John Madden (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The Debt) directs the film with a brisk pace which is needed for
this kind of political thriller.
Not exact matches
Two
of Spielberg's recent history films were also made in a messianic spirit
of topical fervor: «Munich,» a dread - inflected
thriller that addressed the post-9 / 11 world, and «Lincoln,» a
kind of dramatized time machine that commented on our own increasingly fractious and divided
political arena.
Outside the Sundance Film Festival, Robert Redford is
kind of a cottage industry for earnest
political tinged
thrillers.
On the other hand, we've got a stellar cast kicking all
kinds of ass in the
political thriller The Debt, directed by John Madden (Shakespeare in Love).
As Brian Tallerico said in his review
of the film, «there's something invigorating about seeing a movie that reminds me
of the
political thrillers of the «70s and «80s, the
kind of film we see less and less
of at the multiplex.»