Review of The Debt (2010) by Buggy B — 18 Jun 2014

Really got into this taunt espionage thriller despite some inconsistencies and a beginning that doesn't explain itself very well, jumping around between 1997 and 1965. The acting is fantastic from Helen Mirren & Jessica Chastain who both play 'Rachel' as is everyone else's (except maybe for Sam Worthington's waffling Aussie accent) It's a very intense story, starting in 97 with celebrated mossad agent Rachel learning of the death of a fellow agent. She then must find the truth when a man claims to be the Nazi war criminal she supposedly killed 30 years earlier during the mission that made her a legend. The movie follows that East Berlin assignment, including a vague love triangle and shows how it changed their lives forever.

I loved how this movie made me think, what would I do? Would I take the oath? I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have been as compassionate as they were with their prisoner. I sure wouldn't have taken the trouble to force feed him, I'd have kept him weak, blindfolded and kicked him occasionally. That man made me hate! True evil. The ending in the Ukraine with Mirren was...unexpected and violent. 6/15/14.