Tagline: The Code
has never been compromised. Until now.
Cusack Plays: CIA
Operative Emerson Kent
After a black ops killing job gone wrong Cusack is sent over
to England to watch over a remote number station and to pal up with one of the
ladies who works in it. A number station, for those not au fait with clandestine
broadcasting techniques is a sort of radio station which broadcasts sequences
of numbers which are then picked up by agents and decoded to get their orders. One
has to assume this is some sort of well paying job, because seriously who wants
to sit in an underground bunker and read out lists of numbers for a living?
Especially when you’re the gorgeous Malin Akerman.
Cusack and Akerman turn up for work one day - all
is not well and people start shooting at them – what follows is them listening
back to the recording of the last shift, and trying to piece together what’s
going on and undo the wrongs that have been done – spoiler – essentially someone sending out some unauthorized
lists of numbers which translate to orders to kill people.
If you
like guns, lists of numbers and people using words like 'cypher' you will be all over this bad boy. And for the
rest of you, I wouldn’t bother unless I have somehow made that synopsis sound tantalising. Cusack
and Akerman's acting talents probably elevate this slightly
above other similar films, and they both enjoy a lot of screen time as we don’t
see too many other characters, especially when they are in the bunker. Having been binge watching Game of Thrones of late
though I did notice ‘Married to her Dad’ Gilly near the start and "Onion Knight" Davos as one of
Cusack’s fellow agents.
Looking ahead, this weekend sees the release of The Frozen Ground where Cusack plays a serial killer. I have to say I’m pretty tired of
seeing him play killers and cops though so looking forward to “The Butler” where he
plays Richard Nixon…
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