The Company (Blu-ray)
Friend. Ememy. Hero. Traitor.
The Company tells the story of Jack McCauliffe (O’Donnell), an idealistic Yale graduate recruited into the CIA by his coach. He’s sent to the legendary Berlin Base in Germany to work with a man who becomes his mentor: the eccentric and colorful Harvey Torriti (Molina), codename "The Sorcerer". Jack and The Sorcerer are imprisoned in double lives, fighting an elusive but formidable enemy in an unrelenting and deadly battle within the CIA itself. Together with the counterintelligence chief, James Angleton (Keaton), the three men are hell-bent on finding the moles within their own ranks before every operation they undertake is completely undermined. However, Jack is forever changed as he must witness the cost in human lives.
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The Made-for-TV version of The Good Shepherd - EHLTB
This mini-series covers much of the same ground dealt with in the recent film, The Good Shepherd. Except, here the cast, production crew and writing pales in comparison. A large part of the problem is that Chis O'Donell doesn't have the gravitas to play the role of a spy caught up in the cold war world of betrayal, deceit and regret. He's too much of a boyscout to pull it off and somewhat miscast. Alfred Molina and Michael Keaton, who've been great in other works, are left here without much to do but chew up the furniture. Keaton in particular seems largely wasted in the role of Angleton, reduced to chain-smoking and pursing his lips instead of creating a compelling character facing world-changing events.
As well, the story is not particularly well told, as it goes over the big hits of CIA history including The Bay of Pigs, Kim Philby, and the closing of the Iron Curtain. All of these stories have been dealt with better and more interestingly elsewhere.
If you want to see something on this subject area, try The Good Shepherd or even The Three Days of The Condor.
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The Made-for-TV version of The Good Shepherd - EHLTB
This mini-series covers much of the same ground dealt with in the recent film, The Good Shepherd. Except, here the cast, production crew and writing pales in comparison. A large part of the problem is that Chis O'Donell doesn't have the gravitas to play the ...