3 Days to Kill (2014)
Ethan Runner (Costner) is dying of terminal brain cancer, diagnosed with mere months left to live. His work in the CIA is officially over, as he tends to get his affairs in order, which includes...
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Fair Game (2010)
Director Doug Liman, who scored a major international hit with The Bourne Identity, returns to the political thriller arena, this time on a less violent and more reality based scale with Fair Game, the true story...
Jumpin’ Jack Flash (1986)
Whoopi Goldberg (The Player, The Lion King) stars as Terry Dolittle, a international accounts computer operator working behind the scenes for a major New York City bank. Terry gets into a bit of trouble with...
This Means War (2012)
This Means War starts with an amusing premise: two CIA Agents use their skills as super-spies to compete for the romantic affections of the same woman. The two hunky agents are best friends, the suave...
Safe House (2012)
Ryan Reynolds plays rookie CIA agent Matt Weston, reluctantly stuck in a dreary, boring assignment looking after an empty safe house in Cape Town, South Africa. When his locale is used as the interrogation...
The Quiller Memorandum (1966)
Based on the first of the Elleston Trevor (written as Adam Hall) series of Quiller spy novels, The Quiller Memorandum (the book was called “The Berlin Memorandum” outside of the United States) mixes the heroics, romance...
Mission: Impossible (1996)
Although the theme song, self-destruct message, and spy capers are certainly derived from the television show, those who’ve watched the long-running series regularly in the 1960s or in reruns should note that this big...
Dr. No (1962)
The first film in the long running James Bond series, Dr. No proved to be a smashing success, not only at the box office, but in building a legion of fans ready for more adventures for...
Enter the Dragon (1973)
Bruce Lee’s (Return of the Dragon, The Chinese Connection) final completed film before his untimely death at the age of 33, Enter the Dragon, the first Hollywood martial arts film, is definitely is one of the...
Mission: Impossible III (2006)
I’ll preface this review with an admission. I do feel a bit guilty about giving the third Mission: Impossible movie as high a rating as I do. After giving the matter a great deal of consideration,...