Mes funérailles à Berlin

A tangled anti-Bond movie (from the creators of Bond) in the best light, a.k.a. Edna... Um, Harry “I’m the funniest cynic of the movie screen" Palmer amidst the machinery of espionage bureaucracy for a second time; and he´s even better this time around. London's bleak atmosphere from the first movie has been replaced by the equally impressive atmosphere of a divided Berlin, where no one ever trusts anyone. (10/01/2013)

A film polished to the last detail with legendary British precision! It's as good as The Ipcress File, with a very interesting plot, a brilliant Michael Caine, great dialogue, funny-dry lines, and gradually escalating tension that is so dense you couldn't even cut with a chainsaw. This is basically a first-class espionage film with a really complicated final half-hour, but which is fortunately not confusing or incomprehensible. There's just a lot that happens in it. I give five stars to Funeral in Berlin right now, although I definitely missed something of the plot, too. The next screening of the DVD will definitely fix everything. I look forward to it.__P.S. Yup, it fixed everything. (06/10/2010)