"Secret Agent" is a high-scoring action comedy released in 2015, the film story is set in the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, originally the two countries were strongly competitive and hostile, but because of the common goal, to prevent a mysterious international terrorist organization from spreading and popularizing nuclear weapons, respectively, the strongest agents of the two countries were sent to cooperate, one second is still an enemy, the next second becomes a partner born into death.
The story features two male protagonists, Henry Cavill and Amy Hammer, who play Ace Agents of the United States and the Soviet Union, respectively, with very different personalities and aesthetics.
Henry Cavill is the kind of agent who has to be handsome no matter what he does, and pays great attention to his behavior and image, like when he learns that he has been drugged, the first thing he does is not to panic to find an antidote or flee the scene, but to lie down first, because he is afraid that he will be hit and leave scars after fainting, and his strength is to master the Chinese and stealing techniques, and hook many women by his oily and slippery tongue.
Amy Hammer plays a smiling, serious agent, with an irritable personality, coupled with a very human-like tall physique, like a perfect killing machine, in addition to speaking a Russian English, I personally like this accent very much, it sounds super comfortable, the mood is super good, like Tom Hardy in "Child 44", although the movie plot is not good, but the charming accent alone is worth it!
The biggest feature of this film is also my favorite, that is, the director has handled every small detail very "style", open the safe, sit on the electric shock chair, faint before, escape, chase the enemy, etc., each actor's behavior is very high-quality, I even think, with him breathing the same air, drinking the same boiled water, why the two male protagonists show their hands and feet to exude irresistible charm!
This film often uses the "micro-flashback method" in the narrative, that is, the results that occur after 10 minutes are first told, which arouses the curiosity and surprise of the audience, and then goes back to explain why this is so, although the director plays with his curiosity and is unwilling, but it is really enjoyable to watch the movie
Director Guy Richie has been attracting my attention since the beginning of the "Sherlock Holmes" film series, and it is clear that he is very good at dealing with this kind of "male" drama, such as Sherlock Holmes and Watson on the "base plot"!
The relationship between the Ace agents of the United States and the Soviet Union is both competition and cooperation, and it is also a lot of interesting and laughable fragments, but I have to say that the director's handling of the action scene is not very skilled, it should be said that it is very unaccustomed to the audience, may be in order to shorten the length of the plot, often a picture is divided into several pieces, so that the audience does not know which actor to focus on, resulting in a dilemma that many details want to see clearly, but the result is that no details are seen.
Overall, I give "Secret Agent" a very high evaluation, not only the plot is very compact, but also often interspersed with some funny dialogue, the most important thing is that the "appearance of each character in the film is very high". In today's society, watching movies is a visual entertainment, and I think this film has done it completely!