Directed by Steven Spielberg, co-written by the Coen brothers and staring Tom Hanks, this film has a lot going for it on paper.
Based on a true story, Hanks plays an American insurance lawyer recruited by the CIA to negotiate the recue of a US pilot detained in the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
It's getting great reviews (this four star review in the Sydney Morning Herald, for example) but for me, it's a thriller than never actually got thrilling. It builds to a considerable crescendo but I never ever had that edge-of-your-seat, will-they-won't-they? feeling that comes with a good thriller.
Hanks is fantastic (der) but regardless, I didn't walk out of this film thinking it was amazing or even great. Just good.
Trailer here. In cinemas now.