Director: Michael Brandt
Writers: Michael Brandt, Derek Haas
Stars: Richard Gere, Topher Grace and Martin Sheen
Storyline
Story kicks off with the mysterious murder of a senator bearing the marks of a Soviet assassin, who was long thought to be dead. To hunt down the killer, a retired CIA operative, who spent his career going toe-to-toe with his Soviet nemesis, is teamed with a young FBI agent.
Reviews
Retired CIA agent Paul Shepherdson (Gere) is teamed with FBI agent Ben Geary (Topher Grace) to hunt down Cassius a deadly assassin, long thought dead, who seems to have surfaced, and is believed to have just killed a United States Senator.
Okay, let's get this out of the way. The name Topher drove me to a cook book to see what it was. Silly me.
This is a fairly good made-for-TV movie. Not a thriller, not an action hero movie, and not something CGI could be bothered with. There is a car chase, but not as good as we've seen in other real thrillers. This is a rather good, tame spy mystery. Who is Cassius and if truly alive, why is he making his presence known now?
One of the twists is given to us early on and you ask yourself why? But, there it is right in front of you. Okay, now you know, but Agent Geary doesn't know. So you watch him go thru clues to discover something you already know. And, you ask yourself when agent Geary does finally know, then what? What else is there? Well, you are in for a few surprises as was I. And, at the end of this you will believe that, yes indeed, history has, does and will actually repeat itself. If you can't make that connection, see me after class.
All the acting was good as you would expect. No one stood out except Amber (Katic) who did a very good job looking more than scared at the cocked gun in her face hoping that it wouldn't go off. Hey, I even had to avert my eyes as that was tense. The music was okay. There were some attempts at humor, but they weren't memorable enough to report. It will be the twists at the end that will make you say, "this was pretty good. I had no idea." None of us did.
(Any downsides? You always have them) Hey, this is like a made-for-TV movie , but a pretty good one. But, now that you ask: I wish this could have gone on longer and not have had that quickie conversation near the end about what everything was really about. It went by too fast. I had to rewind to get it all. See?
We need to see more of Richard Gere in dramas, not comedy so much. He is always good to watch. Martin Sheen doesn't do many movies but when we do see him with these shortened roles, he is gold. (6/10)
Violence: Yes. Sex: No. Nudity: No. Intense Scene: Yes. Gun in the face of a woman. Language: Yes.
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