Réalisation:
Brad AndersonScénario:
Tony GilroyPhotographie:
Björn CharpentierMusique:
John DebneyActeurs·trices:
Jon Hamm, Rosamund Pike, Shea Whigham, Idir Chender, Larry Pine, Dean Norris, Mark Pellegrino, Jonny Coyne, Kate Fleetwood, Alon Aboutboul (plus)VOD (3)
Résumés(1)
Beyrouth, 1972. Diplomate américain, Mason Skiles organise une réception, en présence de sa femme et de Karim, orphelin libanais de 13 ans que le couple espère adopter. Mais le cocktail est perturbé par l'arrivée du meilleur ami de Mason, l'agent de la CIA Cal Riley, porteur de nouvelles inquiétantes concernant Karim. Quelques secondes plus tard, des terroristes font irruption et ouvrent le feu sur les convives. Les conséquences sont terribles. (Warner Bros. FR)
(plus)Critiques (2)
Since I watched two espionage dramas from Netflix production in a row, I had something to compare this with. Unlike The Angel, Beirut employs well-known actor stars – especially Rosamund Pike, but Jon Hamm is also good. But here the espionage is over and done with rather quickly and after that, nothing exciting happens that would knock you off your seat. And the ending doesn’t add much. Mildly interesting but forgettable.
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Gilroy’s classic that lacks sufficiently distinctive directing. Beirut in the 1980s was like a frying pan filled with hot oil and information was like a good cut of meat. A wreck of a political negotiator re-enters the game to recover a guy whose head is full of high-quality veal and who, coincidentally, killed the negotiator’s wife by mistake a few years prior… A classic Cold War clash of espionage agencies in the war-torn capital of Lebanon. Hamm is great – his role fits him like a glove.
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