arjun1975

I picked up this movie from one of the remote corners of the DVD shop. What attracted me was the picture of Caine stooping against a wall. Even after buying it, I kept the box unopened in my table for a couple of weeks. Suddenlt, yesterday it was raining, and I decided to see it. I was blown away! From the first escape sequence, I was taken back to the days of the cold war, to the rivalry, the brutal undercover violence, and all in the backdrop of post WWII Europe. The scenes are so good, the dialogs perfect. Caine is sublime as the British agent. The surprises in the movie have been delivered with an artists's touch. I wonder why we no longer make movies like this. A wonder too, how they were able to make movies like this without all the gadgets and technology that we have today. Maybe because they didn't, they could. It is a very enjoyable movie, almost making you wish the cold war wasn't over. . . .

Please, 'PLEASE' refrain from seeing this movie. It will be an utter waste of time. Surprising what load of wanton, brazen, offensive comedies come out of Hollywood! not even 5 minutes in the movie, it became so boring and the comic lines and reliefs were abysmal. It was my biggest mistake in spending money for buying the DVD. But now I know. Additionally, I think its not worth the effort trying to make parodies out of movies which themselves do not come up to the standards of making any considerable mark in the annals of movie history and fame. Saying any more about the movie would be spilling the beans, and I would not like to do so. My advise to anybody who is forced to watch this is to avoid under all circumstances and rather watch a dubbed Chinese movie or any other language film with subtitles. The pain would certainly be less.