All the Old Knives

Film - 2022

8,0

61.8K

All the Old Knives it's a movie with Chris Pine, Thandiwe Newton, Jonathan Pryce, Laurence Fishburne, Corey Johnson Full cast. Directed by Janus Metz Pedersen. Original title All the Old Knives, runtime 101 minutes. Genre Thriller.

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An atypical, refined and engaging spy film of

Bongo

It's a somewhat atypical spy film, in my opinion: it has a slow pace with the dinner mentioned in the title (which is quite misleading, given that it almost seems to suggest a spy rom-com) which frames the entire story , told with intertwining flashbacks, seen through the eyes of different characters. It has a refined atmosphere and practically non-existent action scenes, so it certainly won't appeal to those expecting a Mission Impossible or 007-style film. The story actually revolves around an internal affair within the American secret services, with the character played by Chris Pyne is committed to shedding light on what happened, in an investigation that mixes with his private life, since the aforementioned dinner is a pretext to question one of his colleagues but above all his ex-partner. In various reviews of this film I have read that one of the weak points of the film is the lack of chemistry between Chris Pyne and Thandiwe Newton, but on the contrary I found that the two actors gave a lot of humanity to the love story of the two characters and indeed their private story seemed to me the strong point of the entire film, much more than the story linked to the espionage, at times in my opinion a little forced and less interesting - being relived through stories and flashbacks, therefore with a certain detachment and less participation from the public. Read all

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When the CIA discovers one of its agents leaked information that cost more than 100 people their lives, veteran operative Henry Pelham is assigned to root out the mole with his former lover and colleague Celia Harrison.