This afternoon we joined Jo & Janet on a trip to the Corby’s Savoy Cinema (our new ‘go-to’ picture house) to see the new film: Black Bag for its early evening performance.
It was only our third visit here since our local Odeon closed down – and it’s been worth the extra miles, in every sense! – great seats, great prices and great picture & audio quality! And there’s a car-park right next door too! 😊👍
Synopsis
When his beloved wife, Kathryn, is suspected of betraying the nation,
intelligence agent George Woodhouse faces the ultimate test – loyalty to his marriage or his country.
Official Trailer
Who’s in it?
With Steven Soderbergh (Sex, Lies, and Videotape, Ocean’s Eleven, Ocean’s Twelve, Ocean’s Thirteen, and many others) behind the lens, it was surely an instant ‘Brucie Bonus’!
Cate Blanchett as Kathryn St. Jean
Michael Fassbender as George Woodhouse|
Marisa Abela as Clarissa Dubose
Tom Burke as Freddie Smalls
Naomie Harris as Dr. Zoe Vaughan
Regé-Jean Page as Col. James Stokes
Pierce Brosnan as Arthur Steiglitz
Gustaf Skarsgård as Meacham
Kae Alexander as Anna Ko
Ambika Mod as Angela Childs
(Thanks IMDB)
Any good?
A top-notch cast should have also made this a must-watch… Nope! Not at all… If you’re partial to a spy-thriller, this may not be the one for you! It certainly didn’t tick (m)any boxes for me at all!! I spent the first 25 minutes trying to work out where it was all going! At that point, it was just irritating. 🤔.
With Soderbergh’s track-record, I went in thinking it was going to be Bond or Bourne in style, but it was all talk – literally! To call it a ‘slow burner’ is being polite and although it came together in the final 20 minutes, the whole thing plodded along with no sense of urgency. Action scenes? Just the one… Stunt-men (and women)? None required… CGI? Completely redundant.
Think of it as more of a whodunnit than anything else. In that respect, it was OK (but still so slooooow!). So, just as well, the run-time was only around 90 minutes.
Disappointing, to say the least (but the girls enjoyed it). 😮
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