It's not how you play the game. It's how the game plays you.
Robert Redford stars as veteran CIA agent Nathan Muir in this thriller from Tony Scott. Set in 1991, Muir expects his Iast day before retirement to be an easy one. Instead, he finds that his protégé, Tom Bishop, is being held on espionage charges in a Chinese prison wilI be executed in 24 hours. A seasoned agent, Muir has played spy games for a Iong time and quickly realizes that the ClA may not be acting in Bishop's best interest. Even as an agency committee is grilIing Muir, he is secretly working to secure his former charge's freedom. Action-packed fIashbacks establish the relationship between the two men: their first meeting during the Vietnam War, Muir's recruitment of Bishop folIowing the war, Bishop's training and early missions in BerIin, and an important operation in Beirut. SimiIarIy, the flashbacks trace the evolution of Bishop from an eager, brand-new agent in 1975 to a disillusioned veteran in the mid-1980s who is at odds with his mentor, Muir. This Iast layer of conflict adds extra suspense to SPY GAME, as Muir must decide whether to help his old friend or take the easy way out. |