The first portion of this film looked pretty good and the set-up was nice. A British double-agent who sold out to the Soviets is being readied by his Russian handlers for a new assignment. After performing extensive plastic surgery on Philip Kimberly (Michael Caine...at least it's him post-surgery), they're returning him to Britain for a mission. What it was and why the Brits ALSO want to make a deal with him, well, you'll have to see to that yourself if you decide to watch this subpar spy yarn.
When I say 'subpar', this came as a huge surprise to me, as Michael Caine played in many spy films....and most of them were amazingly good. This one, in contrast, was confusing and Caine's accent was all wrong when he was pretending to be a Russian KGB agent. I think Danny Trejo sounds more Russian than Caine did in the film. The other main problem is that the film is very confusing and hard to believe...such as when the car just blows up when it's shot once. Cars really do NOT do that! Overall, watchable but really not a very good spy flick.
When I say 'subpar', this came as a huge surprise to me, as Michael Caine played in many spy films....and most of them were amazingly good. This one, in contrast, was confusing and Caine's accent was all wrong when he was pretending to be a Russian KGB agent. I think Danny Trejo sounds more Russian than Caine did in the film. The other main problem is that the film is very confusing and hard to believe...such as when the car just blows up when it's shot once. Cars really do NOT do that! Overall, watchable but really not a very good spy flick.