Saturday 11 May 2013

Not killing


The Double (2011)

Directed by Michael Brandt this film stars Richard Gere, Topher Grace and Martin Sheen. A young FBI agent and a retired CIA operative hunt down a Soviet assassin that has come out of retirement.

When you are putting together a spy thriller like this the most important part is that the plot makes sense and there are various times, especially in the final third, when the plot for this film gets stupid or unexplainable. There are a few interesting elements in the film but none of these are capitalised on as the characters are decidedly weak. Once you get beyond the massive weaknesses of the script the film is not too badly made but there is not a lot for the film makers to work with really.

2/5

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