- Actors: Robert Redford, Brad Pitt, Catherine McCormack, Stephen Dillane, Larry Bryggman
- Directors: Tony Scott
- Writers: David Arata, Michael Frost Beckner
- Producers: Armyan Bernstein, Douglas Wick, Dénes Szekeres, Iain Smith, James W. Skotchdopole
- Language Arabic, English, French, German
- Classification: 15
- Studio: Eiv
- VHS Release Date: 30 Sep 2002
- Run Time: 126 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00004CXWR
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 15,427 in Video (See Top 100 in Video)
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Amazon.co.uk 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 humour 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, Amazon.com
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This film is for you if you like a bit of brain exercise. It has a few explosions alright, and two great leads....but it's the intellectual workout that impressed me.
The plot's a little like The Firm, perhaps. Not quite as good, but the same kind of thing: one man against an organisation.
There are a lot of twists and turns and, along with effective flashback scenes, this keeps the plot and the viewer on its toes. The acting is another worthy ingredient: Brad Pitt is good and Robert Redford is superb. Their pairing works too...if anyone was going to be a Rookie to Redford, it just has to be Brad Pitt.
Extra aren't bad. There're shorts on casting and choosing film locations. And I think that's about it.
All in all, a strong film with nice acting and a plot to get your teeth into. Recommend here.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
An intelligent espionage film!! Don't get me wrong I liked The Bourne Identity alot, but Spy Game is very much a different side to the spy genre. The agents in this film are much more believable. Generally all the CIA men are middle aged pen pushers quibbling over what to do to save face when Brad Pitt's character gets caught behind enemy lines (so to speak). The film juts back and forth between Redford on his last day in the office and the flashback story of how he and Pitt became colleagues / friends years earlier. The strength of Spy Game is in Redford's quite brilliant performance under interrogation from his own colleagues. Where there's little action here, the dialogue and performances make the secnes the most interesting. The flashback scenes where much of Scott's trademark action takes place, are oddly enough the parts that are hardest to follow. Spy Game is a solid and intelligent film, but it does get a little bit lost about two thirds of the way in. With a few minutes trimmed out around this point it could have warranted 5 stars, but minor quibbles like that aside it's still worthy of four for Redfords performance and some great cinematography.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Robert Redford and Brad Pitt both gave excellent performances. This is a must see, not only for espionage-drama fans, but also for everyone who enjoys a fascinating action sequence. Flashbacks keep you guessing for what will happen next. Beautiful music is an added bonus. One remark though, the beirut scenes take place in 1985 while the song that was playing was by Pascal Meshalani, a Lebanese singer, that was released in 2000. This was the only thing that didn't make sense. Overall, a very interesting picture.
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I first saw Spy Game at the Cinema, I knew I had to have the DVD, I was not dissapointed. It is a brilliant film, with two of my favorite Actors Robert Redford and Brad Pitt. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Ballie 1
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THIS FILM IS INCLINED TO BE FAST. YOU NEED A QUICK BRAIN TO KEEP UP WITH IT. I HAD TO WATCH IT TWICE.
Published 15 months ago by MOSS
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Spy Game is everything we're not supposed to expect from a major Hollywood movie: engrossing, intelligent, well written, acted and directed. Read more
Published on 27 Jun 2007 by Jay
Looks like a standard spy thriller but it is more
Nathan D. Muir (Robert Redford) is retiring from the CIA today. However, he has learned that the agent that he mentored (Brad Pitt)is to be executed as a common criminal in a... Read more
Published on 18 Nov 2006 by bernie
Crazy but good
This film is very engaging, it incorporates an admirable cast especially in terms of Robert Redford who has already astounded in classics such as 'Ordinary People' and 'Butch... Read more
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As someone who is generally wary of espionage film, as I have trouble following the twists and turns, the composition of this film was most refreshing. Read more
Published on 27 Feb 2005 by Rich Milligan
Tense, complex, well-paced thriller
Wow, what's NOT to like in this tightly-directed, smart spy thriller? Certainly not the excellent Brad Pitt, who plays Viet Nam vet, ex-boy scout, erstwhile trained assassin who... Read more
Published on 3 Jun 2004 by Joanna Daneman
Well-done, fast-paced spy thriller with an outstanding cast.
I am not a great action movie fan - but I will watch almost anything associated with Robert Redford, whose "Three Days of the Condor" and "All the President's Men" are among my... Read more
Published on 24 May 2004 by Themis-Athena
Fast paced, pay attention
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Published on 15 Mar 2004 by TheHighlander
Well-done, fast-paced spy thriller with an outstanding cast.
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