![]() ![]() The sense of urgency that Sydney Pollack the director, wants us to feel is one big jolt of exhilarating dose that we wolfishly mug up and later regret on. With only its first act, delivering and respecting the genre the film claims to be, the tone shifting in its latter acts is something that is not easy to nod along with. As far as the thrills are concerned, they come in cheap. Not a witty film but a superficial one, not satisfying but soothing. And as we all can see in here, most probably this is his major asset. Even in a story of crime, betrayal and mystery like such, he cannot help himself lean towards crafting out a love story. Three Days Of Condor Pollack has been into romance before anything. Pollack has been into romance before anything. Actually the movie could be the rare case were they changed the plot to a more original idea. Bonus knowledge: It is based on the book “Six days of the Condor” by James Grady which is different enough to be worth reading. ![]() I give an 8/10 and recommend it for being something different that the trope of the unmatched special agent like James Bond, Jason Bourne or all the others. ![]() Also it is realistic enough that I question myself if something similar can happen in real life. Overall this was a nice movie with a good mystery and great actors. Other than that I see no serious weaknesses. They fully deliver their roles and improve the movie. We have a strong performance from Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Max von Sydow and Cliff Robertson. Aside the story a lot of my enjoyment came from the strong cast. A bonus for the interesting ending but also a warning as I can see others hate this. Also the struggles, twists and story are as immersive as entertaining. I like the story a lot because as viewer you have the same questions as the protagonist. This is the start of a cat and mouse game as he does not know who he can trust, what has happened and atop of that has no real training that can help him (He is an analyst not a spy or agent). All his colleagues are murdered and he has no clue why. However when Joe returns one day to the office after getting lunch for everyone he end s in a real nightmare. However he is no agent as he and his colleagues just read books, magazines, novels and newspapers for ideas, potential dangers and risks. It is the story of Joe Turner who works for the CIA. However when Joe returns one day to the office after getting An interesting thriller / spy movie. ![]()
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