All the Old Knives (2022)
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When the CIA discovers one of its agents leaked information that cost more than 100 people their lives, veteran operative Henry Pelham is assigned to root out the mole with his former lover and colleague Celia Harrison.
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... Henry Pelham
... Celia Harrison
... Bill Compton
... Vick Wallinger
... Karl Stein
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"All the Old Knives holds an extraordinary cast and an interesting premise, but Janus Metz's uninspired execution turns a movie with immense potential into yet another generic work with little replay value.
Chris Pine and Thandiwe Newton shine as the protagonists, and their astonishing chemistry transforms a simple dinner into the most captivating storyline of the entire narrative. However, the constant shifts between different timelines and distinct perspectives withdraw energy, pacing, and focus from Olen Steinhauer's decent screenplay.
Furthermore, Laurence Fishburne and Jonathan Pryce are criminally underused. It's far from being a non-recommended flick, but it leaves a somewhat bitter feeling by the end."
Rating: C
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Release Date:
2022-04-08
Run Time:
101 min
MMPA Rating:
R
Reviews of
All the Old Knives
MORE REVIEWS @ https://www.msbreviews.com/
"All the Old Knives holds an extraordinary cast and an interesting premise, but Janus Metz's uninspired execution turns a movie with immense potential into yet another generic work with little replay value.
Chris Pine and Thandiwe Newton shine as the protagonists, and their astonishing chemistry transforms a simple dinner into the most captivating storyline of the entire narrative. However, the constant shifts between different timelines and distinct perspectives withdraw energy, pacing, and focus from Olen Steinhauer's decent screenplay.
Furthermore, Laurence Fishburne and Jonathan Pryce are criminally underused. It's far from being a non-recommended flick, but it leaves a somewhat bitter feeling by the end."
Rating: C
The scene is set in a fine restaurant where "Pelham" (Chris Pine) and ex-girlfriend "Celia" (Thandiwe Newton) and sharing some wine and considering who betrayed them many years earlier when their CIA operation around the hijacking of an airliner in Vienna went wrong. Ostensibly, "Pelham" is leading an investigation into the identity of the mole - it could be either of them, for all we know, or it could be their boss "Compton" (Sir Jonathan Pryce)... Sadly, though, John Le Carré this isn't. The narrative uses Pine's character as the conduit to interrogate all the potential suspects, and sadly that drags us into the solidly melodramatic aspects of his relationship with "Celia". On the plus side, that allows him to do what he has been trying to do ever since "Star Trek" (2009) - get his ass out on screen, but otherwise it is a terribly slowly paced affair. The espionage elements are largely subsumed into the relationship drama and frankly, neither Pine nor Newton have much to do in this dialogue heavy drudge of a film. It looks good, the production has a style to it; but quite simply not enough happens to keep it stimulating, the soporific lighting starts to take effects and after about 45 minutes I was really quite bored with it all. The ending is quite quirky, but it was all too little too late for me.
Cast & Crew of
All the Old Knives
Cast
... Henry Pelham
... Celia Harrison
... Bill Compton
... Vick Wallinger
... Karl Stein
... Ernst Pul
... Leila Maloof
... Owen Lassiter
... Mohammed Dudayev
... Ilyas Shishani
... Waitress
... Evan Favreau
... Treble
... Drew Favreau
... Qamar Ayad
... Gene Wilcox
... Anna Jones
... Suleiman Abdulwahed
... Freddy
... Tahar
... Beslan Abdulayev
... Ginny Favreau
... Omar Samatar Ali
... Yasir
... Turkish Alliance Stewardess
... News Reporter #1
... Bartender
... Restaurant Guest
... Restaurant Guest
... News Reporter #2
... News Reporter #3
... Moscow Station Chief
... News Reporter #4
Crew
... Casting
... Executive Producer
... Producer
... Set Designer
... Production Design
... Costume Design
... Art Direction
... Executive Producer
... Director
... Director of Photography
... Producer
... Producer
... Executive Producer
... Editor
... Original Music Composer
... Producer
... Executive Producer
... Set Decoration
... Original Music Composer
... Supervising Sound Editor
... Visual Effects Supervisor
... Visual Effects Producer
... Costume Supervisor
... Supervising Sound Editor
... Executive Producer
... Executive Producer
... Screenplay
... Novel
... Art Direction
... Executive Producer
... Assistant Art Director
... Makeup Artist
... Executive Producer
... Supervising Art Director
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