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Spy Game is a great twist on the usual James Bond type of movies about spies. There are no cool gadgets, no handful of dirty women to sleep with, no amazing cars to drive around. In fact, most of the movie takes place inside an office as Nathan Muir (Robert Redford) tells a story about Tom Bishop (Brad Pitt) and himself when they used to do spy stuff together between Vietnam and the collapse of the Berlin Wall.
Great plot, interesting turns in it, and both Redford and Pitt play well together. I especially like how Nathan takes Tom under his wing, like a father figure, while he teaches him everything that he knows about being a spy. There is quite a realistic portrayal of the violence and death that is involved with that field of work as well. It's not as glamorous and cool as most movies make it out to be.
My only complaint about the movie is the fact that Bishop, who supposedly serves as a sniper in Vietnam under the command of Muir, looks exactly the same age, forty years later, during the "current event" timing of the movie. He doesn't age at all and it was very noticeable and annoying while I was viewing the film.
Oh, not sure what was edited out for the TV version, other than some language, but the original has language and content to make it R-rated, FYI. The TV version wasn't bothersome at all.
score 8/10
redfearnb 30 March 2006
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