Spy thriller from Steven Soderbergh.. all right.
George is tagged to find out what happened to Severus which is a MacGuffin that can do a thing, doesn't matter. There are a number of suspects, one of which includes his wife. There are plans and machinations all over the place, and all sorts of things will be revealed as the plans come to light.
This was... very pat. Almost immediately people jump to the right conclusions, and already know a lot of information before the audience knows it... which kind of makes it one of them terrible murder mysteries when you find out there was a hidden marriage that the detective reveals in the final scene that would have solved everything... thanks Christie for that! Not that there is a hidden marriage here, but George certainly knows a lot more than he ever reveals except at the moment when it is useful for him, so the audience is definitely lagging behind.
But hey, this has Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett! Great performances, but not really stretching their acting muscles here, given every character is "reserved and cool". And there's a cameo from Pierce Brosnan, which automatically adds ten points to the score.
Not terrible, but rather stilted and more than a little up itself.
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