Review of Spy Game (2001) by Hotelcentral — 09 Feb 2020
The main problem with Spy Game is that the conclusion is about as implausible as the premise for Blade Runner, which is a little ironic since the directors of the two aforementioned films are, respectively, brothers Tony Scott and Ridley Scott.
What's wrong with how Spy Game ends? Well, rather than engage in spoilers let's just say the film's conclusion would likely set off World War III, or something close to it, and most of the senior administrators of CIA would find themselves out of a job, and our protagonist, ably played by Robert Redford, would almost certainly find himself in prison for life and never mind how many skeletons he could produce out of deep dark closets.
Another problem with Spy Game is that it suffers from the same syndrome afflicting so many spy flicks: there are no good guys, except maybe our protagonist. The Russians are bad, the Chinese are bad, and the Americans are all bad and backstabbing everybody in their own agency, most especially our protagonist. And the problem of course is that nobody's going to risk their life for an agency run by backstabbing SOBs who are just waiting for any excuse to rub out anyone who knows enough to defeat their schemes and reveal them as evil.
Spy Games isn't a bad film, but it's severely limited by its ending.
This review of Spy Game (2001) was written by Hotelcentral on 09 Feb 2020.
Spy Game has generally received positive reviews.
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