Engaging and twisted thriller concerning the spy-world and mostly developed in London . Alice Racine (Noomi Rapace) works at a London Community Center as a therapist . She lives alone in a quiet apartment . However, it is revealed that she is a previous interrogation officer for the Central Intelligence who retired after she broke a bomber too late resulting in an explosion killing numerous people in Paris. Alice secretly longs for a chance to make things right and frequently meets with MI5 Intelligence Chief Emily Knowles (Tony Colette) for another possible job. Racine's former trainer and mentor Eric Lasche (Michael Douglas) encourages her not to let the guilt of her failure destroy her and explains that she could still help in the future in the field. Then the female agent on the run from assassins as well as sniper operatives and she has to stop the terror and must fight the conspiracy. Meanwhile , the CIA and MI5 learn that a biological attack on an American target by Islamic extremist Yazeed Khalil will be launched in Britain in collaboration with Islamic convert David Mercer. The truth has many enemies !
Intriguing and suspenseful movie containing thrills , crosses , double-crosses , shootouts , spectacular action scenes , plot twists and turns . Story's core is interesting and script is dense with information and drama . The ultra-brisk editing and rapid scenes movement leaves little time to consider some inadequacies . Regarding peculiar relationships among top-of-the-range spies along with bloody terrorism and impressive action set pieces . The plot is simple and plain , as an ex-agent is hired for a short work , but then she finds herself tangled in a deadly conspiracy . The picture is acceptable and passable but it results to be predictable and delivers a 'deja vu' sensation . The use of geopolitical messages to add weight to a the subplots . Director Michael Apted's desire to bring more authentic female characters to the action genre was the inspiration for this his most recent feature film , that's why he got the great role for Noomi Rapace as the new heroine of the recent action thrillers . As Noomi Rapace provides nice acting as an ex CIA agent , she's an interrogator lured into a ruse that puts London at risk of a biological attack . Rapace has become herself an expert heroine in various thrillers , action and suspense movies and she even performed all her own stunts for her valiant characters, such as : Sherlock Holmes : A Game of Shadows , Rupture , Stockholm, The drop (2014) , Child 44 (2015) , Unlocked (2017) , What Happened to Monday (2017) , Close (2019). Noomi Rapace sustains interest enough in this tale of double-agents, betrayal , sacrifice and terrorism . Orlando Bloom is good as well , as a tough ex-soldier and Michael Douglas is cool displaying an enjoyable performance as the elderly CIA agent .They are well accompanied by a good support cast , such as : Toni Collette , John Malkovich , Matthew Marsh , Makram Khoury, Brian Caspe, among others .
This nail-biting film packs adequate , evocative cinematography by George Richmond and rousing musical score by Stephen Barton . The motion picture was well realized by Michael Apted . He was a good filmmaker whose works received some great reviews from his first big hit. He was good writer/ producer/director of several successes , such as : ¨The word is not enough¨, ¨Gorillas in the mist¨ , ¨Class action¨, ¨Nell¨, ¨Enigma¨, ¨Gorky Park¨ , ¨Sweeney¨ , ¨Agatha¨, ¨The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader¨, among others . Rating : 6.5/10 , above average and worthwhile seeing , youngsters and action lovers will enjoy this film . It's a very likable thriller and enormously appealing for young men and adults. Overall this is a really agreeable movie .
Intriguing and suspenseful movie containing thrills , crosses , double-crosses , shootouts , spectacular action scenes , plot twists and turns . Story's core is interesting and script is dense with information and drama . The ultra-brisk editing and rapid scenes movement leaves little time to consider some inadequacies . Regarding peculiar relationships among top-of-the-range spies along with bloody terrorism and impressive action set pieces . The plot is simple and plain , as an ex-agent is hired for a short work , but then she finds herself tangled in a deadly conspiracy . The picture is acceptable and passable but it results to be predictable and delivers a 'deja vu' sensation . The use of geopolitical messages to add weight to a the subplots . Director Michael Apted's desire to bring more authentic female characters to the action genre was the inspiration for this his most recent feature film , that's why he got the great role for Noomi Rapace as the new heroine of the recent action thrillers . As Noomi Rapace provides nice acting as an ex CIA agent , she's an interrogator lured into a ruse that puts London at risk of a biological attack . Rapace has become herself an expert heroine in various thrillers , action and suspense movies and she even performed all her own stunts for her valiant characters, such as : Sherlock Holmes : A Game of Shadows , Rupture , Stockholm, The drop (2014) , Child 44 (2015) , Unlocked (2017) , What Happened to Monday (2017) , Close (2019). Noomi Rapace sustains interest enough in this tale of double-agents, betrayal , sacrifice and terrorism . Orlando Bloom is good as well , as a tough ex-soldier and Michael Douglas is cool displaying an enjoyable performance as the elderly CIA agent .They are well accompanied by a good support cast , such as : Toni Collette , John Malkovich , Matthew Marsh , Makram Khoury, Brian Caspe, among others .
This nail-biting film packs adequate , evocative cinematography by George Richmond and rousing musical score by Stephen Barton . The motion picture was well realized by Michael Apted . He was a good filmmaker whose works received some great reviews from his first big hit. He was good writer/ producer/director of several successes , such as : ¨The word is not enough¨, ¨Gorillas in the mist¨ , ¨Class action¨, ¨Nell¨, ¨Enigma¨, ¨Gorky Park¨ , ¨Sweeney¨ , ¨Agatha¨, ¨The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader¨, among others . Rating : 6.5/10 , above average and worthwhile seeing , youngsters and action lovers will enjoy this film . It's a very likable thriller and enormously appealing for young men and adults. Overall this is a really agreeable movie .