Spy Game
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On the day of his retirement, a veteran CIA agent learns that his former protégé has been arrested in China, is sentenced to die the next morning in Beijing, and that the CIA is considering letting that happen to avoid an international scandal.
What critics thought
Critics landed in mixed-to-moderately-favorable territory on Spy Game, broadly agreeing that Tony Scott's hyperactive direction and the Redford-Pitt pairing are entertaining enough to watch, while dividing sharply over whether the film has anything real underneath its slick surface. The central complaint from skeptics is that the film borrows the weight of genuine human stakes to dress up what is ultimately hollow thriller mechanics.
“It is not a bad movie, mind you; it's clever and shows great control of craft, but it doesn't care, and so it's hard for us to care about.”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“the problem lies in the calculating pretentiousness of using human misery to make shallow entertainment seem serious”
Dana Stevens·The New York Times
“fans of swooping helicopter shots, alleys filled with backlit geysers of steam, and jump-cut editing that makes MTV look like Ingmar Bergman will relish the intercontinental intrigue and huggermugger that is Spy Game”
Steven Rea·The Philadelphia Inquirer
“if you can't find a copy of Condor, you can learn everything you probably need to know about espionage by pairing Spy Game with Spy Kids”
Mike Clark·USA Today
Genres
Action, Crime, Thriller
Cast & Crew
Tony ScottDirector
Robert RedfordNathan Muir
Brad PittTom Bishop
Catherine McCormackElizabeth Hadley
Stephen DillaneCharles Harker
Larry BryggmanTroy Folger
Marianne Jean-BaptisteGladys Jennip
Matthew MarshDr. Byars
Todd BoyceRobert Aiken
Michael Paul ChanVincent Vy Ngo
Garrick HagonCy Wilson
Andrew GraingerAndrew Unger
Bill BuellFred Kappler
Harry Gregson-WilliamsComposer
Arto TunçboyacıyanComposer
Michael Frost BecknerWriter
Dan MindelCinematographySpy Game
On the day of his retirement, a veteran CIA agent learns that his former protégé has been arrested in China, is sentenced to die the next morning in Beijing, and that the CIA is considering letting that happen to avoid an international scandal.
What critics thought
Critics landed in mixed-to-moderately-favorable territory on Spy Game, broadly agreeing that Tony Scott's hyperactive direction and the Redford-Pitt pairing are entertaining enough to watch, while dividing sharply over whether the film has anything real underneath its slick surface. The central complaint from skeptics is that the film borrows the weight of genuine human stakes to dress up what is ultimately hollow thriller mechanics.
“It is not a bad movie, mind you; it's clever and shows great control of craft, but it doesn't care, and so it's hard for us to care about.”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“the problem lies in the calculating pretentiousness of using human misery to make shallow entertainment seem serious”
Dana Stevens·The New York Times
“fans of swooping helicopter shots, alleys filled with backlit geysers of steam, and jump-cut editing that makes MTV look like Ingmar Bergman will relish the intercontinental intrigue and huggermugger that is Spy Game”
Steven Rea·The Philadelphia Inquirer
“if you can't find a copy of Condor, you can learn everything you probably need to know about espionage by pairing Spy Game with Spy Kids”
Mike Clark·USA Today
Genres
Action, Crime, Thriller
Cast & Crew
Tony ScottDirectorRobert RedfordNathan MuirBrad PittTom BishopCatherine McCormackElizabeth HadleyStephen DillaneCharles HarkerLarry BryggmanTroy FolgerMarianne Jean-BaptisteGladys JennipMatthew MarshDr. ByarsTodd BoyceRobert AikenMichael Paul ChanVincent Vy NgoGarrick HagonCy WilsonAndrew GraingerAndrew UngerBill BuellFred KapplerHarry Gregson-WilliamsComposerArto TunçboyacıyanComposerMichael Frost BecknerWriterDan MindelCinematographyStream
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