Spy Game (2001)
The political activist of the CIA, Nathan Muir, is facing the fate of retirement because of his knowledge that his lawyer Tom Bishop was arrested in China on charges of espionage. Moyer tries to use all his skills and plans to find a way to free Bishop, though he will experience some more serious difficulties. Soon after looking for a plan to liberate Bishop, Moyer remembers how he recruited and trained a young novice to liberate him and oppose the existing system.
1970, Manchester, England, UK
26 June 1950, San Francisco, California, USA
5 February 1946, Sturmer, Essex, England, UK
May 15, 1920 in Novi Sad, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes [now Vojvodina, Serbia]
27 January 1967, Budapest, Hungary
8 October 1944, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA
1966, Singapore
18 December 1963, Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA
28 May 1932, Toronto, Canada
5 September 1962, Jászberény, Hungary
26 April 1967, London, England, UK
1975, England, UK
27 September 1939, London, England, UK
24 August 1971, Eugene, Oregon, USA
8 January 1949, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
June 26, 1982 in London, England, UK
December 06, 2004
... afterwards I realized that I had been maneuvered into rooting for a dangerously reckless and presumptuous man.
December 03, 2001
I'll admit the main story is implausible, but the flashbacks were spectacular, and the cast is really good here.
August 09, 2013
Capably anchored by [Robert] Redford giving the spunkiest, most alive performance he gave in a decade in either direction.
August 01, 2003
...takes the spy formula and dilutes it with wholly unnecessary plot twists and a flashback structure that's more confusing than anything else.
December 28, 2010
A smart thriller for grown-ups.
November 06, 2002
The performances are the biggest asset.
November 30, 2001
It's clever and shows great control of craft, but it doesn't care, and so it's hard for us to care about.
June 15, 2009
Two generations of Hollywood 'golden boys' team up in Tony Scott's Spy Game, a neatly plotted espionage thriller. [Blu-ray]
November 27, 2001
Redford dazzles in his best role in decades.
June 02, 2003
This is Brad Pitt, for crying out loud! Where can you send him undercover? In the CIA's Beverly Hills bureau?
November 28, 2001
A yawn, and the two glamour boys (who, by the way, look awful) are both snoring.
