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Duration 2h 2m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: PG-13, Denmark: 11 Source of story A screenplay based apparently on a TV pilot which was not picked up Director Simon Kinberg Writers/Script Theresa Rebeck, Simon Kinberg Starring Jessica Chastain, Penélope Cruz, Bingbing Fan, Diane Kruger, Lupita Nyong’o, Sebastian Stan, Edgar Ramirez, Jason Flemyng, Ratings IMDb: 5.6/10 by … Continue reading
Duration 1h 30m Ratings UK: NA, USA: R, Norway: 12 Source of story An original screenplay Director Grant S. Johnson Writers/Script Mike Langer, Tyler W. Konney Starring Dermot Mulroney, Katie Cassidy, Jason Isaacs, Barkhad Abdi, Mel Gibson Ratings IMDb: 4.1/10 by 3.5k people. Rotten Tomatoes: 4.0/10 by 14 reviewers. Review2view: 2/10. A View: This film … Continue reading
Duration 2h 3m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: PG-13, Denmark: 11 Source of story The 1981 film, and the novel related to it both by Robert Littell. Director James Hawes Writers/Script Ken Nolan, Gary Spinelli Starring Rami Malek, Rachel Brosahan, Holt McCallany, Michael Stuhlbarg, Laurence Fishburne Ratings IMDb: 6.7/10 by 6.8k people. Rotten Tomatoes: 5.9/10 by … Continue reading
Duration 2h 43m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: PG-13, Denmark: 11 Source of story A screenplay using the format and characters from previous MI films. Director Christopher McQuarrie Writers/Script Christopher McQuarrie, Erik Jendresen Starring Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Vanessa Kirby, Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Henry Czerny, Shea Whigham,Mark Gatiss, Ratings … Continue reading
Duration 1h 36m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Netherlands: 12 Source of story An original screenplay Director Po-Chih Leong Writers/Script Martin Wheeler Starring Wesley Snipes, William Hope, Silvia Colloca, Ratings IMDb: 4.7/10 by 4.6k people. Rotten Tomatoes: 3/10 by 2 reviewers. Review2view 4.5/10. The Plot of The Detonator: Sonni Griffith is an undercover CIA agent … Continue reading
Duration 2h 11m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Denmark: 15 Source of story An original screenplay set within real events mostly during WWI Director Matthew Vaughn Writers/Script Matthew Vaughn, Karl Gajdusek Starring Djimon Hounsou, Ralph Fiennes, Matthew Goode, Charles Dance, Harris Dickinson, Gemma Arterton, Rhys Ifans, Tom Hollander, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Stanley Tucci, Ratings IMDb: 7.3/10 … Continue reading
Duration 1h 29m Ratings UK: 12, USA: PG-13, Denmark: 15 Source of story The British fantasy TV series of the same name featuring Steed and Mrs Peel. Director Jeremiah S. Chechik Writers/Script Sydney Newman, Don MacPherson Starring Ralph Fiennes, Uma Therman, Sean Connery, Patrick Macnee, Jim Broadbent, Fiona Shaw, Eddie Izzard, Eileen Atkins, Keeley Hawes, … Continue reading
Duration 1h 50m Ratings UK: Not released, USA: R, Spain: 16 Source of story A 2010 book of the same name by Paul Lindsay Director Renny Harlin Writers/Script Pete Travis, Hanna Weg Starring Aaron Eckhart, Nina Dobrev, Clifton Collins Jr, Tim Blake Nelson, Oliver Trevena, Ratings IMDb: 5.2/10 by 10k people. Rotten Tomatoes: 48% by … Continue reading
Duration 2h 13m Ratings UK: 15, USA: PG-13, Denmark: 16 Source of story An original screenplay with apparently some elements of a Fleming short story. Director John Glen Writers/Script Michael G. Wilson, Richard Maibaum Starring Timothy Dalton, Carey Lowell, Robert Davi, Talisa Soto, Benicio del Toro, Desmond Llewelyn, David Hedison, Anthony Zerbe, Ratings IMDb: 6.7/10 … Continue reading
Duration 2h 19m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: PG-13, Sweden: 11 Source of story A not very original screenplay as a riff on the Bond “spy” genre Director Matthew Vaughn Writers/Script Jason Fuchs Starring Henry Cavill, Dua Lipa, Richard E. Grant, John Cena, Bryce Dallas Howard, Catherine O’Hara, Sam Rockwell, Bryan Cranston, Samuel L. Jackson, Ratings … Continue reading
Duration 2h 30m Ratings UK: PG-13, USA: PG-13, Denmark: 11 Source of story An original screenplay Director Christopher Nolan Writers/Script Christopher Nolan Starring John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Dimple Kapadia, Sir Michael Caine, Elizabeth Debicki, Ratings IMDb: 7.3/10 by 578k people. Rotten Tomatoes: 69% by 375 reviewers. Review2view: 7/10. Plot of TENET: A secret service … Continue reading
Duration 2h 21m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Denmark: 15 Source of story These films are based on a comic book “The Secret Service”. Now renamed Kingsman. Director Matthew Vaughn Writers/Script Jane Goldman, Matthew Vaughn Starring Taron Egerton, Mark Strong, Hanna Alström, Tobi Bakare, Julianne Moore, Keith Allen, Colin Firth, Michael Gambon, Channing Tatum, Halle … Continue reading
Duration 1h 38m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Sweden: 15 Source of story Frederick Forsyth’s book of the same name. Director John Mackenzie Writers/Script Geroge Axelrod, Frederick Forsyth Starring Michael Caine, Pierce Brosnan, Joanna Cassidy, Michael Gough, Ray McAnally, Ian Richardson, Anton Rogers, Ronald Pickup, Ned Beatty, Ratings IMDb: 6.5/10 by 10,277 people. Rotten Tomatoes: … Continue reading
Duration 1h 57m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Denmark: 11 Source of story A not very original screenplay Director Susanna Fogel Writers/Script Susanna Fogel, David Iserson Starring Justin Theroux, Mila Kunis, Kate McKinnon, Sam Heugan, Gillian Anderson, Jane Curtin, James Fleet, Ivanna Sakhno, Ratings IMDb: 6/10 by 77,366 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 49% by 208 reviewers. Review2view: … Continue reading
Duration 1h 38m Ratings UK: PG, USA: PG, Denmark: 7 Source of story A story based on the characters in the first two films. Some have said that the plot is identical to that in the first film. Director David Kerr Writers/Script William Davies Starring Kevin Eldon, Emma Thompson, Rowan Atkinson, Michael Gambon, Charles Dance, … Continue reading
Duration 1h 53m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Norway: 10 Source of story Loosely based on a book by Christopher Robbins Director Roger Spottiswood Writers/Script John Eskow, Richard Rush Starring Mel Gibson, Robert Downey Jr, Nancy Travis, Ken Jenkins, Lane Smith, Burt Kwouk, Ratings IMDb: 5.8/10 by 28,512 people . Rotten Tomatoes: 13% by 15 reviewers. … Continue reading
Duration 1h 47m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: PG-13, Denmark: 11 Source of story This is almost a franchise, so the story lifts off from the previous xXx outings. Director D.J. Caruso Writers/Script F.Scott Frazier based on characters by Rich Wilkes Starring Vin Diesel, Donnie Yen, Deepika Padukone, Kris Wu, Rubt Rose, Nina Dobrev, Toni Collette, … Continue reading
Duration 1h 38m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Spain: 16 Source of story An original screenplay in the Luc Bresson style. Director Luc Bresson Writers/Script Luc Bresson Starring Sasha Luss, Helen Mirren, Luke Evans, Cillian Murphy, Lera Abova, Ratings IMDb: 6.7/10 by 73,523 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 34% by 71 reviewers. Review2view: 7.5/10 Elevator Pitch: this is … Continue reading
Duration 1h 51m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: PG-13, Spain: 12 Source of story An original screenplay Director Joe Wright Writers/Script Seth Lochhead, David Farr Starring Saoirse Ronan, Eric Bana, Cate Blanchett, Michelle Dockery, Olivia Williams, Jason Flemyng, Tom Hollander, Ratings IMDb: 6.8/10 by 195k people. Rotten Tomatoes: 71% by 230 reviewers. Review2view: 7/10 . Elevator Pitch: … Continue reading
R2V Summary. A wonderful opening sequence before the title, but downhill from there. Duration 2h 40m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: PG-13, Denmark: 11, Source of story Characters by Ian Fleming and the last 15 years of Bond Director Cary Joji Fukunaga Writers/Script Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, Cary Joji Fukunaga, Phoebe Waller-Bridge Starring Daniel Craig, Léa … Continue reading
Duration 1h 55m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: PG-13, Denmark: 11 Source of story A direct continuation of Bourne 2 all following novels by Robert Ludlum Director Paul Greengrass Writers/Script Tony Gilroy, Scott Z. Burns, George Nolfi Starring Matt Damon, Julia Stiles, David Strathairn, Scott Glenn, Paddy Considine, Edgar Ramirez, Albert Finney, Joan Allen, Scott Adkins, … Continue reading
Duration 2h 10m Ratings UK: 15, USA: PG-13, Denmark: 16 Source of story A complete fabrication using the name of Ian Fleming’s house in Jamaica. Director Martin Campbell Writers/Script Michael France, Jeffrey Caine, Bruce Feirstein Starring Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean, Izabella Scorupco, Famke Janssen, Joe Don Baker, Judi Dench, Robbie Coltrain, Alan Cumming, Desmond Llewelyn, … Continue reading
Duration 1h 47m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: PG-13, Denmark: 11, Source of story An original screenplay Director Rawson Marshall Thurber Writers/Script Ike Barinholtz, David Stassen, Rawson Marshall Thurber Starring Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Amy Ryan, Danielle Nicolet, Jason Bateman, Aaron Paul, Thomas Kretschmann, Melissa McCarthy, Megan Park, Ratings IMDb: 6.3 by 164,767 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 71% … Continue reading
Duration 1h 34m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Denmark: 15 Source of story Based on a series of novels by Duncan Falconer Director Simon West Writers/Script Warren Davis II, Duncan Falconer Starring Dominic Cooper, Austin Stowell, Gemma Chan, Connie Nielsen, Tom Felton, Thomas Kretchmann, Derek Jacobi, Ratings IMDb: 4.8 by 4,673 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 0% by … Continue reading
Duration 1h 37m Ratings UK: 13, USA: PG-13, Spain: 13, Source of story This film apparently derived from a 1960s US TV series of the same name with the same constituents. Director Betty Thomas Writers/Script Marianne Wibberley, Cormac Wibberley, Jay Scherick, David Ronn Starring Eddie Murphy, Owen Wilson, Famke Janssen, Malcolm McDowell, Gary Cole, Sugar Ray … Continue reading
Duration 2h 28m Ratings UK: 12, USA: PG-13, Norway: 12, Source of story Using the characters developed by Ian Fleming and riffing off the previous Bond 23, a new screenplay unrelated to any Fleming story. Director Sam Mendes Writers/Script John Logan, Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, Jez Butterworth Starring Daniel Craig, Chrsitoph Waltz, Léa Seydoux, Ralph … Continue reading
Duration 1h 55m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Spain: 12. Source of story Based on a novel of the same name by David Lagercrantz using characters developed by Stieg Larsson Director Fede Alvarez Writers/Script Jay Basu, Fede Alvarez, Steven Knight Starring Claire Foy, Sverrir Gudnason, LaKeith Stanfield, Sylvia Hoeks, Stephen Merchant, Christopher Covvery, and a lot … Continue reading
Duration 2h 23m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: PG-13, Nearly everywhere 12ish. Source of story An original screenplay using the characters developed by Ian Fleming and preivous Bonds. Director Sam Mendes, Writers/Script Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, John Logan Starring Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Bérénice Mariohe, Albert Finney, Ben Whshaw, Rory Kinnear, … Continue reading
Duration 1h 45m Ratings UK: 12A, USA: PG-13, Spain: 7, Source of story Despite the title, an original screenplay Director Greg Mottola Writers/Script Michael LeSieur Starring Zach Galifianakis, Isla Fisher, Jon Hamm, Gal Gadot, Matt Walsh, Patton Oswalt, Ming Zhao, Ratings IMDb: 5.9 by 56,838 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 20% by 122 reviewers. Elevator Pitch: Jeff … Continue reading
Duration 1h 38m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Spain 16. Source of story An original screenplay Director Michael Apted Writers/Script Peter O’Brien Starring Noomi Rapace, Orlando Bloom, Toni Collette, John Malkovich, Michael Douglas, Ratings IMDb: 6.3 by 28,504 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 26% by 57 reviewers. Elevator Pitch: CIA interrogator Alice Racine, a lady with a … Continue reading
Duration 1h 34m Ratings UK: 18, USA: R, Canada: 14A, Source of story A not very original screenplay. Story Graham Roland, Lea Carpenter Director Peter Berg Writers/Script Lea Carpenter Starring Mark Walberg, Lauren Cohen, Iko Uwais, John Malkovitch, Ronda Rousey, Sam Medina, Ratings IMDb: 6.1 by 63,668 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 23% by 189 reviewers. Elevator Pitch: … Continue reading
Duration 1h 33m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Source of story A 1977 book of the same name by Howard Kaplan Director Daniel Zelik Berk Writers/Script Daniel Zelik Berk, Samantha Newton Starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Olivia Thirlby, Jurgen Prochnow, John Hurt, Ratings IMDb: 5.2 by 2186 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 14% by 22 reviewers. Elevator Pitch: In … Continue reading
Duration 1h 45m Rating (UK) 12A Source of story The character created by author Tom Clancy Director Kenneth Branagh Writers/Script Adam Cozad, David Koepp Starring Chris Pine, Keira Knightley, Kevin Cosner, Kenneth Branagh, Gemma Chan, David Hayman, Elevator Pitch: Jack Ryan, a CIA agent working in Wall Street in deep cover as a financial analyst, … Continue reading
Duration 2h 1m Source of story Based on the TV series of the same name by Michael Slone, and to an extent on the first film. Director Antoine Fuqua Writers/Script Richard Wenk Starring Denzel Washington, Pedro Pascal, Ashton Sanders, Bill Pullman, Melissa Leo, Evelator Pitch: Robert McCall is an ex black ops man who in … Continue reading
Duration 2h 11m Rating (UK) 12A Source of story A newish screenplay using the characters form the previous films and the concept from the TV series. Director Christopher McQuarrie Writers/Script Christopher McQuarrie, Drew Pearce Starring Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Ving Rhames, Sean Harris, Simon McBruney, Tom Hollander, Alec Baldwin, Elevator Pitch: … Continue reading
Duration 2h 11m Rating (UK) PG Source of story Apparently only part of the title of an Ian Fleming short story was used. Director John Glen Writers/Script Richard Maibaum, Michael G. Wilson Starring Roger Moore, Christopher Walken, Tanya Roberts, Grace Jones, Patrick Macnee, David Yip, Fiona Fullerton, Desmond Llewelyn, Lois Maxwell, Walter Gotell, Geoffrey Keen, … Continue reading
Duration 2h 11m Rating (UK) PG Source of story The title from an Ian Fleming short story – the content more or less original. Director John Glen Writers/Script George MacDonald Fraser, Richard Maibaum, Michael G. Wilson Starring Roger Moore, Maud Adams, Kristina Wayborn, Kabir Bedi, Steven Berkoff, Desmond Llewelyn, Robert Brown, Lois Maxwell, Walter Gotell, … Continue reading
Duration 2h 12m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story A development of a TV series “The Equaliser” starring Edward Woodward and created by Michael Sloan and Richard Lindheim Director Antoine Fuqua Writers/Script Richard Wenk Starring Denzel Washington, Marton Csokas, Chloë Grace Moretz, David Harbour, Bill Pullman, Melissa Leo, Elevator Pitch: A man working in a … Continue reading
Duration 1h 56m Rating (UK) 12A Source of story A TV series of the same name which ran for four seasons in the 1960s, created by Sam Rolfe Director Guy Ritchie Writers/Script Guy Richie, Lionel Wigram (Story by Jeff Kleeman, David C. Wilson, Guy Richie, Lionel Wigram) Starring Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander, Elizabeth … Continue reading
Duration 1h 50m Rating (UK) PG Source of story A book of the same name, and at this stage in the franchise much of the content, written by Ian Fleming Director Guy Hamilton Writers/Script Richard Maibaum, Paul Dehn Starring Sean Connery, Gert Fröbe, Honor Blackman, Shirley Eaton, Tania Mallet, Harold Sakata, Bernard Lee, Lois Maxwell, … Continue reading
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