Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Directed by Janus Metz Pedersen
Produced by Mark Gordon; Steve Schwartz; Paula Mae Schwartz; Nick Wechsler; Matt Jackson
Screenplay by Olen Steinhauer
Based on All the Old Knives; by Olen Steinhauer
Starring: Chris Pine, Thandiwe Newton, Laurence Fishburne, Jonathan Pryce&David Dawson.
Executive producers:
Edited by Mark Eckersley, Per Sandholt
Music by Jon Ekstrand; RebekkaKarijord
Cinematography:Charlotte Bruus Christensen
Production Companies: eOne, Chockstone Pictures, Big Indie Pictures, Potboiler Productions, Jackson Pictures
Distributed by Amazon Studios
The plot: When the CIA discovers one of its agents leaked information that cost more than 100 people their lives, veteran operative Henry Pelham is assigned to root out the mole with his former lover and colleague Celia Harrison.
This film was Very good.
Pros: I did like how the two main characters discussed this film’s plot with each other in a restaurant. The bright spot that stole the full film to me was Chris Pine, I enjoyed Pine’s performance in this more than what I saw the other night in Don’t Worry Darling. The way it treated the storyline was so serious and kept me glued to the screen.
Cons: At times I struggled to get what was going on and it was a bit slow. And I wish this was done more like a TV Series. I would have hoped the Rotten Tomatoes score was a little higher.
Cast & Characters:
- Chris Pine as Henry Pelham
- Thandiwe Newton as Celia Harrison-Favreau
- Laurence Fishburne as Vick Wallinger
- Jonathan Pryce as Bill Compton
- Ahd Kamel as Leila Maroof
- Abdul Alshareef as Suleiman Abdulwahed
- Gala Gordon as Waitress
- Jonjo O’Neill as Ernst Pul
- David Dawson as Owen Lassiter
- Corey Johnson as Karl Stein
- Nasser Memarzia as Mohammed
Dudayev
- Michael Shaeffer as Treble
- Orli Shuka as Ilyas Shishani
I would recommend watching this one only on Prime Video.
Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars
Ryan Balkwill:
Resident film reviewer,
Level Best Art Cafe.