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The Double (2011)

The Double poster
Directed by
Michael Brandt
Genre
drama film, thriller film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 38m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 723 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A retired CIA operative and a young FBI agent team up to track down a Soviet assassin who killed a US senator. They unravel clues that lead them into a web of espionage and betrayal.

tensebleakgrittysuspensefulseriousslow-burnconspiratorialmethodical

What happens

The Double is a 2011 American spy film directed by Michael Brandt, written by Brandt and Derek Haas, and starring Richard Gere, Topher Grace, Stephen Moyer and Martin Sheen. The film tells the story about a retired CIA operative working with a rookie FBI agent to solve the murder of a US senator caused by a Soviet assassin. It was released on October 28, 2011. The film garnered negative reviews from critics, and was a box office bomb. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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