There’s not enough chemistry between the principles to invest in the various relationships, the dialogue is crap (‘My God, what have I done?’), and the 90s revelations and romantic complications never build to the kind of big emotional payoff they promise.
An old school romantic thriller that lacks the subtleties and sophistication of recent spy storytelling, be it on the big screen (Bridge Of Spies) or small (The Night Manager).
For all its invocations of Russian history, this is a glorified telenovela at heart.
This laboriously acted and directed spy tale-cum-love story is like a Jeffrey Archer airport novel with uninteresting, guessable revelations.
It is a wearily predictable tale of coincidence and tragedy.
A dreary, incompetently plotted and flatly directed Cold War melodrama.
General release. Check local listings for show times.