One About History and Cold War

Rating: 9/10 (21 November 2015)

What is about history and Cold War that hopefully will never again be repeated. As it is about a spy named Rudolf Abel played by would be Oscar shoo in, Mark Rylance, from the U.S.S.R. that is arrested and faces possible execution for espionage like the Rosenberg couple.
But he shows no fear in what he is about to face. Still Tom Hanks who plays the noble and upstanding James Donovan the case falls into his lap. Despite the ridicule he is facing and possible loss of his job and even family.
Still he will not take no for an answer despite being "forced" into it and doing the right thing over defending Abel, who says people like him deserve a proper defense.
But the proper jury and trial the USA does not want in the height of the Cold War. But when a pilot named from the USA, Francis Gary Powers played by Austin Stowell is captured by enemy lines as the USA and the U.S.S.R are enemies during this war.
He is also not given a fair trial the same way. So Donovan must work to release Powers and a college graduate student named Pryor, played by Will Rogers and trade in Abel to the U.S.S.R.
It will be no cakewalk as he faces very adversary government people from the East Germany where they were building the Berlin War at the time and the U.S.S.R. Still Hank's Donovan is a cool, calm, and collective presence.
Rylance will be nominated for an Oscar. As he should. Steven Spielberg is a genius director. It has Oscar written over it.