The November Man
2014
**½
Director: Roger Donaldson
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Luke Bracey, Olga Kurylenko, Eliza Taylor, Caterina Scorsone, Bill Smitrovich, Will Patton, Mediha Musliovic, Amila Terzimehic
A disillusioned CIA agent Peter Devereaux comes out of retirement to extract an asset who has damning intel on a Russian General who is likely to become the country's next president. When things go pear-shaped, Devereaux has both the Russians and the CIA on his heels. This political thriller updates Bill Granger's 1979 novel There Are No Spies to the present day. The resulting film is believable and adequately entertaining but too derivative to leave a lasting impression. Roger Donaldson, the veteran behind No Way Out and Thirteen Days, is no stranger to the genre, and Pierce Brosnan can play the role of a weathered agent with his eyes closed.
