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Richard Gere plays Paul Shepherdson, a retired CIA operative who is called back
from retirement to solve the mystery behind a senator’s murder. He is joined by a young FBI agent
(Topher Grace) to unravel this mysterious murder – a murder with the same characteristics of a former Russian assassin
named “Cassius”.
The acting duo, Richard Gere and Topher
Grace, work surprisingly well together. I know there’s a lot of Topher Grace haters out there (mainly
because of Spider-man 3), but I’ve always liked him – and he was terrific in this role… a role in which
he steps slightly over his boundary into a character he’s never quite played before. And although
there’s twenty-nine years between the two of them, their chemistry was great. And of course it’s
great to see Richard Gere in a decent role again.
The story was fine.
Nothing really to brag about, but when the credits came up – I was still satisfied with what I saw.
It was slightly predictable, but I don’t think it was ever boring. Although I knew where it
was going to end up, I still wanted to finish it and see how it got there. Sure there were a couple twists
along the way, but nothing amazing and nothing award winning.
The
Bottom Line: I thought Richard Gere and Topher Grace were the perfect choices for these roles. I like to
see Topher taking on slightly larger and harder roles, and it’s great to see Richard Gere again. The
story was good, but not great. Still a pretty good thriller to rent on a Friday evening.
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