Along with igniting an international crisis, this tragedy prompted the brutal murder of Sandy Bachman (Corey Stoll), CIA station chief in Islamabad. (southflorida.com)
These moments are testaments to the futility of the violence depicted throughout, a commentary bluntly made late in the film as embedded Berlin station chief David Percival (James McAvoy) surveys numerous double - crosses and directly faces the camera to ask: «Who won, and what was the fucking game anyway?» (slantmagazine.com)
She is ordered to cooperate with Berlin station chief David Percival (James McAvoy), and the two form an uneasy alliance, unleashing their full arsenal of skills in pursuing a threat that jeopardizes the West's entire intelligence operation. (james-mcavoy.com)