Drama Bridge of Spies (2015)

[Tom]

PG-13 | 142 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller | 16 October 2015 (USA)
Bridge of Spies (2015) - IMDb

In the cold war, a lawyer, James B. Donovan recruited by the CIA and involved in an intense negotiation mission to release and exchange a CIA U-2 spy-plane pilot, Francis G. Powers that was arrested alive after his plane was shot down by the Soviet Union during a mission- with a KGB intelligence officer, Rudolf Abel who was arrested for espionage in the US.

Director:
Steven Spielberg
Writers:
Matt Charman, Ethan Coen
Stars:
Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Alan Alda

This is another outstanding film starring Tom Hanks. I was happy to see Alan Alda as well. This is not an action type spy movie. It is a look at morality and doubletalk. Tom Hanks just gets better and better with age. Yes, put this one on your watchlist, its drama but its really good drama.

 

[screenersam]

this is one of the few recent movies I'd like to watch.
looks like a lot of smoking, which is a turnoff for me.

 

[Kevin]

this is one of the few recent movies I'd like to watch.

Yep, same for me. When it's available for DVD/streaming I'll add it to the queue. When it was first released it didn't really catch me attention but the more snippets I see from it then the more I'm getting interested.

 

[astonwest]

I watched it in the theater, just before it ended its first run...I enjoyed it thoroughly. I don't think it probably would resonate with younger folks, who didn't have the historical background of having seen (and understood the significance of) the wall coming down. I also liked the themes they covered which could very easily be tied into society today. The only pitfall I saw was that it really seemed to drag on at times.