Review of The Jigsaw Man

Dull thriller with the ever brilliant Michael Caine and Laurence Olivier, who, against his nature, gives a rather uninspired performance as a British Admiral (think of a grumpier version of James Bond's M).Susan George co-stars and is generally ok along with Robert Powell, who annoyed me for the most part. The plot is intelligent but uninteresting. I've seen the story in many spy films before. There are moments of tension but on the whole this is a sub-standard espionage thriller. Although it was directed by Terence Young and included Charles Gray, Vladek Sheybal and Anthony Dawson from the Bond films. I wanted to like it but couldn't really enjoy it.

2/5