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The first few minutes were promising, but after that NO ACTION for half an hour. Then I had to wait another half hour for a shootout. What the what !*@

The bad: BEWARE this movie trailer looks exciting and Ben Affleck is a good actor, but this movie is a complete dud, a complete nothingburger, totally excluded from ANY sort of riveting action! BORING.

More bad: perhaps there is some thrilling suspsense that makes it worth a watch? NOPE. Lots and lots of boring talk.

Even more bad: Ben Affleck looks silly with his weird facial expression and his silly accent, but what is WAY worse is the other leading actress who is a complete nobody. NO chemistry whatsoever.

I am a big Ben Affleck fan and he has made some terrific gangster pictures but this one is absolutely dreadfully BORING.

I am a big Clive Owen fan and he was THE reason I started watching it, but what a disappointment it turned out to be...

The bad: usually Clive Owen stars in good quality independent arthouse movies, but this movie has written BLAND and CHEAP COPYCAT all over it, because this story wont ever get thrilling or suspenseful and that's a problem when watching a supposedly "action thriller". The way it is directed looks really cheap and uninspired. It's ALMOST a B-movie. Bummer!

More bad: what's really not to like as well are ALL the other actors. Besides Clive Owen no one acts well, on the contrary, this moviecast consists of lots of B-actors.

Too bad Clive Owen chose to star in this bland copycat, because this movie is way beneath his excellent acting capabilities.

Definitely NOT recommended for the fans of action thrillers. What a dud!

From the same director that gave us Ocean's Eleven, but this time around it isnt a funny heist flick, but a quite dark and clever spy story, with lots of intricate double crossings and backstabbing between intelligence officers. Probably best suited for a patience arthouse movie audience, because this movie is mostly about the characters and NOT about shootouts and chases.

The good: Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett. They just dont come much better as actors, I truly loved watching them double crossing everyone, although I must admit the plastic surgery didnt Cate Blanchett's former gorgeous face much good, but she still remains so aloof and mysterious despite her unnatural looking plastic face.

Any bad? The supporting actors are about average, but there is a small and terrific supporting role by Pierce Brosnan, who excells at his performance as the conniving head of British Intelligence.

Solid spy movie, which starts out slow, so give it some time you will be rewarded in the end with an excellent character portrait of the despicable depths humans can sink to.