The November Man (2014)

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OK, it's not a "classic" spy film that you will want to watch over and over, but it's a decent thriller that has some interesting plot twists that kept me guessing. Pierce Brosnan tries to act like a jaded tough guy, but despite all the cussing he can't hide the urbanity and sophistication that made him the perfect Bond, so perhaps he was a bit miscast here, or he tries too hard to get away from that character. The David Mason character has perhaps the most development, someone with a heart that we can relate to. Like most films, there's lots of cannon fodder (how do these guys get their jobs if they're that bad?). Ultimately, the good guys come through and the bad guys get their comeuppances one way or another. My main complaint is that the right-hand henchman of the film doesn't get a proper Hollywood showdown; in fact, it's a major letdown. The top henchman should be the keynote fight for the protagonist, no? The ultimate test? Maybe the film makers deliberately tried to be different in this case. If so, they shouldn't have, as the viewer gets robbed of something you are naturally looking forward to. It's like the WWF without a main event. And also, one scene is more in-your-face than we need. We get it, stop hitting us in the head with a sledgehammer. (You will know what I mean.)

I decided to watch this movie not knowing it was based on a novel, haven't read the novel either so don't know if it did justice to the film or not.Coming to the film,was expecting a good movie since it casts Pierce Brosnan as a an American spy.The beginning of the movie seemed interesting, have always liked Pierce Brosnan in the role of a spy. Devereaux (Pirce Brosnan) was a character i couldn't understand, sometimes he acts just like he should, an intelligent spy with amazing skills, can handle tough situation easily, and then sometimes he acts just the opposite making naive mistakes. The story was confusing with lots of loopholes. So in the movie, CIA roams freely in Russia and there are no police. It felt like it was an American territory where Russian police or intelligence had no hold. You can enter a hotel and easily get to the upcoming president of Russia, CIA can do whatever it wants and the world would believe a Chechnyan girl who was physically abused by the antagonist via a email and lastly the Americans would want this girl who had proof even its agents had a hand in starting a war.My score - at best 5.5 The soundtrack was nothing spectacular.

I seem to watch allot of action films these days and allot of them are very similar and this includes the November man. The premise of the film sees an ex agent sent to rescue an agent until he gets mixed up in a conspiracy involving the CIA and the Russian government. Now u am a big fan of pierce brosnan even if he is in a bad film he is great and he totally owns thus film. He was an awesome action star but was also dark and tough and you see his character develop and he was a really interesting flawed action star. Luke bracey did a decent job as his former protégé and you really felt the conflict between the two of them and I did buy it. The former bond girl in this film who's name I cannot spell was also really good in this film. She was a really interesting character and she was a damaged character that was more then just an attractive girl to look at. The villains however, were just boring and cliché and didn't have anything of substance to them. The story is okay, I really liked the flashbacks and depth given to some of the characters. But, there are some pointless things in this film and the overall plot was pretty weak and boring. The script is not great, the dialogue is pretty poor but brosnan really makes it work and sometimes you forget about it. The style is a mixed bag, there are some pretty decent action scenes with some great sounding hits. However, they overuse slow motion allot and it doesn't help the action scenes at all. Overall the November man is enjoyable but it doesn't really consist on too many unique ideas.