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Catherine McCormack | ... | ||
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Larry Bryggman | ... | ||
Marianne Jean-Baptiste | ... | ||
Matthew Marsh | ... | ||
Todd Boyce | ... |
Robert Aiken
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Michael Paul Chan | ... |
Vincent Vy Ngo
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Garrick Hagon | ... |
CIA Director Cy Wilson
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Bill Buell | ... | ||
Colin Stinton | ... |
Henry Pollard
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Ted Maynard | ... |
CIA Administrator
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Tom Hodgkins | ... |
CIA Lobby Guard
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CIA operative Nathan Muir (Redford) is on the brink of retirement when he finds out that his protege Tom Bishop (Pitt) has been arrested in China for espionage. No stranger to the machinations of the CIA's top echelon, Muir hones all his skills and irreverent manner in order to find a way to free Bishop. As he embarks on his mission to free Bishop, Muir recalls how he recruited and trained the young rookie, at that time a sergeant in Vietnam, their turbulent times together as operatives and the woman who threatened their friendship. Written by ck
STYLE, SUBSTANCE AND CLASS! Spy Game will blow right over the heads of most audiences and it obviously has. It's an underrated, taut masterpiece that gets everthing right -- the writing, directing, editing, acting is all Oscar caliber. Not to mention it's one hell of an ambitious production. Spy Game is what happens when professionals in the business come together to make an intelligent, masterfully crafted thinking man's actioner that as a viewer you can have complete confidence in while viewing -- that's a rare thing these days in Hollywood. It's a rare gem that reminded me of Clear and Present Danger. Let's hope we see a lot more of this, and a lot LESS of X-Men, Mission Impossible, Rush Hour, Pearl Harbor, Lord of the Rings and other utter boring trash passed off as action fare.