The Double (2011)

★ 5.8 1h 38m 713 votes IMDb
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The mysterious murder of a US senator bearing the distinctive trademark of the legendary Soviet assassin 'Cassius', forces retired CIA operative, Paul Shepherson to team with rookie FBI agent, Ben Geary to solve the crime. Having spent his career chasing Cassius, Shepherdson is convinced his nemesis is long dead, but is pushed to take on the case by his former supervisor, Tom Highland. Geary, who wrote his Master's thesis on Shepherdson's pursuit of the Soviet killer, is certain that Cassius has resurfaced.

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Cast

Richard Gere
Richard Gere as Paul Shepherdson Age 76 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Richard Tiffany Gere (born August 31, 1949) is an American actor and producer. He began in films in the 1970s, playing a supporting role in Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977) and a starring role in Days o...
Topher Grace
Topher Grace as Ben Geary Age 47 · New York City, New York, USA Christopher John Grace (/ˈtoʊfər/ TOH-fər; born July 12, 1978), known professionally as Topher Grace, is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Eric Forman in the teen sitcom That '70s Show (...
Martin Sheen
Martin Sheen as Tom Highland Age 85 · Dayton, Ohio, USA Ramón Antonio Gerardo Estévez (born August 3, 1940), known professionally as Martin Sheen, is an American actor. He first became known for his roles in the films The Subject Was Roses (1968) and Badla...
Tamer Hassan
Tamer Hassan as Bozlovski Age 58 · London, England, UK Tamer Hassan (born 18 March 1968) is a British actor of Turkish Cypriot descent. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tamer Hassan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikip...
Stephen Moyer
Stephen Moyer as Brutus Age 56 · Brentwood, Essex, England, UK Stephen Moyer is best known for playing Bill Compton in the series True Blood. He is also well-known for his role as Michael in the BBC series Ny-Lon (2004) co-starring Rashida Jones. Stephen is also...
Christopher Rodriguez Marquette
Christopher Rodriguez Marquette as Oliver Age 41 · Stuart, Florida, USA Christopher Marquette (born October 3, 1984), also credited as Christopher Rodriguez-Marquette, is an American actor. He began his career with a main role as Adam Brody on the ABC sitcom Aliens in the...

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John Chard 4/10 Feb 09, 2019
Spooks aren't supposed to be creatures of habit.

A retired CIA operative is paired with a young FBI agent to hopefully solve the case of a serial killer whose style of killings point to a Soviet operative long thought dead.

In amongst the plot holes and ridiculous resolutions there's a more than competent Cold War political murder mystery trying to get out. Unfortunately first time director and co-writer Michael Brandt thinks he's John le Carré and in his attempts to be clever and tricky for the final third of pic, he just comes off as an amateur who is insulting his audience.

Initially the pic is on safe footings. Ok! so it's conventional in formula, but the intrigue is there, Richard Gere and Topher Grace in the lead roles have our attention, and a turn of events at the 30 minute mark has us firmly in the story's grip. Sadly it never materialises into the top line suspense thriller the makers clearly were aiming for.

As the narrative spins into a muddled mess, Brandt is forced to rely on a couple of livewire sequences to save the day; cue interrogation machismo and some car crash chaseville, but it's never enough to save the day. More so when Martin Sheen wanders back into the fold, it is here when you realise you have forgotten he was in the pic anyway! That pretty much says it all. 4/10

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