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On top of that there is a major security buzz about the place
and Muir finds himself being interviewed about not only Bishop
- but his past as well.
The pair had been working together since the Vietnam War
and had conducted operations - usually killings - in other
places including East Germany and Beirut.
This action-packed past is told in flashback and is very
well done by director Tony Scott, although he is really on
top of his game during the increasingly tense meetings between
Muir and a security task force.
Redford is simply superb as Muir and without a doubt these
spy thriller roles suit him perfectly. He commands the screen
and you just know that everytime some little spanner gets
chucked into the works he's savvy enough to have taken precautions
to deal with it.
Pitt is very good as Bishop, the assassin with a heart, and
Catherine McCormack plays a beguiling love interest. Redford
and Pitt work extremely well together and I hope we get to
see them together a few more times in the not-too-distant
future.
Anyway, it's Bishop's personal mission to do the seemingly
impossible and try to force the CIA to get him released before
he's given the bullet. Not an easy task with delicate bilateral
trade relations going on between China and the US.
The video transfer was terrific and didn't ruin my enjoyment
of the movie with any bad visual glitches and the sound use
was spot on. Spy Game is excellent viewing and will keep you
trying to work out just how the heck Muir is going to succeed
- if at all.
Conclusion: Movie 85%, Extras 0%
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