Spy Game (2001)
Retiring CIA agent Nathan Muir recalls his training of Tom Bishop while working against agency politics to free him from his Chinese captors.
8 October 1944, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA
June 26, 1982 in London, England, UK
8 July 1954, London, England, UK
1975, England, UK
11 April 1942, England, UK
26 June 1950, San Francisco, California, USA
10 September 1953, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
May 15, 1920 in Novi Sad, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes [now Vojvodina, Serbia]
December 28, 2010
A smart thriller for grown-ups.
December 06, 2004
... afterwards I realized that I had been maneuvered into rooting for a dangerously reckless and presumptuous man.
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 02, 2003
This is Brad Pitt, for crying out loud! Where can you send him undercover? In the CIA's Beverly Hills bureau?
November 27, 2001
Redford dazzles in his best role in decades.
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.
November 28, 2001
A yawn, and the two glamour boys (who, by the way, look awful) are both snoring.
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 06, 2002
The performances are the biggest asset.
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.
