Ensofter Overrated and overhyped

ChanBot i must have seen a different film!!

UnowPriceless hyped garbage

Aneesa Wardle The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

devicecontext-85955 I understand that this movie targets English-speaking audience behind the proverbial iron curtain. Still a female aid to prospect Russian president driving Niva SUV is something hard to believe. In fact this is pretty lame. And I am not discussing her fake boobs on top of her unbelievably horrible Russian. Guys, spend a few bucks and hire a decent voice-over, Brighton New York perhaps? As a consolation, a few counter-part Russian movies showing Americans I tried to watch, they are way more lame than this one.Russian agent-murderess, her outstanding hooter immediately and obviously reveals her evil nature. Other than that, action, suspense and everything else required for creating a spy story are all present. Still too much of a caricature. Watch The Bourne Supremacy instead.

inspectors71 I've seen this movie before. To be more accurate, I've seen lots of spy stories, and The November Man is nothing original, but the pacing and the plot twists make for a dandy couple hours of thrills and spills.The viewer, so often the victim of clichéd crap in the theater or on TV, can rest assured that Roger Donaldson, who has made everything from The Bounty to the awful remake of Peckinpah's The Getaway, from gory science fiction (Species) to historical fiction (Thirteen Days), will deliver a journeyman effort.Even if there are no major push-backs against the Hollywood cliché machine.There is a moment in the movie that Pierce Brosnan's character warns his protégé that he can either be "a human or a taker of human life," he can't be both. This is the sort of extra sprinkle of intelligence that makes The November Man a cut above. And the cut that happens right after that comment is enough to make the viewer gasp with horror.I watched The November Man last night, and I found myself not wanting to do chores (easy ones at that) because I wanted to immerse myself in the story.For the life of me, I can't think of a better recommendation than that. The next time USA Network shows it, sit down, put the dishes and the laundry off for awhile, and enjoy a good, solid spy story.And don't pay for it! I didn't see TNM uncut, but I don't think I missed anything critical from the edited-for-television version.

celtic451 I thought this was a great movie. Excellent acting, excellent plot. I thought this was perhaps Pierce's best acting ever. He was very focused on his character and it was very believable acting on his part. And Olga is always a very believable rock solid actress. The plot was very interesting and had a great supporting cast. I also thought it was interesting to see the different locations the story took the viewer to as well. The dude that played the 2nd lead did a great job as well and I liked how they presented his character with all of the complications that his profession came with, and how that job would affect your conscience and the inner conflict of what kind of a person you think you are, what you were, where you are going, and what can you do to affect where you will end up as a person. I thought it was a great movie in every way and a rock solid 10.

bookmangee "There Are No Spies" (1986) by Bill Granger was an exceptional thriller about retired spy Devereaux being called back to service to dig up a Soviet mole. "The November Man," the movie based on the novel, is an abomination.In itself, the film is a mediocre-to-fair production with standard action, twists and subterfuge, worthy of 5 stars on the 10-star scale. It's the underlying story that's the problem. The movie turns Granger's tale on its head by making America the villain in an impossibly far-fetched plot.How bad is "The November Man"? I wouldn't be surprised if Russian despot Vladimir Putin bankrolled this movie.