Spy Game, 2001 (Grade B+)

Director: Tony Scott

Any Awards? none I know of

CAST: Robert Redford: Brad Pitt; Catherine McCormack;  Larry Bryggman; Marianne Jean-Baptiste; Stephen Dillane; Matthew Warch; Michael Paul Chan

Plot Outline: this espionage thriller places veteran spy Nathan Muir (Robert Redford) on the verge of retiring from the CIA when he learns that his one-time protege and close friend, Tom Bishop (Brad Pitt), is a political prisoner sentenced to die in Beijing. Although their friendship has been marred by bad blood and resentment, Muir decides to use his knowledge to rescue Bishop--from the Chinese and from the CIA

sez says:  well who doesn't like to watch Robert Redford?  Toss in Brad Pitt and you can double the fun--and here this pretty twosome engage in a 'real politics' thriller., in which it is sometimes hard to tell the good guys form the bad guys.  From Viet Nam to East Germany to the Middle East and on to China--and back to Washington the bad guys seem to outnumber the good guys in a world where people are expendable and governments ulterior motives run amok.  Lots of action..good story telling.

mjc says:   Redford and Pitt raise questions with their performances --is this spy stuff just a game, or is it really a struggle to find a way to a more civilized world.