It's not how you play the game. It's how the game plays you.
On the day of his retirement, a veteran CIA agent learns that his former protégé has been arrested in China, is sentenced to die the next morning in Beijing, and that the CIA is considering letting that happen to avoid an international scandal.
ActionCrimeThrillervietnam warpalestinian-israeli conflictcentral intelligence agency (cia)chinaespionagespycold warflashbackterrorism
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Character
Earnest, grave, classical in form and epic.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
Who loves it, who doesn't
27 profiled raters. Loved most by The Genre Devotees; disliked most by The Provocateurs.
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Cast
- Robert RedfordNathan Muir
- Brad PittTom Bishop
- Catherine McCormackElizabeth Hadley
- Stephen DillaneCharles Harker
- Larry BryggmanTroy Folger
- Marianne Jean-BaptisteGladys Jennip
- Matthew MarshDr. Byars
- Todd BoyceRobert Aiken
- Michael Paul ChanVincent Vy Ngo
- Garrick HagonCy Wilson
Crew
- Tony ScottDirector
- Michael Frost BecknerScreenplay
- David ArataScreenplay
- Dan MindelDirector of Photography
- Harry Gregson-WilliamsOriginal Music Composer
- Christian WagnerEditor
- Marc AbrahamProducer
- Douglas WickProducer
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