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The November Man Movie Review

Name: The November Man Movie Review
Item: The November Man
Rating: 2
Author: Sivapriya Anand

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Review for the film " The November Man"

Streaming On: Amazon Prime Video

Runtime: 01 Hour 48 Minutes

Certificate: A

Released: 27-08-2014

Genre: Thriller

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CAST & CREW

Luke Bracey

Pierce Brosnan

Amila Terzimehic

Eliza Taylor

Olga Kurylenko

Marco Beltrami

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Producer:

Beau St Clair

Sriram Das

Music Director:

Marco Beltrami

Editor:

John Gilbert

Director:

Roger Donaldson

Supporting Actress:

Olga Kurylenko

Amila Terzimehic

Eliza Taylor

Costume Designer:

Bojana Nikitovic

Art Director:

Jasna Dragovic

First Assistant Director:

Sean Guest

Second Assistant Director:

James Andrew Haven

Co-Producer:

Keith Arnold

Steve Shapiro

Director of Photography:

Romain Lacourbas

Executive Producer:

Grant Cramer

Alan Pao

Ankur Rungta

Raj Brinder Singh

Vishal Rungta

Kevin Scott Frakes

Scott Fischer

Remington Chase

Corey Large

Pierce Brosnan

Myles Nestel

Haroon Saleem

Kevan Van Thompson

Line Producer:

Andjelija Vlaisavljevic

Associate Producer:

Charles M Barsamian

Visual Effects Producer:

Vukan Buric

Casting Director:

Mary Vernieu

Aleksandar Adzic

Novelist:

Bill Granger

Sound Effects Editor:

Paul Aulicino

Assistant Editor:

Filip Dedic

Visual Effects Supervisor:

Filip Petricevic

Screenplay Writer:

Karl Gajdusek

Michael Finch

Music Editor:

Ron Finn

Production Designer:

Kevin Kavanaugh

Set Decorator:

Meg Everist

Casting Assistant:

Marisol Roncali

Makeup Artist:

Natasha Nikolic

Hair Stylist:

Jovana Jovanovic

Special Effects Coordinator:

Dusan Djevic

Jason Troughton

Special Effects Technician:

Dragan Solak

Stunt Coordinator:

Slavisa Ivanovic

Tihomir Savic

Stunt Performer:

James Cox

Sound Mixer:

Stéphane Bucher

Sound Editor:

Peter Brown

Tim Hoogenakker

Supporting Actor:

Pierce Brosnan

Luke Bracey

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The November Man Click to look into! >> Read More... is an action thriller directed by Roger Donaldson. Michael Finch and Karl Gajdusek have co-written the script for this film. This film is based on a novel titled ‘There Are No Spies’ by Bill Granger. Beau St. Clair and Sriram Das have co-produced this film. This film has been distributed under the combined banner of Relativity Media and Walt Disney Studios. Romain Lacourbas is the cinematographer, while John Gilbert is the editor of this film. This film stars Pierce Brosnan Any man envy the “Suave and Womanizer” moves of th >> Read More... and Luke Bracey Luke Bracey is a famous Australian actor. He is we >> Read More... in the lead. The supporting cast of this film includes Olga Kurylenko Olga Kurylenko was born on 14th November 1979 in U >> Read More... , Eliza Taylor Eliza Jane Taylor was born on 24 October, 1989 in >> Read More... , Caterina Scorsone, Bill Smitrovich, Will Patton, etc. The film got a theatrical release on 27 August 2014.

Plot

A former CIA agent is forced out of retirement, after a Russian activist extracts some secrets about the Russian President-elect, and is on the run. However, he faces his pupil as the main obstacle in his race to recover the activist in distress.

Star Performances

If not for Pierce Brosnan, this film is nothing but a train wreck in every sense of the word.

Apart from him, only Olga Kurylenko and Luke Bracey tried unsuccessfully to salvage this espionage thriller.

Analysis

A man has retired from his job. He was the best in business. However, an incident has forced him out of retirement. Hmm, where have we heard this before?

Wait, that is almost every random espionage drama made by Hollywood. However, ‘The November Man’ claims to be different. For starters, it is a novel adaptation that almost resembles the intense rivalry during the Cold War. We have Pierce Brosnan as a no-nonsense CIA operative. We have Olga Kurylenko as a feisty activist on the run. We even have Luke Bracey as a trigger-happy pupil of Brosnan, who is now pursuing his former teacher.

What could go wrong? Well, the movie adaptation of ‘There Are No Spies’ is anything but impressive. Even the best efforts of Pierce Brosnan cannot make up for the ludicrous storyline that this film has to offer. Of course, like every other American espionage thriller, it will show the USA as the good guys and Russians as the bad ones. If only they had focused on the screenplay as well.

As an action thriller, the film is not bad. Some sequences will make you take an interest in the project. However, the second half, as well as the ending, is so bizarre, that most of the viewers will scratch their heads in utter confusion.

What's There?

The performances of Pierce Brosnan, Olga Kurylenko and Luke Bracey
Some action sequences

What's Not There?

Choppy Editing
Ludicrous screenplay with a bizarre ending
Characters that look clueless

Verdict

'The November Man’ is an espionage drama that has the potential to do something unconventional. The wafer-thin storyline, however, proves it otherwise. Watch it, if only for the performances of Pierce Brosnan, Luke Bracey, and Olga Kurylenko

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