Damascus Cover (2017) (original) (raw)
A spy navigates the precarious terrain of love and survival during an undercover mission in Syria.
A spy navigates the precarious terrain of love and survival during an undercover mission in Syria. (less)
Starring: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, John Hurt, Olivia Thirlby, Navid Negahban, J�rgen Prochnow, Wolf Kahler
Producers: Phillip B. Goldfine, Huw Penallt Jones, Mara Lane, Hannah Leader, Andrew Loveday, Sean O'Kelly
Composer: Harry Escott
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Review by Brian Orndorf, July 19, 2018
4 / 10
Spy games are everywhere on television these days, with small-scale stories of suspicion within global conflicts ideal fodder for weekly shows, adding a serialized element to develop characters and motivations. �Damascus Cover� has to work extra hard to emerge as something special, offering a decidedly cinematic sway to coax viewers into theaters. And yet, co-writer/director Daniel Zelik Berk makes a creative choice to dial back thrills as far as possible, almost to a point of complete stoppage. �Damascus Cover� aims for retro entertainment, trying to set up a Middle East chess game between sp ...read more...
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