Hands down this movie is....

Rating: 1/10 (14 April 2012)

in the top 5 worst movies of all time. In fact, I went out of my way and spent 30 minutes creating an account (when I could be sleeping), just to write the most honest review possible. You will have more fun staring at a freshly painted gray wall, not because the fumes may alter your senses, but because staring into a blank slate until your eyes burn will yield more creativity than what this film has to offer. Not only were the quick shots of the film confusing, some of them had no place in the movie and did not add or take away from the film. Had this footage been properly ordered and edited, 30-45 minutes might have been taken out of the film or at least used to develop the characters and story.
I understand that true espionage today is most likely absent of the car chases and action most movies portray, and I understand this movie was supposed to depict a realistic picture of what the Cold War was like. What I have a problem with is I am certain that there was more drama to the period of time than what this movie portrays. All I was left asking was....this is the best you can do? For all the acting, time, money, editing, writing, re-editing, printing, etc.....if this is the best "drama" that the producers could muster then they need to go back to school. Again...staring at a wall may be a better use of time than this film. Essentially, the movie shows how important paper filing and libraries are. Evidently if your log books are not kept in order then a war may start....then again no war did start so it must not have been that important after all.
In short, do not watch the film unless you want to see how boring the Cold War could be. Anyone who says this movie was amazing had to be paid off or sniffing paint before they got to the movie. Literally, if you take mud and smear a white wall with it, some "artist" will walk along and say, "Oh my, the artist really is trying to contrast the darkness of life with the realness of nature" or something fake/corny like that which they think is deep and meaningful...when they just missed three children playing with the blank space next to the restroom.