They don't make spy movies like this anymore! It feels so real and honest. I've read other reviews and all I can think is those people must be so old they've forgotten that this kind of movie IS original! When in the last 30 years has there been a spy film that focuses so much on characters? The characters are wonderful! Nikolai is both charming and a killer. I love even the smaller actors! The guy who plays the military man who is shot in the head and yells "I'M TALKING TO YOU!" is fantastic.
SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT This is where I write about the plot so don't read it if you don't want to know the story.
So the film is about a KGB double agent who is escaping Russia. His CIA controller refuses to help him and NIkolai is forced to sell secrets about the CIA to the Washington Post. When the Washington Post finds out the secrets are about nerve gas being used in Laos they agree to meet him in Mexico.
I won't say the rest except to say that it is incredibly good. The words that come out of the actors is the best part. The story is very surprising. Yeah, it's a spy film and yes I've seen spy films before but this is such a great, smart, fun movie! There are twists and turns I never saw coming. This movie is definitely worthy of your time.
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