Storyline
The mysterious murder of a US senator bearing the distinctive trademark of the legendary Soviet assassin 'Cassius', forces retired CIA operative, Paul Shepherson to team with rookie FBI agent, Ben Geary to solve the crime. Having spent his career chasing Cassius, Shepherdson is convinced his nemesis is long dead, but is pushed to take on the case by his former supervisor, Tom Highland. Geary, who wrote his Master's thesis on Shepherdson's pursuit of the Soviet killer, is certain that Cassius has resurfaced.
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Martin Sheen, Chris Marquette, Yuriy Sardarov, Dan Lemieux, Odette Annable, Jimmy Ortega, Tamer Hassan, Stephen Moyer, Topher Grace, Richard Gere, Stana Katic, Jeffrey Pierce, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., Sonja Crosby, Martin Wheeler, Ed Kelly, Ivan Fedorov, Mike Kraft, Randy Flagler, Ella Maltby, Maxfield Lund, Darcy Leutzinger, Hugh Maguire, Nicole Forester, Danny Maze, Andy Manning, Ele Bardha, Nina Kircher, Devin Scillian, Jimmy Rhoades, Jamie Ridge, David Shackelford
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58
Having laid out the scenario, Brandt drags it through the motions of a tired procedural.
58
The twist in The Double slack mystery-thriller is revealed with a shrug about a third of the way in. After that, it's all about Gere looking grim, and Grace looking stricken as he learns what we already know.
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Variety
While there's the sense that this old guy/young guy spy angle has been done better by films like "Spy Game" a decade ago, Gere, never looking tougher or handsomer, and Grace, adding some action skills to his relatively cerebral persona, invigorate the proceedings in roles that would seem to benefit the actors' career arcs.
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Movieline
The Double does contain some delightfully over-the-top twists that make no sense but are great fun to consider.
42
Roughly 99 percent of the time, if a movie that seems like it should be a big deal appears almost out of the blue, it's because it's lousy. The Double doesn't exactly buck that trend.
