Control of the Canal, a vital trade artery controversially transferred from the United States to local authority in 1999, remains a real concern for the Brits and their special friends, the Americans. So Brosnan's new assignment is not without substance. This is a man who is casually privy to all manner of important secrets. Jamie Lee Curtis plays Rush's devoted but rather clueless wife, and well. Brosnan, as a seedy version of the Bond character, definitely has his moments.
Rush is on the character's constantly changing emotional mark at every turn.
Boorman does as well by his actors as by le Carre's dark, winding yarn about the death of idealism, the shabbiness of politics and the lust for personal gain in our time. Yet it is Rush's performance that gives the movie urgency and lustrous humanity. Select a movie OR a theater for reviews and local showtimes. Terms of Service Contact us with comments, concerns, or questions. Inc. A Gannett Site.