In Lausanne, Switzerland, the retired CIA agent Peter Devereaux (Pierce Brosnan) is visited by his former chief John Hanley (Bill Smitrovich) that convinces him to extract the agent Natalia Ulanova (Mediha Musliovic) from Russia. Natalia is the assistant of the Russian candidate for President Arkady Federov (Lazar Ristovski) and has collected evidences of war crimes committed by the candidate during the Chechen War and requested Peter to help her. However, during the operation, CIA chief Perry Weinstein (William Patton) believes that Natalie has been captured by the Russians and orders agent David Mason (Luke Bracey) to kill her. Natalie gives photos and the name Mira Filipova to Peter before dying and the agent informs Hanley. Peter kills the CIA agents, but when he sees Mason, he spares the agent that was trained by him. When Mason meets Weinstein, he learns that Peter and Natalie had a love affair in the past and the agent is assigned to kill him. Peter heads to Belgrade where he saves the social worker Alice Fournier (Olga Kurylenko) that might know where Mira is from Federov's assassin Alexa (Amila Terzimehic) and from Mason. Soon Peter learns dirty secrets about Arkady Federov and the CIA and has to flee with Alice to save their lives and expose the crimes to the world.
"The November Man" is a complex and great spy thriller with a story with many twists. I saw this film on DVD and immediately after finishing watching it, I saw it again to fully understand the story. The fast pace associated to the twists make the viewer lose details that can be better understood in a second time. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "November Man: Um Espião Nunca Morre" ("November Man"A Spy Never Dies")
"The November Man" is a complex and great spy thriller with a story with many twists. I saw this film on DVD and immediately after finishing watching it, I saw it again to fully understand the story. The fast pace associated to the twists make the viewer lose details that can be better understood in a second time. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "November Man: Um Espião Nunca Morre" ("November Man"A Spy Never Dies")