6/10
A spy movie with full of non-stop action, thrills, violence, twists and turns
19 April 2024
A gripping story of spies, betrayal, vengeance, justice and retribution. An ex-C. I. A. Operative Peter Deveraux (Pierce Brosnan) is brought back by his chief Hanley (Bill Smitrovich) in on a very personal mission and finds himself pitted against his former pupil (Luke Bracey) in a deadly game involving high-level C. I. A. Officials and the Russian President-elect (Lazar Ristovski). Peter Deveraux heads to Belgrade, where he saves the social worker Alice Fournier (Olga Kurylenko). A spy is never out of the game !. The Spy is Back !. Pierce Brosnan the spy is back !. Follow the target !.

A twisted thriller with intrigue, action-packed , suspense, car pursuits, violence and high body count. Brosnan's outing with overwhelming action and spectacular scenarios, and being accompanied by the beautiful Olga Kurylenko and the brave Luke Bracey as a merciless young hitman. Director Roger Donaldson (The Recruit) directs this thriller with plenty of noisy action, murders and intrigue starring the icy agent Peter Deveraux, the main character in the saga of 13 novels that the American writer Bill Granger published between 1979 and 1933. The film is based on the book ¨ There are not spies¨, but this work is set in the Cold War. To update the backdrop, the scriptwriters looked for a modern problem with the same tension, so they placed the story in the conflict between Chechen nationalists and Islamists opposed to the Russian state.

Starring the now quite veteran and somewhat old Pierce Brosnan, he delivers a stoic performance as he relentlessly confronts his enemies who mercilessly try to corner him and the always beautiful Olga, both of them have a great experience in the world of spies and in action movies. Brosnan played James Bond up to four times ('Golden Eye' the first, Tomorrow Never Dies, World is not enough, Die Another Day), while the Russian actress Olga Kurylenko was a Bond girl in 'Quantum of Solace'. Well accompanied by other secondaries as Bill Smitrovich, Eliza Taylor, Amila Terzimehic, Lazar Ristovski , Mediha Musliovic, Caterina Scorsone and Will Patton.

It features atmospheric and evocative cinematography by Romain Lacourbas. And a soundtrack full of tension and suspense by Marco Beltrani. This film which was originally titled ¨November Man" or ¨Spy Legend¨ or ¨La conspiración de noviembre¨ was professionally directed by Roger Donaldson, although it has some flaws. Donaldson's first film was Sleeping Dogs (1977), which was the first made in his native New Zealand in 15 years and also the first to be shown in American cinemas. Roger is a good director and producer, known for The Bounty (1984), Dead End (1987), Burt Munro (2005), Species (1995) and Cocktail (1988), among others. Rating: 6/10. This film is exactly aimed for Pierce Brosnan fans.
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