Reviews

I absolutely adore this movie! It's got all of the traditional spy motifs and a unique ending! I loved the concept of Satchel as someone that's been engrained in the major players of the time period! Charlize Theron was amazing! It was very refreshing seeing her as a take charge, confident spy traversing the world of intrigue and deception. I hope she takes more roles like this. The guy playing Comrade Bremovych is also an amazing actor; however, the skate board scene was a bit... unexpected... It goes to show he's a very cruel man, but I'm really curious as to how that scene came about. Percival's character was very unique. It makes it seem like he's come to love the place where he's stationed; however, at the same time it seems like he relies a bit too much on being an outsider. It's hard to see him as an agent because he lacks the charm associated with most agents. At the same time once the movie ends I was like "Awww, Percival..." Overall, I highly recommend this movie because of how they filter in all of the answers and make you second guess yourself on how it will end. They used traditional spy techniques and modern, for the time period, technology to further the plot. The funny thing is that most people don't realize exactly what the true plot of the movie is until the ending. Personally, I think this was very well done and I hope there is a sequel that's just as good, if not better.

I liked it overall due to the lovely acting that really sealed home the emotional key points in most cases. They did have some unresolved subplots though. There's quite a bit more that they could have done with the film; however, they kind of skipped it. It's like they were trying to tell one story, but told another just because of the lack of development with some of the major characters. One example is Bailey. Beau was responsible for the deaths of both her parents and she took it all in stride. It was like she was slightly vapid, which didn't fit since her life was the one on the line. She knew something was wrong when that jerk with the muscle car (Ron) was going into the lady's house; however, she just stood watching. No one in their right mind would assume that the lady was having an affair with the jerk if they had ever met him. Basically, when she followed the husband in the house was the first time she was like "oh, something might be going on here." She had a working cellphone. She should have called the police. It would have saved her from getting shot; however, it would have negated the end of the movie. The ending at the substation was amazing though. Not just because of the spectacularness of Beau's resolution. It was also because he was finally making up for his mistake at the beginning of the film. All in all, I would watch it again.