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Mar 24, 2018
This is a cool rollercoaster of a spy thriller, with a superior performance I thought from James McAvoy. It may not be entirely academic for the period (see "The Lives of Others" if you haven't), but the action sequences are really visceral, both Siouxsie Sioux & Depeche Mode made the soundtrack, & you do get a feel for the cultural flow & complexity of Berlin at the time. At one point a man approaches Broughton in a bar & she snarls at him, "I'm not speaking German tonite." Among a few other moments the ending *really annoyed me, but it's still overflowing with badazz style & choreography, & she's a hero with a heart. Bonus material: IKEA lamp fight...!? CR