A good movie

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.

7/10