The Debt (2010):

Starring:

Helen Mirren - Rachel Singer (1997)

Tom Wilkinson - Stephan Gold (1997)

Ciaran Hinds - David Peretz (1997)

Jessica Chastain - Rachel Singer (1965)

Marton Csokas - Stehan Gold (1965)

Sam Worthington - David Peretz (1965)

Jesper Christensen - Doktor Bernhardt / Dieter Vogel

Director:

John Madden (Shakespeare In Love; Captain Corelli's Mandolin)

Rotten Tomatoes: 76%

Flixster: 67%

Synopsis:

The espionage thriller begins in 1997, as shocking news reaches retired Mossad secret agents Rachel and Stefan about their former colleague David. All three have been venerated for decades by their country because of the mission that they undertook back in 1966, when the trio tracked down Nazi war criminal Vogel in East Berlin. At great risk, and at considerable personal cost, the team's mission was accomplished - or was it? The suspense builds in and across two different time periods, with startling action and surprising revelations.

Review:

An incredible true story about Israeli special forces attempting to bring to justice Nazi German war criminals by sneaking into Soviet Occupied East Germany in 1965 & the after math of their encounters when the daughter of two of them writes a book about the mission in 1997. I've never seen the actual Israeli original but from what I've read this movie does it pretty good justice. Both the younger group playing out the 1965 storyline & the accomplished older group playing the "modern day" group as they deal with the things that occurred during that mission do an outstanding job. Helen Mirren is easily the sexiest person over 50, although she's not overly in this film, I'm able to look past that. The back drop of the Soviet occupied Germany is actually quite powerful especially a scene that features them attempting to escape across the train tracks at night back into West Germany while being tracked down by the Soviet military patrol.

84%

Lead Acting: 14/15
Supporting Cast: 11/15

Plot: 10/10
Compared To The Genre: 9/10

Cinematography: 15/20

Intrigue: 16/20

Extra: 9/10