For the new movie "Black Bag", what is most significant is the extensive list of named actors in this production: Michael Fassbender, Cate Blanchett, Naomie Harris, Regé-Jean Page, Pierce Brosnan, and Gustaf Skarsgård.
This film violates the #1 rule of screenwriting - "Show Don't Tell", as this screenplay is almost 100% dialogue. This is a movie about a complex series of events involving a group of spies that requires the complete attention of the audience, due to the many twists and turns, the number of characters, and the complex dialogue. The main spy, Kathryn St. Jean, played by Blanchett, might be a mole in the agency, and her husband George Woodhouse, played by Fassbender spends the majority of this movie trying to find out if his wife is a counter-spy. Unfortunately, a spy movie with limited action scenes can become boring after about an hour - with the good news being that this film is only 93 minutes long, with a very unusual and abrupt ending that I did not like.
I cannot understand the extremely high ratings for this movie, directed by Steven Soderbergh of 97% on Rotten Tomatoes, with my rating only 75% and a passable review, only because of the acting and the number of well known actors.
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