(ESP-ENG) Black Bag | The conspiracy drama - Movie Review!
Hello friends, good vibes to all.
Conspiracy and spy stories are increasingly flooding movie theaters and streaming services, the issue is how to make these plots different without falling into the clichés and basics of the genre. Black Bag, directed by Steven Soderbergh, the same behind the Ocean's Eleven saga, Magic Mike or Erin Brockovich, brings us a drama of spies and conspiracies in the upper echelons of a British government agency. I'm very careful to give these movies a chance because of how repetitive they are but at least the cast in this one seemed crazy to me: Cate Blanchett, Michael Fassbender, Pierce Brosnan, etc. This film has one characteristic and that is that there is not a single action scene. Bold? - a little bit.
We have George Woodhouse (Fassbender), a great and renowned intelligence agent who is married to Kathryn (Blanchett) who is also an agent of the same agency. One day George receives information that within the group of agents around him there may be a traitor who is about to activate a nuclear project for political purposes. George's job will be to find out who the liar is and who is selling out his country. All this he will do with a lot of expertise because he is a guy who handles people very well, he knows how to read them and see beyond what they say. He is someone who has information and that is very valuable.
As I already told you this film is really a drama full of intrigue where action has no place. I liked the fact that even though it is a “slow” film it is incredibly gripping, unraveling the thread little by little and discovering things about everyone is very addictive to watch. The main premise is that everyone has secrets, has things to hide and when someone powerful gets hold of that information they can start blackmailing and extorting in order to get to the person they are looking for. Have you ever played the board game, redundantly, called “Clue”? - Well, this film is something like that but at much more elaborate and drastic levels.
I think the performances are very important because they are the ones that sustain the plot considering that this story is slow and methodical. Michael Fassbender is a first class actor, this kind of performances where he stands out for the sobriety of his character makes the film does not fall and if he is accompanied by someone like Cate Blanchett then even less. It's a pity that there was no action at all, but seeing the two of them in more committed scenes would have been quite good. Anyway, as a couple they complement each other very well, very good chemistry. And George has a dilemma, within the group of suspects is precisely her, his wife, so he must choose between his precious marriage or the possibility that she is really the traitor.
The final part of the film is very top, the way in which everything is resolved I feel that it is the highlight of the film, they gave it a good closure. It could be considered a bit of a plot twist because I don't think you can see how it all came together; as I said in the beginning, everyone has secrets. It's a very good movie, it has a rhythm that doesn't bore, it always keeps you on the edge of your seat, the intrigue does its job and the performances are very well done. The weight of the cast is undeniable. It lasts an hour and a half. I give it an 8/10. This is proof that a film can be very interesting without the need to throw a punch or just shooting a single bullet. I leave the trailer below.
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All i had to see is the "conspiracy" in the title and i definitely have to watch it