The November Man Rating 6.5 out of 10 I thought this movie looked interesting from the trailers. Ive missed Pierce Brosnan since he quit being Bond, James Bond. He defines the word suave and is a pretty good actor to boot. I was a bit nervous when I saw the movie was getting tanked in reviews (scoring only a 36% on rottentomatoes) but I powered through and for the most part was glad I did. Brosnan is Peter Devereaux, the top CIA agent. Nicknamed the November Man because when he goes in to a situation not a bad man survives. Not sure what that has to do with November but Ill buy it. When an OP goes bad and a small child is killed Peter decides to hang up his boots and 9MM and retire to a nice island with a view. Dang, as luck would have it after several years he is drawn back in for one last mission. The man about to become the new Russian leader amazingly enough was a very bad guy when he was a general in their army. As he is getting close to becoming the leader he starts killing off people that know about all the skeletons in his closet. He is down to one lady who knows the worst of the worst of what he has done. Peter is there to save her from assassins and now needs to keep her alive until they can out the bad guy. Yes, the movie is full of cliches. His old CIA buddies are now after him also led by the young buck he trained. If you can watch the movie with rose colored glasses like my movie buddy Ted Daniels (who also defines suave) you can overlook the cliches and love the movie. I thought the movie was interesting. The action was good and lots of good actors I like. I was entertained. I would recommend this movie for an early show or a good rental.
Posted on: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 15:56:49 +0000