Spy Game (Blu-ray) R
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 2 hours, 7 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: May 19, 2009
- Originally Released: 2001
- Label: Universal Studios
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Robert Redford & Brad Pitt | |
Performer: | Catherine McCormack, Stephen Dillane & Larry Bryggman | |
Directed by | Tony Scott | |
Edited by | Christian Wagner | |
Screenwriting by | David Arata & Michael Frost Beckner | |
Composition by | Harry Gregson-Williams | |
Produced by | Douglas Wick & Marc Abraham | |
Executive Production by | Armyan Bernstein, Iain Smith, Thomas A. Bliss & James W. Skotchdopole |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 4/5 --
A smart thriller for grown-ups.
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Common Sense Media
Rating: 2/4 --
...takes the spy formula and dilutes it with wholly unnecessary plot twists and a flashback structure that's more confusing than anything else.
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Reel Film Reviews
Rating: 7/10 --
Capably anchored by [Robert] Redford giving the spunkiest, most alive performance he gave in a decade in either direction.
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Antagony & Ecstasy
...[SPY GAME] produces Robert Redford's most engaging performance in years...
Variety
A yawn, and the two glamour boys (who, by the way, look awful) are both snoring.
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Observer
Rating: 2.5/4 --
This is Brad Pitt, for crying out loud! Where can you send him undercover? In the CIA's Beverly Hills bureau?
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)
Rating: 2.5/4 --
It's clever and shows great control of craft, but it doesn't care, and so it's hard for us to care about.
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Chicago Sun-Times
Product Description:
Robert Redford stars as veteran CIA agent Nathan Muir in this thriller from Tony Scott (TOP GUN, ENEMY OF THE STATE). Set in 1991, Muir expects his last day before retirement to be an easy one. Instead, he finds that his protégé, Tom Bishop (Brad Pitt), is being held on espionage charges in a Chinese prison will be executed in 24 hours. A seasoned agent, Muir has played spy games for a long time and quickly realizes that the CIA may not be acting in Bishop's best interest. Even as an agency committee is grilling Muir, he is secretly working to secure his former charge's freedom. Action-packed flashbacks establish the relationship between the two men: their first meeting during the Vietnam War, Muir's recruitment of Bishop following the war, Bishop's training and early missions in Berlin, and an important operation in Beirut. Similarly, the flashbacks trace the evolution of Bishop from an eager, brand-new agent in 1975 to a disillusioned veteran in the mid-1980s who is at odds with his mentor, Muir. This last layer of conflict adds extra suspense to SPY GAME, as Muir must decide whether to help his old friend or take the easy way out.