Similarity to Hitchcock's Notorious

Rating: 10/10 (26 May 2000)

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I haven't seen anyone remark on the similarity of the plot of MI-2 to the plot of Hitchcock's "Notorious" (1946, Cary Grant & Ingrid Bergman). Both feature a male spy falling in love with a less than virtuous woman. Both have the male spy reluctantly asking his new love to seduce an old boyfriend for the sake of the cause. And both films even feature scenes at the racetrack where the woman meets up with the male spy to pass him information. Of course Hitch didn't have quite the same action punch. ;)