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devicecontext-85955 I understand that this movie targets English-speaking audience behind the proverbial iron curtain. Still a female aid to prospect Russian president driving Niva SUV is something hard to believe. In fact this is pretty lame. And I am not discussing her fake boobs on top of her unbelievably horrible Russian. Guys, spend a few bucks and hire a decent voice-over, Brighton New York perhaps? As a consolation, a few counter-part Russian movies showing Americans I tried to watch, they are way more lame than this one.Russian agent-murderess, her outstanding hooter immediately and obviously reveals her evil nature. Other than that, action, suspense and everything else required for creating a spy story are all present. Still too much of a caricature. Watch The Bourne Supremacy instead.

davideo-2 STAR RATING: ***** Saturday Night **** Friday Night *** Friday Morning ** Sunday Night * Monday Morning After a mission went wrong many years ago, professional killers Peter Deveraux (Pierce Brosnan) and his younger protégé David Mason (Luke Bracey) drifted apart. Years later, Deveraux's former boss Hanley (Bill Smitrovich) approaches him for a mission in Belgrade, where the former love of his life is killed en route to meeting up with someone else, by Mason, who's now working for the CIA. Devereaux is drawn in the direction of immigrant lawyer Alice (Olga Kurylenko), who may hold the key to the identity of the person his ex love was going to meet. It's all connected to a conspiracy, involving the CIA, the KGB and Russia's corrupt new presidential hopeful Arkady Federov (Lazar Ristovski.) Now entering the autumn of his life, former Bond star Brosnan is now putting his still considerable, commanding presence to these sorts of lower scale, old fashioned spy thrillers. And so it's fitting that with The November Man, he's pitted with the more mature director Roger Donaldson, whose body of work is about as extensive as his. It's telling about the films apparent lack of exposure that there may not have been much confidence to release it more generally to a younger audience that may not have the patience for it.It's all impressively intricate and complex, like the best of them requiring your full attention and popping up with sufficient twists and turns here and there, but all the same it can't help but feel like a very standard, by the numbers affair in terms of being a spy thriller, going through the motions and various clichés of the genre. Towards the end, it also becomes somewhat over elaborate, meandering about here and there without really having a proper middle and an end.What works in its favour ultimately works against it, an old fashioned spy thriller emerging in a more advanced world, with two senior stars behind it. Still, they're admirable purveyors of their crafts, and on a smaller scale it's easier to appreciate it. **

Python Hyena November Man (2014): Dir: Roger Donaldson / Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Olga Kurrylenko, Luke Bracey, Bill Smitrovich, Lazar Ristovski: The title is referenced through dialogue and it suggests that this CIA agent, played by Pierce Brosnan, finalizes all encounters with conflict. He plays Peter Devereaux, retired CIA after an assignment goes wrong when a young sniper fails to follow orders. He is called upon years later when sought after to bring another agent, a former lover whom he shares a daughter with, out of Moscow. She is out to expose a Russian politician who was a corrupt army general who forced girls into sex. They are in search of one girl in particular but in the process Devereaux and his ex are ambushed and she is killed. Enraged, he kills all the agents until coming face to face with the young recruit he trained in the film's opening. This is Roger Donaldson's best film since The Bank Job, and the screenplay is detailed and twisted. What works against it is the brutality of the violence, particularly when an innocent woman is intentionally injured by the hero. Brosnan reminds us why he succeeded as James Bond but he is a tad more sadistic here. Olga Kurrylenko plays a contact who hooks up with Devereaux and she seeks revenge on the army general who killed her family. Luke Bracey walks a tightrope as the younger agent placed against Devereaux unbeknownst the true facts. Bill Smitrovich plays a corrupt agent placed under interrogation. Lazar Ristovski plays the Russian presidential candidate who hides cruel practices in the military. The result is a pointless yet well made action film that delivers vintage Brosnan. Score: 8 / 10