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Spy Game

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Spy Game (2001)

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Reviews Counted: 127

Fresh: 82

Rotten:45

Average Rating: 6.2/10

Consensus: The outcome of the kinetic Spy Game is never in doubt, but it is fun watching Robert Redford and Brad Pitt work.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for language, some violence and brief sexuality

Runtime: 2 hrs 7 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release: Nov 21, 2001 Wide

Box Office: $62,326,785

Synopsis: 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... 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. [More]

Starring: Robert Redford, Brad Pitt, Catherine McCormack, Stephen Dillane

Starring: Robert Redford, Brad Pitt, Catherine McCormack, Stephen Dillane, Larry Bryggman

Director: Tony Scott

Director: Tony Scott
Screenwriter: David Arata, Michael Frost Beckner
Producer: Douglas Wick, Marc Abraham
Composer: Harry Gregson-Williams
Studio: Universal Pictures

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Aug 22, 2006

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HD-DVD Features:

  • Red HD Case
  • Widescreen - 2.35

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital Surround Sound Plus 5.1 - English, French, Spanish
  • Subtitles - English SDH, French, Spanish - Optional

Additional Release Material:

  • Trailers - 1. Theatrical Trailer
  • Commentaries - 1. Tony Scott - Director
  • 2. Marc Abraham, Douglas Wick - Producers
  • Featurettes - 1. Deleted Scenes
  • 2. Alternative Versions of Existing Scenes
  • 3. Script to Storyboard Process Featuring Director Tony Scott
  • 4. SPY GAME Soundtrack
  • 5. "Requirements for CIA Acceptance"
  • 6. "Clandestine Ops"

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Scott Nash
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... afterwards I realized that I had been maneuvered into rooting for a dangerously reckless and presumptuous man.

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Jeffrey Overstreet
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02/25/04
Darwyn Carson
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...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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08/01/03
David Nusair
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This is Brad Pitt, for crying out loud! Where can you send him undercover? In the CIA's Beverly Hills bureau?

Full Review Source: Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) | comment 1 Comment
06/02/03
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)
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05/20/03
Susan Tavernetti
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Redford is great - treat the rest on a don't-need-to-know basis.

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04/16/03
Harry Guerin
RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland)
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Redford is great - treat the rest on a don't-need-to-know basis.

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04/16/03
Harry Guerin
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02/08/03
John R. McEwen
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12/08/02
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It just isn't thrilling enough -- an impression compounded by Scott's tiresomely overenthusiastic and gimmicky camerawork.

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11/10/02
Christopher Tookey
Daily Mail [UK]
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The performances are the biggest asset.

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11/06/02
Jeff Strickler
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10/30/02
Matthew Turner
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An adventure that holds its own among the classics of the genre, a smart, sturdy and fascinating glimpse inside a hidden world.

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10/15/02
Margaret A. McGurk
Cincinnati Enquirer
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Crisply photographed and relentlessly compelling.

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Mark Palermo
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