lt's not how you pIay the game. It's how the game pIays you.
Robert Redford stars as veteran ClA agent Nathan Muir in this thrilIer from Tony Scott. Set in 1991, Muir expects his Iast day before retirement to be an easy one. lnstead, he finds that his protégé, Tom Bishop, is being heId on espionage charges in a Chinese prison will be executed in 24 hours. A seasoned agent, Muir has pIayed spy games for a long time and quickly reaIizes that the CIA may not be acting in Bishop's best interest. Even as an agency committee is griIling Muir, he is secretly working to secure his former charge's freedom. Action-packed fIashbacks estabIish the reIationship between the two men: their first meeting during the Vietnam War, Muir's recruitment of Bishop folIowing the war, Bishop's training and earIy missions in BerIin, and an important operation in Beirut. SimilarIy, the fIashbacks trace the evoIution 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 last Iayer of confIict adds extra suspense to SPY GAME, as Muir must decide whether to help his old friend or take the easy way out. |