All the Old Knives
2022 · Movie · R · 102 min · ★ 6.0 · 63% critics
After a deadly intelligence failure, a veteran CIA operative is tasked with uncovering who leaked crucial information. He meets an old colleague and former lover for a tense conversation that reopens past wounds, revisits a botched mission, and tests how far loyalty and trust can bend under pressure.
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Details
- Years
- 2022
- Release date
- 2022-04-08
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Max quality
- UHD
- Critic score
- 63/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.0/10 (632 votes)
About
You may enjoy this if you like slow-burn spy mysteries built around tense conversations and shifting perspectives; Not for you if you want frequent action beats, simple plotting, or a fast, easy-to-follow thriller like The Pale Blue Eye.
Pros: strong lead chemistry; intriguing spy premise; stylish look | Cons: very slow pace; dialogue-heavy focus; limited action thrills
Themes
- central intelligence agency (cia)
- based on novel or book
- espionage
- spy
- conspiracy
- vienna, austria
- former lovers
Cast & crew
Chris Pine
as Henry Pelham
Thandiwe Newton
as Celia Harrison
Jonathan Pryce
as Bill Compton
Laurence Fishburne
as Vick Wallinger
Corey Johnson
as Karl Stein
Jonjo O'Neill
as Ernst Pul
Ahd Kamel
as Leila Maloof
David Dawson
as Owen Lassiter
Nasser Memarzia
as Mohammed Dudayev
Orli Shuka
as Ilyas Shishani
Directed by Janus Metz