The Courier
During the Cold War, spy Greville Wynne teams up with his Russian source to bring the Cuban Missile Crisis to a close.
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Dominic Cooke
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sykobanana
Cumberbatch shines in this 1960's Cold War spy thriller. This movie is worth watching just for Cumberbatch's performance alone (this is probably his best so far), but he is also backed up by the talented Brosnahan and Ninidze. This film doesnt run at a fast pace, but if you have patience, it is a little known and extremely rewarding part of history. (More Bridge of Spies than Tom Clancy).
JPV852
Well made and suspense-filled historical-thriller with another great performance from Benedict Cumberbatch. Doesn't exactly have an emotional impact but still well worth checking out. **3.75/5**
r96sk
Excellent! It's not quite <em>'<a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/bridge-of-spies/" rel="nofollow">Bridge of Spies</a>'</em>, but <em>'The Courier'</em> is too an awesome MI6/CIA/KGB infused flick. The two films tell tales regarding the Cold War, with the 2015 release narrowly a notch above this. Both have outstanding lead performances though. Benedict Cumberbatch is magnificent throughout, especially towards the end - the bald look suits him incredibly well, I must say... need him in a drug kingpin sorta role looking like that! In all seriousness though, I think this is my favourite Cumberbatch performance (from what I've seen thus far) - utterly brilliant! Merab Ninidze (also in BoS, albeit minorly) also puts in a top display, as he does in television's <em>'<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McMafia" rel="nofollow">McMafia</a>'</em>. Jessie Buckley also gives a performance of note, which says a lot about her acting abilities given she doesn't feature all that heavily. Astutely paced, builds terrific tension and features some cracking acting. Fantastic film!
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Dominic Cooke is the director of The Courier.
The cast of The Courier includes Željko Ivanek as CIA Boss, Oliver Johnstone as Lovett, Benedict Cumberbatch as Greville Wynne, Jessie Buckley as Sheila Wynne, Anton Lesser as Bertrand, Merab Ninidze as Oleg Penkovsky, David Bark-Jones as Golf Exec, Rachel Brosnahan as Emily Donovan, Kirill Pirogov as Gribanov, Mariya Mironova as Vera, Ondřej Malý as Mitrokhin, Vladimir Chuprikov as Nikita Khrushchev, and more.
The duration of The Courier is 1h 52 mins.
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The Courier was released on 24 Jan 2020.
The Courier is listed under Thriller, History, and Drama on Fanbiz.
The Courier has 3 reviews on Fanziz, with an average rating of 8.3/10. One reviewer wrote: "Cumberbatch shines in this 1960's Cold War spy thriller. This movie is worth watching just for Cumberbatch's performance alone (this is probably his best so far), but he is also..."
