The Double( 2011)

TV-MAActionDramaCrime

58%

User
Score

Keep your enemies close

Overview

The mysterious murder of a US senator bearing the distinctive trademark of the legendary Soviet assassin 'Cassius', forces retired CIA operative, Paul Shepherson to team with rookie FBI agent, Ben Geary to solve the crime. Having spent his career chasing Cassius, Shepherdson is convinced his nemesis is long dead, but is pushed to take on the case by his former supervisor, Tom Highland. Geary, who wrote his Master's thesis on Shepherdson's pursuit of the Soviet killer, is certain that Cassius has resurfaced.

Top Billed Cast

Richard Gere
Paul Shepherdson
Topher Grace
Ben Geary
Martin Sheen
Tom Highland
Tamer Hassan
Bozlovski
Stephen Moyer
Brutus
Christopher Marquette
Oliver
Odette Annable
Natalie Geary
Stana Katic
Amber
Yuriy Sardarov
Leo
Jeffrey Pierce
Agent Weaver
Lawrence Gilliard Jr.
Agent Burton
Sonja Crosby
Employee
Ed Kelly
Senator Dennis Darden
Dan Lemieux
Russian Military Officer
Ivan Fedorov
The Scrounger
Mike Kraft
FBI Director Roger Bell
Randy Flagler
Miller
Ella Maltby
Lucy
Maxfield Lund
Doctor
Jimmy Ortega
Coyote
Darcy Leutzinger
Vlad
Hugh Maguire
Senator Morris Friedman
Nicole Forester
Molly
Danny Maze
Agent M
Andy Manning
EMT
Ele Bardha
American Man
Nina Kircher
Russian Woman
Devin Scillian
Newscaster
Jimmy Rhoades
CIA Officer
Jamie Ridge
French Woman
David Shackelford
Security Guard
Matt McColm
Guard #2
Johnny Otto
FBI Agent (uncredited)

Social

Review 1Discussion

A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on Sat Feb 09 2019

Spooks aren't supposed to be creatures of habit. A retired CIA operative is paired with a young FBI agent to hopefully solve the case of a serial killer whose style of killings point to a Soviet operative long thought dead. In amongst the plot holes and ridiculous resolutions there's a more than competent Cold War political murder mystery trying to get out. Unfortunately first time director and co-writer Michael Brandt thinks he's John le Carré and in his attempts to be clever and tricky for the final third of pic, he just comes off as an amateur who is insulting his audience. Initiall...