spy movies

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Ronin - (1998 movie) poster

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0122690/

A freelancing former U.S. Intelligence Agent tries to track down a mysterious package that is wanted by the Irish and the Russians.

Moody and consistently-good. Lots of car chases.



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Heart of Stone - (2023 movie) image

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13603966/
https://www.netflix.com/title/81416533

Following agents of a supercomputer.

It's incredibly dark, and I don't mean it's all moody and shit; it's so damned dim it's hard to make most things out.



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The Equalizer 3 - (2023 movie) poster

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17024450/

A man with particular skills find himself among honest townsfolk gripped by criminals.

Simple and reasonably entertaining. Recommended especially for the people who like gritty low-tech spy-superhero movies.

  • Trailer
  • Set in Italy, so there is some spoken Italian.



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La Femme Nikita - (1990 movie) poster

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100263/

A woman is swept into the life of an assassin.

A classic, and really awesome, movie.

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The Net - (1995 movie) poster

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113957/

A beta tester stumbles into software with a back door also used by high-level hackers.

In many respects it aged poorly, but it has a reasonable core message.

  • Trailer
  • Inappropriately rated: Suicide



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Disambiguation: Anna - (2013 movie)

Anna - (2019 movie) poster

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7456310/

A drug addict is swept up into extremely high stakes modelling.

The constant time travel is annoying as fuck, but it's a requirement for it. I don't like that part of things, but it's otherwise quite good.

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Mission꞉ Impossible 2 - (2000 movie) poster

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120755/

A reverse-documentary about covid where the good guys win.

Maybe in it's time it was good, but I tuned out. I guess I'll watch the rest of the series, but this comes off as forgettably-episodic. Recommended only for people who like the first one, and who would like a bubblegum version of the samey "safe" spy/crime movies.

  • Properly titled Mission: Impossible 2
  • stylized as M:I-2
  • Trailer



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