BRIDGE OF SPIES (2015)
Featuring: Tom Hanks; Mark Rylance; Amy Ryan; Sebastian Koch; Alan Alda
Director: Steven Spielberg
Nominated for two Oscars and winner of one for Best Supporting Actor, this film gives us a glimpse of what it was like during the height of the Cold War. It also shows the silliness of it all; the absolute futility of human paranoia...
Based on actual events, it tells the story of James Donovan (Tom Hanks in fine form), an attorney from Brooklyn, New York who 'unofficially' brokered one of the first prisoner exchange deals of that era between the USA and USSR. In 1957 the FBI arrested Rudolf Abel (Mark Rylance) as a Soviet spy. During the trial he is represented by Donovan but is eventually convicted and sentenced to life. However, when Francis Gary Powers (Wes McGee) a U-2 spy plane pilot is shot down and captured by the Russians, Donovan is 'called upon' to negotiate the deal to exchange Abel for Powers.
As with most Steven Spielberg films this one too is of epic proportions with spectacular special effects. But he also still managed to maintain the somber atmosphere that is typical of all good spy movies. Obviously the acting overall is outstanding and Mark Rylance deserves his Oscar through and through. I rate it 3 out of 5 stars.
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Mark Rylance and Tom Hanks
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