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I saw "The Courier", starring Benedict Cumberbatch-The Mauritanian, Star Trek Into Darkness; Merab Ninidze-Treadstone_tv, Bridge of Spies; Rachel Brosnahan-The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel_tv, House of Cards_tv and Angus Wright-Rogue One:A Star Wars Story, Maleficent.
This is a 1960's Cold War Russian/C.I.A./M.I.6 behind the scenes look at a dangerous time in history-it's also based on a true story. It was a time when the Russians and the Americans were on the brink of war, if not total nuclear annihilation, including the Cuban Missile Crisis. Angus and Rachel-M.I.6 & C.I.A. respectively-play the spies that recruit Benedict to be a courier between them and a Russian defector, Merab. Benedict is a salesman that travels in Europe on business quite often and they figure that he would be a perfect cover for their spying needs-Merab can pass info to them using Benedict. There are lots of tense situations, as can be expected; who can or can not be trusted, will they get caught, etc. There are real clips shown of Kennedy and others during the Cuban missile crisis and at the end, you see what the real courier looked like.
It's rated "PG-13" for violence, language, smoking and some partial nudity-of Benedict-and has a running time of 1 hour & 51 minutes.
It's not one that I would buy on DVD-I prefer a little more action, ala Bond-but if you like spy movies, it would be a good rental.
score 7/10
stevendbeard 20 March 2021
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