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I rarely expect much from a direct-to-video release
but "The Double" surprised me. While it's not a great movie
"Double" is a fairly clever spy thriller.***
Richard Gere plays Paul Shepherdson a CIA agent called
out of retirement when the assassin code named Cassius that
he killed appears to be killing political targets again
taking out a U.S. Senator. Paired with Ben Geary a young
FBI agent and analyst (Topher Grace)to track down Cassius
and find out what exactly is going on and what his mission
is. As Sheperdson and Geary dig a little deeper they become
convinced that, perhaps, Cassius has branched out to become
a serial killer.***
I've read many of the other reviews for this film and
most of them complain about how preposterous the plot is
and ho unrealistic the film is. Folks--it's a movie. It's
no better or worse than a film like "Salt" (actually quite
a good spy thriller with some interesting twists)and while
it clearly didn't have quite the budget of that film the
writer (with Derek Haas)-director Mark Brandt ("Wanted",
"3:10 To Yuma")does a fine job of staging the action and
makes good use of a strong cast that includes Grace, Gere,
Martin Sheen, Odette Annable and a solid string of supporting
actors.***
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