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A good movie

Posted : 9 years, 11 months ago on 29 May 2014 02:42

Even though it is a rather obscure feature, since there was a pretty good cast involved, I was quite eager to check it out. Eventually, I thought it was pretty good and it reminded me of 'Munich', another vintage spy feature involving the Mossad. Indeed, the story was really strong, at least, most of it, and there was a nice cast (Helen Mirren, Tom Wilkinson, Ciarán Hinds, Jessica Chastain, Marton Csokas, Sam Worthington) but it never reached the level of 'Munich', in my opinion, one of the best spy features ever made and probably the most underrated movie directed by Steven Spielberg. The main issue I had is that while the section of the movie taking place in Berlin in the 60's was pretty much flawless, the section taking place in Israel in the 90's didn't work out very well. First of all, I think it was a mistake to get rid off of David so quickly. Not only his impact in the present was rather insignificant but it also diminished the impact of his younger character as well. Furthermore, the way they ended up the whole thing was really preposterous and rather underwhelming (Ok, they find Vogel again, why not? But do they really think we are going to believe that they would send Helen Mirren who might just be a little too old to be a field agent? On top of that, the numerous twists that followed were pretty much laughable). Still, to conclude, in spite of its flaws, I still think it was an intriguing story and I think it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre.


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The Debt review

Posted : 11 years, 10 months ago on 25 June 2012 04:09

The Debt, secret agent thriller practically sells itself on the cast alone. Helen Mirren, Ciaran Hinds and Tom Wilkinson are middle-aged Mossad agents trying to clean up an old job. Meanwhile, their younger selves are played by Jessica Chastain, Sam Worthington and Marton Csokas.

These agents step off a plane in Israel in 1966 to applause from waiting officials. They didn't succeed to capture Nazi war criminal Doktor Bernhardt and bring him to trial, however they killed him after a mess up and that counts as a win in everyone’s book.

30 years later while Rachel is at the launch of a book by her daughter detailing their mission, things taken up a ugly turn. The hush up buried in the agents concious about to come out and the whole world gonna turn around. What happen is the end of the movie, one wanna watch.


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