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Operation Dinner Out,一次意味深长的，惊世骇俗的普通任务[原]
是的，Nathan是一个高级情报员，所以他不需要亲自干“脏活”。 噢，说起Bishop，他现在正被关押在中国苏州的一个*。他昨天被捕了，罪名是间谍罪。 *情报局想知道，Bishop在中国干什么？他到底为什么被捕？美国*要不要出面救他？ Nathan觉得自己某种程度上被听证会软禁和审讯着。因为听证会不相信Nathan会和盘托出Bishop的底细。 Nathan确实决定隐瞒一些真相。因为他知道，一旦听证会知道Bishop是因为营救Elizabeth而被捕， 说到Bishop，Nathan觉得他倒是个讨人喜欢的小伙子。只是有点固执和犯傻。 Nathan在越南领教了Bishop的身手，那是一种天生的机警和冷静。 听证会只花了半天就基本作出了决定。 Nathan有点失落。他回到办公室，收拾了自己的东西，跟秘书Jennip道别。 一楼大厅的电视机在插播着Bishop被捕和即将被处决的新闻。 男主播再次出现在屏幕中。他更正说，根据华府透露的消息， Nathan心想，这帮人效率还真高。Bishop算是从此从人间消失了。 除非听证会还能持续下去...那他将继续留下来...留下来做点什么...做点什么... Nathan返身往回走，他找到听证会的一位官员。 Elizabeth是谁？Elizabeth是“资源”。她是贝鲁特的国际人道主义救援人员， 对，“资源”，认识到这点很重要。“资源”与“情报员”是不同的。 CIA除掉了“目标”，而Elizabeth自然也就没用了。她只是“资源”而已。 Nathan在训练Bishop的时候就说过，千万不要怜悯“资源”。这句话看来并没有奏效。 这些情况当然不会改变听证会的决定。但是Nathan并不在乎。 根据计划，特种作战司令部将从第七舰队调遣2架休伊直升机，满载全副武装的海豹突击队员， 在这几个小时里，他将通知他的经纪人将股票和国库券全部变现， 第二天早上，听证会继续进行。Nathan*解释自己为何盗用苏州地图和转汇私人资金。 一个已经算是退休的老情报员，就这样仅凭一己之力，瞒着整个美国*， Spy GameA Film Review by James BerardinelliUnited States, 2001 U.S. Release Date: 11/21/01 (wide) Running Length: 2:05 MPAA Classification: R (Violence, profanity) Theatrical Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Seen at: Ritz East, Philadelphia Cast: Robert Redford, Brad Pitt, Catherine McCormack, Stephen Dillane, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Larry Bryggman Spy Game is an espionage thriller for viewers afflicted with Attention Deficit Syndrome. That/'s not to say it/'s a bad movie, but the frenzied approach doesn/'t allow much opportunity to absorb details. Despite the length, which exceeds two hours by a few minutes, Spy Game doesn/'t feel bloated or protracted. In fact, given the amount of ground covered by the storyline, this could easily have been a much longer endeavor. A respected author like Len Deighton might have gotten a trilogy out of the same material. The frantic pace is both a boon and a detriment. On the one hand, there/'s no chance of boredom. On the other hand, there/'s not much in the way of subtlety or character development beyond the obvious. Perhaps surprisingly, there isn/'t much /"action/", either, at least not in the traditional sense. There are some shoot-outs and an explosion or two, but, as with most spy stories, Spy Game concentrates more on behind-the-scenes machinations and double-crosses than on car chases and fight scenes. So, in order to maintain the illusion of action, director Tony Scott (Crimson Tide, Enemy of the State) goes into music video mode, pumping up the film/'s visual look by using lots of quick cuts and making sure that hardly a moment goes by without Harry Gregson-Williams/' score threatening to drown out any dialogue. Spy Game centers on the mentor/prot間?relationship between Nathan Muir (Robert Redford), a jaded CIA agent on the verge of retirement, and Tom Bishop (Brad Pitt), a young idealist. On his latest mission, in Beijing, Bishop has been captured by the *. With only 24 hours until his execution, the CIA is attempting to distance themselves from Bishop so that this international incident will not endanger trade talks. Muir, on the other hand, is appalled by the idea of hanging Bishop out to dry, and covertly develops a plan to affect a rescue. Meanwhile, Muir must relate his entire history with Bishop - how they met, why the older man recruited the younger one, and which missions they worked on together - in front of a room full of CIA bigwigs. By using flashbacks, Spy Game covers four time periods. The film/'s present-day is 1991, when a new world order is developing from the ashes of the cold war. Michael Frost Beckner and David Arata/'s script also takes us back to the Vietnam war, where Muir and Bishop first meet; to /'70s Berlin, where Bishop is assigned to bring an informant through Checkpoint Charlie; and to 1985 Beirut, where the CIA recruits terrorists to eliminate other terrorists. The manner in which the flashbacks are grafted into the main story is a little clumsy, but it succeeds in filling in the gaps and illuminating why Muir is determined to save Bishop. The role of Nathan Muir echoes Robert Redford/'s work in 1975/'s Three Days of the Condor. Muir is as unprincipled as any long-standing CIA operative - a user of people who is cynical and world-weary. However, perhaps because he/'s being played by Redford, there/'s also a touch of nobility to him. His career may have been founded on treating human beings like disposable commodities, but, in the end, he sacrifices everything for a shot at redemption. Pitt plays the young hotshot, a part he/'s comfortable in, although one he might have fit into better a few years ago. (Spy Game doesn/'t do a good job aging its characters - Muir and Bishop don/'t look any different in 1975 than they do in 1991.) Catherine McCormack has a small-but-crucial role as an international aid worker with a checkered past. And Marianne Jean-Baptiste portrays Muir/'s faithful secretary, Gladys. One of the more intriguing sequences in the film (at least in this post-September 11 world) focuses on CIA involvement in a suicide bombing that is designed to eliminate a top terrorist. This aspect of Spy Game raises the question of how far the CIA is willing to go to achieve certain goals. It/'s the old question of whether the ends justify the means - something the entire globe is currently wrestling with. The movie doesn/'t spend a lot of time sifting through the rubble of what some would view as a morally dubious position, but what was intended merely as a plot element when the screenplay was written now takes on greater meaning. Spy Game does not offer the attention to detail evident in the best spy thrillers. There/'s also no real build-up in tension, although this is principally a result of Scott/'s style and the screenplay/'s approach (it/'s difficult to develop suspense when flashbacks continually interrupt the main narrative thread). Suspension of disbelief is important, since there are several poorly concealed contrivances necessary to move events forward, but at least we/'re not saddled with a litany of staple action scenes. Overall, Spy Game is an engrossing, if flawed, endeavor - the kind of movie that represents an evening/'s solid diversion. © 2001 James Berardinelli |
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