Posted by Gui on August 28, 2020
Review 150min Genre: Action, Mystery, Sci-fi, Thriller Director: Christopher Nolan Cast: John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki… Writers: Christopher Nolan -Synopsis- When fragments of the future begin to move strangely through the present and give us a glimpse of catastrophe to come, a resourceful American agent and a shadowy group of characters target a […]
Posted by Gui on August 23, 2018
Review 117min Genre: Action, Comedy Director: Susanna Fogel Cast: Mila Kunis, Kate McKinnon, Justin Theroux…and more Writers: Susanna Fogel and David Iserson -Synopsis- After being dumped by a boyfriend she had no idea was a CIA agent, an unassuming young American woman and her quirky best friend turn globe-trotting operatives when they become unwitting players […]
Posted by Gui on July 29, 2018
Review 147min Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller Director: Christopher McQuarrie Cast: Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill, Rebecca Ferguson…and more Writer: Christopher McQuarrie -Synopsis- Hunted by his government and pitted against a dangerous old foe, IMF super-agent ‘Ethan Hunt’ and his team return for their deadliest and riskiest mission to date, plunged into a race against […]
Posted by Gui on March 2, 2018
Review 140min Genre: Mystery, Thriller Director: Francis Lawrence Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Matthias Schoenaerts… Writers: Justin Haythe and Jason Matthews -Synopsis- When a young Russian lady is recruited for ‘Sparrow School’—a rigorous intelligence program with a focus on seduction and manipulation—she becomes caught between multiple international spying efforts when her mission to expose a […]
Posted by Gui on September 22, 2017
Review 141min Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy Director: Matthew Vaughn Cast: Taron Egerton, Mark Strong, Julianne Moore…and more Writers: Matthew Vaughn, Jane Goldman, Mark Millar… and more -Synopsis- After being virtually wiped out by a shadowy organisation, ‘Eggsy’ and the remnants of ‘Kingsman’ join forces with the talented and well-funded folks at their brash American counterpart […]
Posted by Gui on August 11, 2017
Review 115min Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller Director: David Leitch Cast: Charlize Theron, James McAvoy, John Goodman…and more Writers: Kurt Johnstad, Antony Johnston and Sam Hart -Synopsis- With undercover agents being eliminated and Western intelligence under threat at the end of the cold war, an MI6 super-spy is sent to Berlin to recover a valuable intelligence […]
Posted by Gui on August 21, 2016
97min Genre: Family, Adventure, Mystery Director: Philippa Lowthorpe Cast: Dane Hughes, Kelly Macdonald, Rafe Spall…and more Writers: Andrea Gibb and Arthur Ransome -Synopsis- In wartime Britain, four young siblings turn a rural English vacation into a “pirate” adventure on the local lake island; but their fantasy meets a dose of reality when they’re caught up […]
Posted by Gui on July 27, 2016
Review 123min Genre: Action, Thriller Director: Paul Greengrass Cast: Matt Damon, Alicia Vikander, Tommy Lee Jones…and more Writers: Paul Greengrass, Christopher Rouse and Robert Ludlum -Synopsis- With the help of an old “friend”, a new one and his memory intact; everyone’s favourite amnesiac super-agent returns on a globe-trotting mission to find out the truth about […]
Posted by Gui on July 1, 2016
Review 108min Genre: Action, Comedy Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Amy Ryan…and more Writers: Ike Barinholtz, David Stassen & Rawson Marshall Thurber -Synopsis- Two former high school friends; one now a mild-mannered accountant and the other a CIA super agent, are reunited and thrown together into a web of international espionage […]
Posted by Gui on April 21, 2016
With the help of an old “friend” and his memory intact, everyone’s favourite amnesiac super-agent returns on a globe-trotting mission to find out the truth about his origins and haunt the CIA. Directed by Paul Greengrass and starring Matt Damon, Julia Stiles and Alicia Vikander among others. Genre: Action, Thriller UK Release: 28th of July […]
Posted by Gui on February 24, 2016
Review 83min Genre: Action, Comedy Director: Louis Leterrier Cast: Sacha Baron Cohen, Mark Strong, Penélope Cruz…and more Writers: Sacha Baron Cohen, Phil Johnston & Peter Baynham -Synopsis- An abandoned orphan turned British super spy is forced to join forces with his estranged, hapless, football hooligan older brother to stop a global terrorist plot in this […]
Posted by Gui on November 22, 2015
Review 141min Genre: Fact-based, Drama Director: Steven Spielberg Cast: Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Scott Shepherd…and more Writers: Matt Charman, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen -Synopsis- Tom Hanks stars as American lawyer James B. Donovan, who in the late 1950s was tasked with defending a Soviet spy in a US court only to then negotiate an exchange […]
Posted by Gui on October 27, 2015
Review 148min Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery Director: Sam Mendes Cast: Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Léa Seydoux…and more Writers: John Logan, Neal Purvis , Robert Wade…and more -Synopsis- Following the events of ‘Skyfall’, MI6 and its agents are under threat from the power of a new British government surveillance agency, while Bond scours the globe to […]
Posted by Gui on October 5, 2015
Review 95min Genre: Action, Comedy Director: Nima Nourizadeh Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Topher Grace…and more Writer: Max Landis An anxiety-suffering small-town stoner discovers he is a dormant government super agent after being activated, he’ll need all the skills he never knew existed to protect his sweetheart and survive the forces sent to terminate him […]
Posted by Gui on August 14, 2015
Review 116min Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy Director: Guy Ritchie Cast: Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander…and more Writers: Guy Ritchie, Lionel Wigram, Jeff Kleeman… and more Big-screen adaptation of the classic 60’s TV show about an American CIA agent and a Soviet KGB agent forced into cooperating to stop a dangerous and shadowy criminal organization […]
Posted by Gui on July 30, 2015
Review 131min Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller Director: Christopher McQuarrie Cast: Tom Cruise, Rebecca Ferguson, Jeremy Renner…and more Writers: Christopher McQuarrie, Drew Pearce and Bruce Geller After secret agency the “IMF” is terminated for misconduct and super-agent Ethan Hunt is branded a “rogue agent”, with a little help from some old friends and some new ones […]
Posted by Gui on June 6, 2015
Review 120min Genre: Comedy, Action Director: Paul Feig Cast: Melissa McCarthy, Jude Law, Rose Byrne…and more Writer: Paul Feig Melissa McCarthy stars as a bumbling CIA analyst “Desk Jockey” turned unlikely best hope of stopping an International Arms dealer, hilarity ensues as she is transformed into an undercover field agent in this Spy-comedy action blockbuster […]
Posted by Gui on June 4, 2015
With the upcoming UK and US release of the Melissa McCarthy Spy-Comedy ‘Spy’ out on the 5th of June, we break down our top 5 examples of a sub-genre’s sub-genre that’s sometimes spoof or satire, sometimes irreverent action/adventure but often entertaining, the Spy-Comedy. #5: ‘Casino Royale’ (1967) Image Source: MGM Legendary MI6 agent Sir […]
Posted by Gui on January 27, 2015
129min Genre: Action, Adventure Director: Matthew Vaughn Cast: Taron Egerton, Colin Firth, Samuel L. Jackson…and more Writers: Matthew Vaughn, Jane Goldman…and more A talented but troubled inner-city kid is recruited by a high-level independent British Spy organization to stop a megalomaniacal tech-industry billionaire from bringing havoc to an unsuspecting world. Writer/director Matthew Vaughn brings his […]
Posted by Gui on January 6, 2015
112min Genre: Comedy, Action Directors: Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen Cast: James Franco, Seth Rogen, Randall Park …and more Writers: Dan Sterling , Evan Goldberg & Seth Rogen James Franco and Seth Rogen star as presenter and producer of a typically trashy celebrity tabloid show who are invited to North Korea for an interview […]
Posted by Gui on September 14, 2014
122 min Genre: Drama, Thriller Director: Anton Corbijn Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams, Robin Wright…more Writers: Andrew Bovell , John le Carré The Late, Great Philip Seymour Hoffman stars as a German spy in modern day Hamburg on the trail of a young illegal Chechen immigrant whom he believes is involved in the global […]