Spy Game

Spy Game

2001 · 126 min · EN · R · 6.9 (2,364 votes)
Dir. Tony Scott · Starring Robert Redford, Brad Pitt, Catherine McCormack, Stephen Dillane, Larry Bryggman, Marianne Jean-Baptiste · Music Harry Gregson-Williams

It's not how you play the game. It's how the game plays you.

ActionCrimeThriller

On the day of his retirement, a veteran CIA agent learns that his former protégé has been arrested in China, is sentenced to die the next morning in Beijing, and that the CIA is considering letting that happen to avoid an international scandal.

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This is a sleek, cerebral spy thriller, brimming with a cynical tension as it navigates the morally grey world of espionage. It's a game of wits and high stakes, where past loyalties clash with present-day pragmatism, all wrapped in a propulsive, calculating atmosphere that keeps you on edge.

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