Spy Game (2001)
Retiring CIA agent Nathan Muir recalls his training of Tom Bishop while working against agency politics to free him from his Chinese captors.
27 September 1939, London, England, UK
20 September 1966, Bonn, West Germany
30 September 1965, London, England, UK
1965
24 August 1971, Eugene, Oregon, USA
18 November 1941, Guildford, Surrey, England, UK
28 August 1947, Klagenfurt, Carinthia, Austria [now Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, Carinthia, Austria]
24 December 1952, Budapest, Hungary
21 September 1952, Taipei, Taiwan
1961, Columbus, Ohio, USA
21 January 1970, New York City, New York, USA
5 February 1946, Sturmer, Essex, England, UK
3 May 1964, Budapest, Hungary
5 September 1962, Jászberény, Hungary
10 September 1953, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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.
June 02, 2003
This is Brad Pitt, for crying out loud! Where can you send him undercover? In the CIA's Beverly Hills bureau?
June 15, 2009
Two generations of Hollywood 'golden boys' team up in Tony Scott's Spy Game, a neatly plotted espionage thriller. [Blu-ray]
November 28, 2001
A yawn, and the two glamour boys (who, by the way, look awful) are both snoring.
December 28, 2010
A smart thriller for grown-ups.
November 27, 2001
Redford dazzles in his best role in decades.
December 03, 2001
I'll admit the main story is implausible, but the flashbacks were spectacular, and the cast is really good here.
December 06, 2004
... afterwards I realized that I had been maneuvered into rooting for a dangerously reckless and presumptuous man.
November 30, 2001
It's clever and shows great control of craft, but it doesn't care, and so it's hard for us to care about.
August 09, 2013
Capably anchored by [Robert] Redford giving the spunkiest, most alive performance he gave in a decade in either direction.
November 06, 2002
The performances are the biggest asset.
