formula and dilutes it with wholly unnecessary plot twists and a flashback structure that's more confusing than anything else.
Ebert & Roeper
December 03, 2001
I'll admit the main story is implausible, but the flashbacks were spectacular, and the cast is really good here.
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Capably anchored by [Robert] Redford giving the spunkiest, most alive performance he gave in a decade in either direction.