All the Old Knives

— An acceptable espionage film involving Henry and Cilia, two ex-lovers and CIA agents who haven’t seen each other in eight years. Cilia moved away following a hijacking that ended in the loss of all aboard and was credited to an extremist. Years later, it’s determined a mole within the FBI helped the hijackers and Henry is charged with finding the mole, with Celia at the top of the suspect list. The story unfolds through flashbacks to the original event interspersed with a footage of Henry and Cilia’s present-day meeting that is a mix of a former lovers’ reunion at a restaurant in the wine country and an interrogation to find the mole. At times, the jumps back and forth in time are a little too frequent, but it’s still an interesting story and a decent script, told by competent actors . It’s also almost a throwback to traditional spy films since it’s more slowly paced than today’s typical spy and superhero fare, something I think is a good thing. [Amazon Prime streaming.]

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[2022. 101 min. Directed by Janus Metz. Starring Chris Pine, Thandiwe Newton, Laurence Fishburne, and Jonathan Pryce.]
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