Brad Pitt Movie:

Editorial Review:
A thinking person's thriller, Spy Game employs dense plotting without sacrificing the kinetic momentum that is director Tony Scott's trademark. The film has the byzantine scope of a novel, focusing on veteran CIA operative Nathan Muir (Robert Redford), whose protégé Tom Bishop (Brad Pitt) is scheduled for execution in a Chinese prison. It's Muir's last day before retiring (cliché alert!), and Bishop is being deliberately sacrificed by oily CIA officials to ensure healthy trade with China. Muir has 24 hours to rescue Bishop and his perfunctory love interest (Catherine McCormack), and Spy Game connects the mentor's end-run strategy to flashbacks of his student's exploits in Berlin, Beirut, and beyond. Ambitious but emotionally bland--and not as exciting as Scott's Enemy of the State--Spy Game offers pass-the-torch humor between leather-faced Redford and pretty boy Pitt, and although their dialogue is occasionally limp, the movie compensates with efficient style and substance. --Jeff Shannon

Spy Game [Region 2] Reviews:
playing for keeps
2008-11-25 - "It's Muir's last day before retiring (cliché alert!)" says Amazon review. Lol. That is true. Why they gotta do that? SPY GAME is a good movie though. It's got good acting, was directed well, tells a good story and I always appreciate seeing lots of Europe in a movie. It doesn't paint dark enough a picture of the CIA, an organization that has done enough harm in the world that socially responsible filmmakers should never miss the opportunity to really let those creeps have it, imo. But of course sending a message is not even close to being the whole point of telling a story or making a movie. I'd say, just don't make 'em look good. And SPY GAME does sort of come close, what with none other than Brad Pitt and Robert Redford together on screen. Two of Hollywood's best looking and most charismatic actors. They're cool together. Basically as a young soldier Pitt is recruited by Redford to the Company. They do some work over the years (the hot spots: eastern europe, the middle east)and eventually Pitt becomes disillusioned with spy games and all the shenanigans and murder. Pitt falls in love with a woman. Pitt and Redford go their seperate ways, but before they do Redford has made clear his belief that one should never stick their neck out. Pitt then gets caught by Chinese authorities trying to save his woman. I'll leave the rest for you to enjoy. I recommend SPY GAME

Neat Twist on Spy Movies
2008-08-26 - This was a pretty typical spy movie, fast-moving, double-agents, all that stuff. However, most of the real-time action in the movie takes place in an office. I found this part of the movie to be interesting and taut, and it was more than a little refreshing for the genre. Robert Redford plays a great smart-[expletive deleted], and I enjoyed the office scenes a lot. The flashbacks were good at times, but tended toward the saccharine. Can't say I'm thrilled with the ending, either, but it wasn't a complete cheat.

If too many car chases are giving you a headache, this low-key spy flick might be something you're into.

Great Movies
2008-07-11 - This is a great spy film with Robert Redford and Brad Pitt. You must watch every scene very closely because there is so much going on that you don't realize what's happening. Every time I watch the DVD I see something I didn't pick up on before. Excellent movie.

Intelligence Case Officer Training - Key Lesson
2008-06-22 - This film has excellent examples of the psychological dimensions of clandestine case officers. I particular like the training sequences. The focus on people skills, psychology, etc. I believe a British spy television program revealed that the one training exercise in which Brad Pitt (the trainee) has to get invited onto an apartment owner's balcony with the owner present and give a toast to Redford (the trainer) down below within minutes/seconds, was inspired from Mossad's officer training program.

The movie is action packed and is very "smart" and "sharp" and I highly recommend it.

Spy Game
2008-06-02 - This is a film I've been wanting for a long time but I really got stung with this purchase ! The Format is HD DVD which, I found out AFTER I opened the package and attempted to view it, not only does not work with MY DVD Player, is apparently in a Format that is destined for the cemetary. I'm Sure Amazon was aware of that fact when they listed it for sale and, in fact, it Was identified as being HD DVD. However, to a neophyte like me, it didn't "Ring a Bell" that I wouldn't be able to play it without a special HD DVD player. A Prominent Warning would have been a Nice thing to do. NOW, I'm stuck with it because "opened" merchandise cannot be returned for a Refund.