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Damascus Cover

2017

Daniel Zelik Berk

Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Olivia Thirlby, John Hurt, Jürgen Prochnow ...

4.1

254

Thriller A spy navigates the precarious terrain of love and survival during an undercover mission in Syria.

	Author	Review
United States	Stephen Dalton The Hollywood Reporter	"Berk's debut cinematic feature is overstuffed with groaningly familiar espionage tropes (...) Audiences are unlikely to be either shaken or stirred"	NEG
United States	Derek Smith Slant	"'Damascus Cover' evinces neither the sense of playfulness of even the most brooding of Bond films nor the knack for dynamic action sequences that elevates the Bourne series (…) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"	NEG
United States	Joe Leydon Variety	"Too plodding and predictable to generate anything more than a modest level of suspense; worse, it lacks enough excitement to qualify even as instantly forgettable popcorn entertainment."	NEG
United Kingdom	Amy West Empire	"The cast is ultimately let down by wooden dialogue and predictable twists (...) A forgettable spy thriller (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Helen T. Verongos The New York Times	"Timing is only one flawed aspect of this uneven movie (...) The overarching idea of 'Damascus Cover', though, provides a worthy payoff"	NEU
United Kingdom	Ian Freer Time Out	"[It] is peppered with genre clichés and hampered by dull plotting (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG

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