THE DEBT

we were headed to see Contagion. i had read enough reviews which gave me confidence that we were NOT going to be subjected to another "outbreak". remember that horror of a movie with dustin hoffman and rene russo? it was about the ebola virus.

however, when we got to the theater we discovered that Contagion was showing in 3D and we had missed the 2D showing. The paper doesn't separate the 2 from 3 D's; it just lists all the hours. So this is how we ended up watching The Debt (which we had wanted to see anyway.)

I did not get lost or confused so that was a relief since with spy, espionage, CIA and undercover films i tend to become lost early on and i never quite catch up.

Helen Mirren and Tom Wilkinson were 2 of the very fine actors. They were part of a mission in the '60's to capture a Nazi doctor from East Berlin and bring him to the West to stand trial. However, things did not go as planned. The film went back and forth (especially in the beginning where the actual planning of the nazi's kidnapping was happening; and this was probably one of the most suspenseful parts) in time and also showed what happened 30 years later to these agents.

Naturally, secrets had been created and lies promulgated and it started to unravel in the late 90's. It gets twisty with unexpected plot turns though there were a  few loose unexplainable actions that i wasn't aware of till bill and i were discussing the movie afterwards.

Bill and i both rated it an 8.