Synopsis
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 GerePaul Shepherdson
- Topher GraceBen Geary
- Martin SheenTom Highland
- Tamer HassanBozlovski
- Stephen MoyerBrutus
- Christopher MarquetteOliver
- Odette AnnableNatalie Geary
- Stana KaticAmber
- Yuriy SardarovLeo
- Jeffrey PierceAgent Weaver
Recommendations
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IndieWire
Having laid out the scenario, Brandt drags it through the motions of a tired procedural. - 58
Entertainment Weekly
The twist in The Double slack mystery-thriller is revealed with a shrug about a third of the way in. After that, it's all about Gere looking grim, and Grace looking stricken as he learns what we already know. - 50
Variety
While there's the sense that this old guy/young guy spy angle has been done better by films like "Spy Game" a decade ago, Gere, never looking tougher or handsomer, and Grace, adding some action skills to his relatively cerebral persona, invigorate the proceedings in roles that would seem to benefit the actors' career arcs. - 50
Movieline
The Double does contain some delightfully over-the-top twists that make no sense but are great fun to consider. - 42
The A.V. Club
Roughly 99 percent of the time, if a movie that seems like it should be a big deal appears almost out of the blue, it's because it's lousy. The Double doesn't exactly buck that trend. - 40
The Hollywood Reporter
A barely warm dish of Cold War leftovers that shows its hand too early, then works itself into an increasingly implausible tangle of knotty plot developments without ever mustering much intensity. - 40
Time Out
Like a "Training Day" for spy thrillers, The Double provocatively pairs Gere and Grace as a gray-green odd couple, only to unravel as the double-crossed absurdities pile up and the duo start trading bad Russian accents in a private Mexican standoff. Oh nyet you didn't! - 40
Village Voice
The Double, Michael Brandt's post–Cold War spy film, is grade-B hokum, but it's not without its occasional generic thrills.
