Diagonaldi Very well executed
Inclubabu Plot so thin, it es unnoticed.
Helloturia I have absolutely never seen anything like this movie before. You have to see this movie.
Roxie The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;
twbond-00867 The movie is excellent!!! And I mean, ezcellent. Brad Pitt as the rescuee, and Robert Redford as the rescuer. Tony Scott brings a fantastic and surprising new thriller that makes the "game" so simple: Bring Pitt Home!The movie layers out fantastic flashbacks, where Pitt gives it all as Tom Bishop, the CIA man that goes rogue and goes missing, whilst Redford as the retired CIA Operative, Nathan Muir, as his partner. Both going through mission after mission, the film wraps up fantastically with its flashback scenes, and gives the movie a cutting-edge of what happened before the movie's opening scene.Tony Scott brings exhilarating excitement and the movie is absolutely sensational! It's worth every minute, Pitt steals the movie, but Redford is not far behind.A MUST-SEE. Overall, a fantastic movie worth seeing!
Sourav Kumar This is the kind of movie if liked than can be watched hundred of times without any hesitation. A Tony Scott picture is always worth watching. I really loved this film even though it's entirely fiction but it is worth catching upon for many many times. The leads Brad Pitt,Robert Redford and others really made sure to make the audience stick to the movie with their extraordinary acting. If someone didn't like the movie then he/she should never watch this type of genres ever. The leads did their work so well that maybe someone somewhere must be playing the character of Nathan Muir or Tom Bishop.
pquadra This movie needs a Part 2. Its great story line and delivery are awesome to watch. Keeps you in your toes most of the time. Exciting and action suspense.This movie would compete with Jason Bourn, James Bond and other action movies.The part that Brad Pitt heard the code line when he got rescued he thought that Robert have abandoned him for good.There is always a backroom transaction and will never know who ordered it, how it was executed and delivered.This would be a BLOCKBUSTER MOVIE it ever Part 2 would be created.
fung0 Spy Game is almost a good movie. Unfortunately, it fails to pay off on any of its worthwhile ambitions.At first, it seems like some sort of inside look at the 'spy game.' Brad Pitt's character is going to learn something about life and morality, as in a LeCarre thriller. Pitt does eventually make a big realization, but it's abrupt, with very little psychological lead-up. And the subsequent evolution of the story is barely sketched in. Early on, Pitt looks like one type of character. Later, we're told he's another type. The only thing missing is the good stuff in between.Meanwhile, as we see what Redford's character is up to, we're tempted to think this may be some sort of cat-and-mouse intellectual exercise, reminiscent of the brilliant Hopscotch. But Redford's 'cleverness' just isn't all that clever, or even interesting. He reads the back of a memo. He uses the phone in a neighbouring office. He steals a key card. Big deal. Not only are they banal, most of these events (such as his final exit from the film) are completely implausible. Unless you put your brain on 'Park,' you're constantly asking yourself "But wouldn't they see that?" "Couldn't the world's biggest spy organization just send some people to stop him?" "Aren't there procedures that anticipate this sort of simple trick?"And again, as with Pitt, we are left totally in the dark as far as Redford's ultimate change of character. Why does he act against all the weighty advice he gives Pitt early on in his training? We see that he's undergone some sort of transformation, but never given any insight into it. One minute, Redford is an unchanging brick of a character, a bastion of the amoral CIA philosophy. The next, he's a malicious prankster with an over-riding personal morality. This key transformation happens off-screen (like Pitt's), with no explanation. That's not clever, it's just annoying. If I wanted to write my own movie, I wouldn't be watching this one.Along the way, there are endless plot holes. The biggest of all being the basic framework of the story. Why is a committee of CIA top brass sitting around for two days, listening to Redford's reminiscences? Someone says it's to 'get something' on Pitt's character. That's not remotely plausible. We actually see a manufactured press item on the news, at one point, showing how easily the whole problem can be addressed, without listening to hours of Redford's banter, and without giving Redford hours to take action, as he's left to wander unsupervised through CIA headquarters.Spy Game isn't unpleasant to watch. It's nicely produced, with some genuinely interesting episodes. Unfortunately, those episodes fail to connect into a coherent whole. The Redford and Pitt characters are intriguing, but we never learn what makes them tick. They're ciphers at the end just as they were at the beginning.Watching Spy Game is like reading the outline of a movie. A good movie, to be sure. Maybe someone will make it someday.
