A
veteran actor in the lead with a newcomer as his ‘student? CHECK! Car
chases? CHECK! Car crashes? CHECK! Cars blown up? Check! An enemy who is
the hero’s friend? CHECK! Doubles crosses? CHECK! People having
secrets? CHECK! A pretty woman or three? CHECK! Bodies pile up as movie
goes on? CHECK! A lot of computer work? CHECK! A lot of cell phones
used? CHECK! And then disposed of? CHECK! A female villain in a
non-James Bond film dressed in black leather and made up severely?
CHECK! CIA? CHECK! Russian bad guys? CHECK! A ‘hot’ sex scene between
two young leads? CHECK!
Hey folks does this tell
you that “The November Man” is a spy thriller? It is and for that reason
alone leave your logic checked at the door and don’t ask any questions.
Sit back in your chair and watch Pierce Brosnan, playing a less suave
James Bond, shoot 10 guys, with guns, in a row without getting a
scratch, though he does have a few scratches later on. His trainee, Luke
Bracey, does the shower scene that Brosnon would have done 30 years ago
while Olga Kurylenko is the 21st century idea of a femme fatale. Along
the way are Mediha Musliovic, Bill Smitrovich, Will Patton, Lazar
Ristovski and others playing both sides of the fences. Oh yes, something
added to spy thrillers now, there is a big fight and chase between two
females.