Recap: Ray Koval and Claire Stenwick are two of a kind, professional spies. They take an instant liking to each other, but who can trust a spy, really. And they should know. But nowadays it is industrial espionage that pays, and Ray and Claire finds themselves in the middle of a bitter war between two rivaling companies. And the frontline is the companies' internal security divisions. Ray and Claire finds themselves on different sides. Or are they? Claire is supposed to undercover working for Ray, but is he really. Everyone seems to have their own agenda. And suddenly everything is heating up as a secret revolutionary product is about to hit the market.
Comments: A very good and entertaining spy-thriller. It centers around trust and duplicity, and as the story develops, spliced in with flashbacks, it pays to pay attention. There is always a measure of uncertainty and possibilities for the story to switch direction. Unfortunately writer and director Tony Gilroy, whom has done great work in the recent past, doesn't utilize those possibilities. Despite the uncertainties and possibilities the story always see to follow the standard route in the end, actually making it a bit predictable.
I might be giving away a little much now, despite the spoiler alert, because there is an unexpected twist at the end. Sadly it is one of the kind that comes almost completely out of the blue, even though it is in line with the theme of the movie. It gives quite a good end, but it would have been a lot better if one in hindsight could have found traces or hints for the upcoming twist, including the audience in the scheming and plotting espionage.
Well, in the end I was pretty satisfied anyway. I wanted a espionage, last hit or con kind of story and got a good one, even though it wasn't new or unique. It did and showed what it was supposed to.
7/10
Comments: A very good and entertaining spy-thriller. It centers around trust and duplicity, and as the story develops, spliced in with flashbacks, it pays to pay attention. There is always a measure of uncertainty and possibilities for the story to switch direction. Unfortunately writer and director Tony Gilroy, whom has done great work in the recent past, doesn't utilize those possibilities. Despite the uncertainties and possibilities the story always see to follow the standard route in the end, actually making it a bit predictable.
I might be giving away a little much now, despite the spoiler alert, because there is an unexpected twist at the end. Sadly it is one of the kind that comes almost completely out of the blue, even though it is in line with the theme of the movie. It gives quite a good end, but it would have been a lot better if one in hindsight could have found traces or hints for the upcoming twist, including the audience in the scheming and plotting espionage.
Well, in the end I was pretty satisfied anyway. I wanted a espionage, last hit or con kind of story and got a good one, even though it wasn't new or unique. It did and showed what it was supposed to.
7/10