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The reason why I say this is because I’ve just seen a trailer for Spy Game. I have to admit loving this film, well I don’t have to but I want to. I’ve seen it so many times and I can’t tell you specifically why I love it. It’s far from being a warm and fuzzy film, it’s got more ups and downs that a roman road but it’s a damn good film.

I guess because I remember Brad Pitt is in it. Now whilst Brad Pitt could be concieved as eye candy, I don’t think he’s a particularly good actor in most of his films. There are very few films I like him in, there are probably even few that I own. For some reason I think he plays the part of Tom Bishop in Spy Game extremely well.

The film is one that pulls you in, from the present and back to the start of a working relationship with two men. You see someone’s life through another’s eyes, how his life is put on the line and how lies can affect a person. You can watch the film without looking at your watch once. To me that’s a sign of a good film, I’m sure I’ve mentioned this before.

Maybe it’s because it’s got Robert Redford in the film. Maybe the script was very well written, maybe the casting agent did a fantastic job. I just don’t know. I also don’t know why I would rate this film so highly. The characters have none of the quirky amusing features that you might find of their parts in other films like Sneakers or Ocean’s 11. They do however perform amazingly well. I guess like Keanu Reeves who was put on this earth to play edgy action characters like that in Speed, the Matrix or Point Break but appears to do so un-willingly, Brad Pitt should also do the same. True Romance was awful, Thelma and Louise was the worst film ever made (well tying closely to Titanic), Twelve Monkey’s… what was that about?!?

Anyway, instead of reading this about my thoughts on Spy Game, watch it, it’s on Channel 5 sometime in the next week, I’m sure you’ll enjoy it.