Who do you trust? Can you trust anyone?

Rating: 6/10 (15 April 2016)

Thrown directly into the height of the Cold War you begin to grasp the hardships seen and the high tensions of nations. The movie tells the true story of a captured man believed to be a Russian spy and his exchange for an American soldier and an American student held captive. James Donovan, an insurance lawyer, is given the role of defending the believed Russian spy in the court of law. Can he save both of the Americans and is the Russian truly a spy or just a man trying to go home?
The movie gives the audience the feeling of being tense and put in a period of where super nations are on the brink of war. You are never able to really trust anyone while watching this movie and that is something enjoyable to many. The suspense of never knowing who to trust and what may set off World War III.
Overall, I thought Spielberg and Hanks did an excellent job of extracting raw emotions from the audience in this movie. It was not was I was expecting in the movie, but that did not change the enjoyment. They did an excellent job of telling the story of a man caught up in dangerous territory and his ability to never back down.