The Courier
You can’t mess up a true-life spy story and they sure did not. No gun fights, not war stories, just 2 men who changed the world and stopped the Cuban Missile Crisis. Benedict Cumberbatch is a superb actor and I love watching his movies. I can’t think of anything that he has done that he hasn’t fit
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Synopsis
Based on the true story of Businessman Wayne and Colonel Penkovsky. Penkovsky passed top secret USSR documents to MI6 and CIA which enabled the US to fight back intelligently against the Russians putting nukes in Cuba.
Review
You can’t mess up a true-life spy story and they sure did not. No gun fights, not war stories, just 2 men who changed the world and stopped the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Benedict Cumberbatch is a superb actor and I love watching his movies. I can’t think of anything that he has done that he hasn’t fit or become the person it was expected to be. He is fantastic in this movie and for that alone it is worth watching. But the story, the story is so good. The tradecraft, the history that repeats itself (See 100+ stories of Russian poisoning someone), and the will of men wanting to stop the world from ending.
Before you watch it, know that it is a drama. Pay attention, the story is really good, but you can be on your phone and you won’t miss anything.
My Rating
I enjoyed this. British Guy Sillyname (See picture below) in this movie and really enjoy the authenticity of the story. It isn't an action film, but has a great story. This is for sure an 8.
Parental Rating
My mom and dad would love this movie. I don’t doubt that at all. Especially since my dad is the person who really enjoys WWII stories, but that makes sense, he was born at the end.
