PREVIEW: All The Old Knives (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Chris Pine (Hell or High Water), Thandiwe Newton (Crash), Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix), Jonathan Pryce (Brazil), Gala Gordon (White Island), Corey Johnson (Captain Phillips), Colin Stinton (Rush), Ahd Kamel (Wadjda), David Bedella (Alexander)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Janus Metz (Borg vs. McEnroe), director; Olen Steinhauer (film debut), writer; Mark Gordon (Saving Private Ryan), Matt Jackson (The Trial of the Chicago 7), Paula Mae Schwartz (Killing Them Softly), Steve Schwartz (The Road) and Nick Wechsler (The Counsellor), producers; Jon Ekstrand (Child 44) and Rebekka Karijord (I Am Greta), composers; Charlotte Bruus Christensen (A Quiet Place), cinematographer; Mark Eckersley (I Care a Lot) and Per Sandholt (Land of Mine), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Henry (Pine) and Celia (Newton) are two CIA spies, and former lovers who reunite in Vienna. They learn that the CIA has launched an investigation into a terrorist hijacking that ended disastrously, which they believe to have been because of a mole inside Henry and Celia’s unit, causing both to confront their biggest fears as they attempt to unearth the truth…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Chris Pine and Thandiwe Newton dial up both the intensity and the intimacy in this gripping spy thriller from the mind of best-selling author Olen Steinhauer, who adapts his own book into a compelling screenplay.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 8TH APRIL 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE, AND STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON AMAZON PRIME VIDEO

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