Post by Brad Nelson on May 31, 2020 14:45:28 GMT -8
If you like spy flicks, A Dandy in Aspic is certainly watchable. It’s got that old British feel to it, particularly because it is British.
A lot of this movie made no sense to me, such as how British agent Alexander Eberlin (Laurence Harvey) kept running into Mia Farrow. We’d need a sequel to explain that because (spoiler) she apparently is not a spy for either the Russians or the British. It’s just pure coincidence, I guess.
Eberlin is tasked with his higher-ups to find and eliminate the Soviet agent, Krasnevin (who no one has seen), who has been taking out a lot of the British spies. The problem is, Eberlin is Krasnevin. He’s a double agent.
Naturally that complicates his mission. And also complicating things is that Agent Gatiss is sent to “help” him. But Gatiss is ever only an annoyance.
This film can be enjoyed for its stylistic elements. The story is so-so for a spy thriller. But it’s very James Bondish in places, including Eberlin having an ongoing dalliance with his own Moneypenny. As another reviewer said, “flawed but with some nice individual performances.” If you like your spy thriller, you could do much worse than this.
Dumb ending? Of course it is. What did you expect? But it mars the picture not at all because this wasn’t the type of film where you expect anything but a somewhat gadgety ending where are the loose ends fall right into place and you really couldn’t care less to hear the explanations because it didn't matter anyway.
Eberlin. Alex Eberlin. Shaken, not stirred.
A lot of this movie made no sense to me, such as how British agent Alexander Eberlin (Laurence Harvey) kept running into Mia Farrow. We’d need a sequel to explain that because (spoiler) she apparently is not a spy for either the Russians or the British. It’s just pure coincidence, I guess.
Eberlin is tasked with his higher-ups to find and eliminate the Soviet agent, Krasnevin (who no one has seen), who has been taking out a lot of the British spies. The problem is, Eberlin is Krasnevin. He’s a double agent.
Naturally that complicates his mission. And also complicating things is that Agent Gatiss is sent to “help” him. But Gatiss is ever only an annoyance.
This film can be enjoyed for its stylistic elements. The story is so-so for a spy thriller. But it’s very James Bondish in places, including Eberlin having an ongoing dalliance with his own Moneypenny. As another reviewer said, “flawed but with some nice individual performances.” If you like your spy thriller, you could do much worse than this.
Dumb ending? Of course it is. What did you expect? But it mars the picture not at all because this wasn’t the type of film where you expect anything but a somewhat gadgety ending where are the loose ends fall right into place and you really couldn’t care less to hear the explanations because it didn't matter anyway.
Eberlin. Alex Eberlin. Shaken, not stirred.
