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Release Date : June 29, 2023

123telugu.com Rating : 2.75/5

Starring: Nikhil, Iswarya Menon, Rana Daggubati, Sanya Thakur, Abhinav Gomatam, Aryan Rajesh, Makrand Deshpande, Jisshu Sen Gupta, Nitin Mehta, Ravi Varma, Krishna Teja & others

Director: Garry BH

Producer: K Rajashekhar Reddy

Music Directors: Vishal Chandrasekhar, Sri Charan Pakala

Cinematographers: Vamshi Patchipulusu, Mark David

Editor: Garry BH

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Nikhil is back with yet another PAN Indian film named Spy. The movie is directed by famous editor Garry BH, and Rana played a cameo. Spy is about the death mystery of freedom fighter Subash Chandra Bose. The film has hit the screens today, and let’s see how it is.

Khaadir (Nitin Mehta) is a most wanted terrorist who has become a big threat to India. RAW Agent Subhash (Aryan Rajesh) kills Khaadir, but under mysterious circumstances, Subhash too dies. RAW soon learns that Khaadir is alive and plans a mission to eliminate him. Jai (Nikhil) is one of the agents, who is the brother of Subhash. Jai has two objectives. The first one is to kill Khaadir, while the second objective is to find out who killed Subhash. What happened next? Is it RAW or Khaadir who got the upper hand? This forms the crux of the story.

Plus Points:

Nikhil once again is impressive with his neat performance in Spy. Nikhil looks good as a spy agent and performs with aplomb. He doesn’t go overboard, and the young actor is terrific in all the action sequences. The actor gets nice support from Abhinav Gomatam. Abhinav gets a full-length role, and the actor is good at his part. His one-liners evoke a few laughs.

The cameo by Rana Daggubati is good. Though the cameo doesn’t last long, it is effective. The way Rana explains the prominence of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose is stunning. The cameo of Rana is followed by Azaadi song, and these portions generate interest.

Iswarya Menon is okay in her role. Sanya Thakur, Nitin Mehta, Markand Deshpande, and Ravi Varma did what was expected of them. Relatively the second half is better, as it has some decent moments.

Minus Points:

Though the movie has an interesting point about Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, the makers didn’t succeed in weaving a neat screenplay around it. The narrative is bland for the most part, and it doesn’t excite us much. Those who expect thrilling moments will get disappointed due to the flat narration.

There isn’t anything new that has been showcased here, and the movie is just another regular spy thriller. Things like honey trapping were not executed properly. Only there are a couple of scenes that talk about Subhash Chandra Bose, and the movie could have been better had the makers focused more on the unexplored side of the freedom fighter.

Aryan Rajesh’s character is poorly written, as we don’t get to see much of him. Hence Spy fails on the emotional front too. The way Jisshu Sengupta’s character is designed is, again routine. Though a lot of action keeps happening, it doesn’t really create any excitement.

Technical Aspects:

The background score by Sri Charan Pakala is not that great. Azaadi song is good on screen. The cinematography by Vamshi Patchipulusu and Mark David is pretty average. The visuals in a few scenes looked odd due to poor CG works. The production values are decent. The editing is alright.

Coming to the director, Garry BH, he did a below-par job with his debut directorial. Though the point taken has good scope, the makers resorted to cliches and delivered a regular spy thriller that hardly has any thrills. The movie also doesn’t have any logics.

On the whole, Spy is a generic spy action thriller that doesn’t have anything new to offer. Nikhil’s sincere performance and a few decent moments here and there are its saving grace. The bland narration without any high or thrilling moments is the main drawback. It could have been much better had the makers concentrated more on Subhash Chandra Bose. Spy will end up being an okay watch, provided you keep your expectations in check.

123telugu.com Rating: 2.75/5

Reviewed by 123telugu Team

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'Spy' Telugu film review: An excruciating actioner with clumsy and fraudulent storytelling

At one point in Spy, there is intense indignation on Jai (Nikhil Siddhartha)’s face as he tries to explain to his boss that he does not want to work with his ex-girlfriend  (she has honey-trapped him in the past). “She cheated me, I will work with anyone else but her,” is what he says, sighing. The hurt is not entirely different to what we feel after watching Spy. One feels cheated here as well. Now, cheating is a commonplace term in the film industry for recreating a specific location in the story in someplace more logistically feasible. This is not the same as using VFX (though that is another form of cheating). The bottomline, as the word suggests, is you have got to cheat your audience into thinking they are in that actual location.

For a story that unfolds across Amman, Kathmandu, Yangon, New York City, Galle, New Delhi and Kohima, the film makes its Hyderabad locations obvious to an unflattering effect. It almost becomes a guessing game after a point. There is Ramoji Film City. That one set where filmmakers always go to, to shoot government hospital scenes. The famed Shimla Mall road is Kathmandu here. The Old city predominantly inhabited by Muslims is the makers’ replacement for  Yangon, a Buddhist-majority city.

And the list goes on. Not being able to recreate locations well is inconsequential and forgivable, but in a film from this genre—this is an egregious transgression. The sense of vicarious joy and exploration that we wish to experience in films that jet across continents is sorely absent here. The film’s lackadaisical production values are only aggravated by the fact that the background in the film is so off-focus and blurry that I almost wondered if I was watching the film with my prescription glasses off. All of these shortcoming make Spy a rather crude and visually impoverished film. 

The makers don’t stop with the guess location game, they also urge us to play the ‘spot the cliche’ game. Janaab? Check. Abbu? Check. Bad men from Pakistan? Check. Regressive ideas? Check. RAW? Check. Sleeper cell? Check. Rogue Agent? Check. The film does not try to rise above these terms. And the writing also seems reverse-engineered just about enough for the most low-hanging jokes and oft-repeated stereotypes to come through. For instance, there is a shot of a Pakistani relishing a burger, only for an Indian “spy” to shame his country’s food shortage the very next second. 

The elephant in the room, the famed (and deeply fascinating) conspiracy theory regarding Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s death — is at best, an insect here, making a minor-sized impact to this film’s story. The legendary freedom fighter is reduced to mere clickbait here. One wonders why it even appears in the film till you see Rana make a guest appearance as a pilot. “We don’t have time for introductions” is what he brusquely says, before giving an angsty 10-minute lecture on the 1944 Battle of Kohima.

This is where the film’s true and disingenous intentions come through. Rana’s character is practically an extension of Anupam Kher’s character in Kartikeya 2. Both characters give a rousing monologue that becomes a bigger talking point in the entire film. 

The ideology is clear. The target audience is also receptive. But does anyone, let alone, the people who echo the core ideology of a film, need to endure two hours of incoherent, derivative meandering for a few minutes of chest-thumping declarations? This is cheating the art and the format of cinema itself. 

Cast: Nikhil Siddhartha, Abhinav Gomatam, Ishwarya Menon, Jisshu, Makarand Deshpande Director: Garry BH

Rating: 1/5 stars

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జనాలకు కనెక్ట్ అయ్యే కథలతో ముందుకు వస్తున్నాడు నిఖిల్. కార్తికేయ 2(Karthikeya 2) సినిమాతో బ్లాక్ బస్టర్ హిట్ కొట్టాడు. పాన్ ఇండియా లెవెల్లో పేరు సంపాదించాడు. నార్త్ ఆడియెన్స్ కూడా.. అతడి కోసం ఎదురుచూసేలా చేసుకున్నాడు. దీంతో నిఖిల్ సినిమాలపై సహజంగానే అంచనాలు పెరిగాయి. అయితే తాజాగా స్పై చిత్రం(Spy Movie)తో వచ్చాడు నిఖిల్. జూన్ 29న ఈ చిత్రం విడుదలైంది. కొన్ని చోట్ల ప్రీమియర్స్ పడ్డాయి. వాటిని చూసిన ప్రేక్షకులు సోషల్ మీడియాలో పోస్టులు పెడుతున్నారు.

రోటీన్ కు భిన్నంగా మంచి మంచి కథలతో ప్రేక్షకుల ముందుకు వస్తున్నాడు నిఖిల్. స్పై మూవితో ఆడియన్స్ ముందుకు వచ్చాడు. యాక్షన్ థ్రిల్లర్ కథతో తెరకెక్కిన స్పై సినిమాకు గ్యాహీ బీహెచ్ దర్శకత్వం వహించాడు. ఐశ్వర్య మీనన్ హీరోయిన్ గా చేసింది.

సినిమా చూసిన ఆడియెన్స్ తమ అభిప్రాయాలు వెల్లడిస్తున్నారు. స్పై సినిమాపై పాజిటివ్ రివ్యూస్ వస్తున్నాయి. సినిమా చాలా మందికి నచ్చుతుంది. అంటే మరో హిట్.. నిఖిల్ ఖాతాలో వేసుకున్నట్టే. సినిమా లైన్ బాగుందని చెబుతున్నారు. అయితే కొన్ని మైనస్ లు కూడా ఉన్నాయని అంటున్నారు. సబ్జెక్ట్ కొత్తగా ఉందని కూడా అంటున్నారు. నేతాజీ ఫైల్స్ చుట్టూ తిరిగే కథ బాగుంటుంది. ప్రేక్షకులలో ఆసక్తిని పెంచుతుంది. అయితే ఈ సినిమాపై కొంతమంది నెగెటివ్ రివ్యూలు ఇస్తుంటే.. ఎక్కువగా పాజిటివ్ రివ్యూలు వస్తున్నాయి.

'స్పై సినిమా నిజంగా బాగుంది. వాళ్లు వీళ్లు చెబుతున్నారని కాదు.. ఫ్యామిలీ ఒరియెంటెడ్ సినిమా. నిఖిల్ యాక్టింగ్ బాగుంది. రాజకీయం బాగుంది. దానితో ఎలా మోసపోతారో చూపించారు. పాన్ ఇండియా హిట్ అవుతుంది.' అని లేడీ ఆడియెన్స్ రివ్యూలు ఇచ్చారు.

అయితే ఈ సినిమా లొకేషన్లకు తగ్గ విజువల్స్, అద్భుతంగా అనిపంచడం లేదని పలువురు అంటున్నారు. మరో విషయం ఏంటంటే.. స్పై మూవీ(Spy Movie)లో నిఖిల్ తప్పించి.. మిగతా నటీనటులు అందరూ పెద్దగా ఉపయోగపడలేదు. నిఖిల్ ఈ సినిమాలో వన్ మ్యాన్ షో చేశారని అంటున్నారు. నిఖిల్ కు టీమ్ అంతా సపోర్ట్ చేసి ఉంటే.. సినిమా వేరే లెవల్ లో ఉండేదని చెబుతున్నారు. అయితే ఫస్టాఫ్ మీద కొంతమంది నెగెటివ్ రివ్యూలు ఇస్తున్నారు.

ఈ సినిమాలో బీజీఎం కూడా కొంతమందికి బాగా నచ్చింది. బీజీఎం వర్కౌట్ అయిందని అంటున్నారు. సినిమాను చంద్రబోస్ చుట్టూ తిప్పే క్రమంలో ఇతర విషయాలను దర్శకుడు వదిలేశాడని చెబుతున్నారు. ఈ సినిమా ఓవర్ ఆల్ గా పర్వాలేదని అంటున్నారు.

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కార్తికేయ-2 తర్వాత మరొక ప్యాన్ ఇండియా తరహా గూఢచారి కథతో ముందుకొచ్చాడు నిఖిల్. గూఢచారి అనగానే వెంటనే గుర్తొచ్చే పేరు అడివి శేష్. తాను ఈ టైప్ సినిమాలకి ఒక స్టాండర్డ్ సెట్ చేసాడు. కనుక ఏం తీసినా ఆపైనే ఉండాలి తప్ప సమాంతరంగానో తక్కువగానో ఉంటే ప్రేక్షకులు పెదవి విరిచేస్తారు. ఇంతకీ ఈ నిఖిల్ "స్పై" ఎలా ఉందో చూద్దాం. 

జై (నిఖిల్) ఒక రా ఏజెంట్. తన అన్న బోస్ (ఆర్యన్ రాజేష్) కూడా రా ఏజెంటే. అయితే ఒక ఆపరేషన్లో మరణిస్తాడు. పాకిస్తాన్ టెర్రరిష్ట్ అబ్దుల్ ఖాదిర్ (నితిన్ మెహ్తా) ని పట్టుకునే పని జై కి అప్పగిస్తారు. అతని పక్కన మరొక ఏజెంట్ కమల్ (అభినవ్ గోమఠం), వైష్ణవి (ఐశ్వర్య) మిషన్ లో భాగంగా ఉంటారు. 

అయితే అబ్దుల్ ఖాదిర్ వెనుక మరొక పెద్దహస్తం ఉందని తెలుసుకుంటారు జై అండ్ కో. అతనిని పట్టుకోవడం, అతను ఒక మిసైల్ తో భారతదేశానికి ముప్పు తీసుకొచ్చే పని చేస్తుంటే ఆ మిసైల్ ని నిర్వీర్యం చేసి ఆపడం జై అండ్ కో పని. ఈ ప్రధాన కథకి మధ్యలో సుభాష్ చంద్రబోస్ కథని తీసుకొచ్చి ఏదో చెప్పాలనుకుని ఏదో చెప్పి, అసలిక్కడ ఏం రాయాలో అర్ధం కాని విధంగా సినిమాని తెరకెక్కించారు. 

ముందు నుంచీ ఈ సినిమాలో సుభాష్ చంద్రబోస్ కథకు సంబంధించిన అంశాలుంటాయని ప్రచారం జరిగింది. ఇక్కడ కథానాయకుడు జై అన్న పేరు సుభాష్ కావడం, అనుకోకుండా జై తన ఆపరేషన్లో భాగంగా సుభాష్ చంద్రబోస్ మిస్సింగ్ మిస్టరీకి సంబంధించిన అంశాలని తెలుసుకోవడం జరుగుతుంది. ఆ కథకి, ఈ కథకి ఏ వైరింగూ లేదు. అందుకే ఎక్కడా ఎమోషన్ అనే కరెంట్ పాసవ్వదు. 

పైగా ద్వితీయార్థం చివర్లో రానా దగ్గుబాటి ఎంటరయ్యి సుభాష్ చంద్రబోస్ మరణం గురించి ఏదో కాన్స్పిరెసీ థియరీ లాంటిది చెప్తాడు. చెప్పినా తప్పు లేదు. దానిని ఎమోషనల్ గా ప్రేక్షకుల నరాల్లోకి ఎక్కించకపోతే చెప్పిందంతా ఉత్తిదే అన్న భావన కలుగుతుంది. అసలు మనకి స్వాతంత్రం వచ్చింది సుభాష్ చంద్రబోస్ యొక్క హింసాత్మక మార్గం వల్లనే అట. కానీ బ్రిటీష్ వాళ్లు హింసకి తలొగ్గారంటే పరువుపోతుందని తామే స్వాతంత్రం ఇచ్చామని చెప్పి వెళ్లిపోయారట. దానివల్ల ఆ క్రెడిట్ అహింసాయుతంగా పోరాడిన గాంధి-నెహ్రూలకి దక్కిందట. ఈ సరికొత్త చరిత్రపాఠం కచ్చితంగా కొంతమందికి నచ్చవచ్చు. అయితే ఇది నిజమని నమ్మించేలా చెప్పాలంటే ఏదో ఉపకథలా కాకుండా దీనినే ప్రధానకథని చేసి ఎమోషనల్ గా చెప్పుంటే బాగుండేది. 

అది పక్కనపెట్టి మెయిన్ థీం లోకి వస్తే నిఖిల్ పక్కన అభినవ్ గోమఠం ఏవో పిచ్చి జోకులు వేస్తూ విదూషకుడిలా ఉంటాడు. ఎక్కడా రా ఏజెంట్ అనే సీరియస్నెస్ అతనిలో కనపడదు. హీరో పక్కన సైడ్ కిక్ అంటే కంపల్సరీగా కామెడీయే చేయాలన్న రొటీన్ ఐడియా నుంచి ఎప్పుడు బయటికొస్తారో. ఇక క్లైమాక్స్ లో దేశాన్ని నాశనం చేసే ఒక మిసైల్ ని విలన్ వదలాలనుకోవడం, దానిని హీరో గ్యాంగ్ ఆపడం ఎన్ని సార్లు చూసుంటాం? ఈ భావదారిద్రం ఇంకా ఎన్నాళ్లు?

కథగా పాతచింతకాయ అనుకుంటే కథనం అయితే ఎక్కడా నరం లేకుండా సాగుతుంటుంది. తెర మీద పాత్రలకి తప్ప అక్కడ ఏం జరుగుతోందో చాలా చోట్ల ప్రేక్షకులకి ఎమోషనల్ గా ఆర్గానిక్ గా అందని పరిస్థితి. శ్రీలంక, మయాన్మార్, జోర్దాన్, నెపాల్ ఇలా రకరకాల దేశాలు తిరిగి చివర్లో కజకిస్తాన్ బయలుదేరడంతో ముగుస్తుంది. అంటే కథగా ఇది ప్యాన్ వరల్డ్ సినిమా అన్నమాట. 

స్పై గా నిఖిల్ కొత్తగా చేసిందేమీ లేదు. ఆ సీరియస్నెస్ అతనిలో కనపడలేదు. అతని పక్కన ఉన్న అభినవ్ గురించి అల్రెడీ చెప్పుకున్నాం. కథనంలో ఉన్న కొద్దిపాటి సీరియస్నెస్ ని కూడా ఎప్పటికప్పుడు చంపేస్తూ జోకులేస్తుంటాడు. 

సాన్య ఠాకూర్, ఐశ్వర్యా మీనన్ లు ఓకే. నితిన్ మెహ్తా ట్రాక్ ఫ్లాట్ గా ఉంటే జిషు సేన్ గుప్తా పాత్ర చాలా ఔట్ డేటెడ్ గా, ప్రెడిక్టిబుల్ గా ఉంది. 

సంగీతం పరంగా పరమ వీక్. పాటలు రెండూ నీరసంగానే ఉన్నాయి. నేపథ్య సంగీతం కొంతవరకు పర్వాలేదు. లొకేషన్స్, కెమెరా వర్క్ బాగున్నాయి. దర్శకుడే ఎడిటర్ అయితే ఒక్కోసారి ప్రమాదాలుంటాయి. తాను తీసిన ప్రతి సీన్ మీద మమకారంతో నిడివి పెంచేస్తారు. కానీ అలా కాకుండా చాలా క్రిస్ప్ గా కట్ చేసారు. ఈ విషయంలో గ్యారీని మెచ్చుకోవాలి. 

మొత్తంగా చూస్తే ఒకటి రెండు సన్నివేశాలు, నిడివి, కెమెరా వర్క్ తప్ప పాజిటివ్ గా చెప్పుకునే అంశాలేవీ లేవు. నిడివి తక్కువే అయినా కథనంలో పట్టులేక పెద్ద సినిమా చూసిన అలసట తెప్పిస్తుంది. నేతాజీ సుభాష్ చంద్రబోస్ కథ అనుకుని వెళ్తే నిరాశ తప్పదు. హీరో త్రివర్ణపతాకం చూపించినా, సుభాష్ చంద్రబోస్ విగ్రహం కనిపించినా ఎక్కడా నలకంత దేశభక్తి కూడా కలగదంటే ఇక అర్ధం చేసుకోవాలి ఎలా ఉందో. 

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SPY story provided by K.Rajasekhar Reddy tried to highlight the operations of the Indian agency RAW and he linked it with the missing files of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose to generate interest among movie lovers. BH. Garry directed SPY and he starts on an interesting note. But the interest evaporates quickly as numerous action blocks follow along with a couple of romantic tracks. Though at first, the action scenes look ok, as the narration progresses, viewers get irritated as all the characters just pass through the motions.

The director thought that action scenes will bring success and stardom and propel the film to the successful shores but he was proven wrong completely. The story lacked the emotions and with no real twists and turns, the viewers missed the thrill factor. The screenplay is unidimensional and except for the scene where Rana in his cameo talk about Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, nothing excites everyone. Everything turned mediocre from a decent start as the writers and the director and the dialogue writer failed to liven up the proceedings with their work.

The music tuned by Vishal Chandrasekhar and Sricharan Pakala failed to impress. None of the songs are appealing. The background music of Sricharan Pakala is good in parts and at times elevated the scenes. However, at other times, turned out to be loud. Dialogues penned by Abhishek Maharshi did not highlight the proceedings. Editing of BH. Garry left many drags and it impacted the tempo of the film. The cinematography of Vamshi Patchipulusu and Mark David is good and gave a rich feeling to the film. Production values of ED. Entertainments are good.

SPY Movie: Advantages

• Few Dialouges on Subhash Chandra Bose

SPY Movie: Disadvantages

• Insipid Screenplay
• Predictable Plot
• Missing Emotions

SPY Telugu Movie: Rating Analysis

Altogether, SPY turned out to be a spineless spy drama. Director Garry tried to show Nikhil as an action hero but as Rajashekhar Reddy's story did not offer much scope, he faltered with his screenplay and direction. Routine, monotonous elements, and missing emotions played spoilsport with SPY. Considering all these aspects, Cinejosh goes with a 2 Rating for SPY .

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SPY Twitter Review: Tweets To Go Through Before Watching Nikhil Siddhartha's Latest Action-Thriller Flick

Nikhil Siddhartha's SPY Twitter Review :After scoring his career's biggest success in Karthikeya 2 and raising his bar, actor Nikhil Siddhartha, now another pan-India hero, is ready with his racy action-thriller, SPY. The movie hit the screens on June 29 in Kannada, Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, and Malayalam.

Editor-turned-director Garry BH is making his directorial debut with this film which features Iswarya Menon as the female lead. Actor Aryan Rajesh, Allari Naresh's brother, is making a comeback to the silver screen after a long hiatus.

The movie revolves around a RAW agent named Jai, who unravels the connection between a notorious arms dealer and the secrets of the renowned freedom fighter Netaji Subhash Chandrabose. He also is on a mission to find out the reason behind the untimely death of his brother-all while protecting the country from a massive threat.

SPY Twitter Review

Spy was released all over the world to a decent buzz on June 29. The filmmakers exuded great confidence in their film, and coming from Nikhil Siddhartha, his fans and film buffs are expecting a treat since the trailer has upped expectations.

A few film buffs who have already watched the film a bit earlier than the rest have shared their excitement and opinions about SPY through social media handles. Below are some of those tweets which give you an insight into what to expect from this action-thriller SPY.

#SPYMovie received good positive talk from the USA premiere and box office winner. congratulations to @actor_Nikhil and team.. 3 వరుస హిట్స్ తో రచ్చ చేస్తున్న #NikhilSiddhartha 🔥 pic.twitter.com/ppMGDUQl8x — Veera Reddy @For The People (@VeeraReddyForT1) June 29, 2023

Non-stop adrenaline rush from start to finish. Strap in for a wild ride packed with explosive action and stunning special effects #SPYMovie #SPYReview #SPYMovieReview #NikhilSiddhartha #SPY pic.twitter.com/7WvyM40vUz — Rajakumar (@mrajkumar7254) June 29, 2023

The movie stars Nikhil Siddhartha, Iswarya Menon, Aryan Rajesh, Jisshu Sengupta, Makrand Deshpande, Chandu Kanuri, Robert Laenen, Dayanand Reddy, Abhinav Gomatam, Sanya Thakur, Ravi Varma, Nitin Mehta, Prisha Singh, Sonia Naresh, Amir Ali Shaik, among others in key roles. Actor-producer Rana Daggubati was also seen in an important cameo.

The movie, which marks the directorial debut of Garry BH, who tried his hands at direction after having a vast experience in film editing, is written by Anirudh Krishna Murthy and K Raja Shekhar Reddy. The movie is a production venture of K Raja Shekhar Reddy and Charantej Uppalapati.

Vishal Chandrasekhar composed Spy's tunes while Sricharan Pakala scored the background music. Mark David and Vamsi Patchipulusu have cranked the camera. Editing was taken care of by Garry BH. Robert Laenen, who also played a role in the film, was the movie's Stunt Choreographer.

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Young hero Nikhil pinned a lot of his hopes on Spy, which is based on the very interesting real-life story of the disappearance of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. The film is promoted as a slick spy thriller. Let’s see what it has in store for the viewers.

Story: Jai (Nikhil) is a RAW agent working in Sri Lanka. He is notified of terrorist activity after a terrorist named Kaadir Khan, who is believed to be killed, resurfaces and sends a video to the prime minister’s office. Jai is now designated with the mission of nabbing Kaadir. In the process, he discovers the personal loss he had to suffer due to this particular terrorist. How is this mission related to the disappearance of Netaji Subhash Chandrabose?

How did the actors perform?

Nikhil is fine in his role of a spy. There’s nothing too challenging about it, but Nikhil does blend in and delivers a fine act. Iswarya Menon gets a brief role and she is alright. Abhinav Gomatam had a full length character and his performance is adequate. Aryan Rajesh, Marakand Deshpande, and others do justice to their roles.

What about off screen talents?

Talented editor, Garry BH turns a director with this film. Being an editor, one would expect him to deliver a sharply-cut spy thriller. However, the X factor and sharpness is limited in this film as it mostly progresses on a predicable note.

The opening half is watchable with decent moments here and there. There’s just about enough impetus here. But the latter half is a mess. The blending of Netaji’s track isn’t smooth and it doesn’t quite sit in. This was the most important part of the film and it stutters.

For films like Spy to work, the screenplay should be crisp and pacy. In this case, despite the short runtime, we get a feeling it goes on and on and on.

The BGM and songs are weak and they don’t add value to the film. The cinematography is impressive as the visual presentation looks rich and vibrant. The production values are of good quality.

What’s Hot?

What’s Not?

• Predictable narration
• Not many exciting spy scenes
• Poor mix of Netaji track
• No thrills in the end

Verdict: Spy is a below par thriller that has a few bright moments here and there but as a package, it fails to deliver a satisfying thriller movie experience. Nikhil’s honest efforts are seen, but the cinematic brilliance that is needed for spy thriller goes missing. It makes for a below average watch, at best.

Telugubulletin.com Rating: 2.25/5

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SPY is a thrilling action movie directed by Garry BH. The main actors in the movie are Nikhil Siddharth, Iswarya Menon, Sanya Thakur, and Abhinav Gomatam. Supporting roles are played by Makarand Deshpande, Sanya Thakur, Pasupathi, Nitin Mehta, and others.

The music for the film was composed by Sricharan Pakala, and the cinematography was done by Vamsi Patchipulusu and Mark David. Garry BH is also the editor of the film. K Rajashekar Reddy produced the movie under the Ed Entertainments banner.

7:15 AM IST: Spy movie gets started with introduction of RAW agents, a new mission to find who killed one of the RAW agents Subhash ( Aryan Rajesh) and finding Kadhir Khan an international terrorist.

Final Report: Spy comes to an end with most predictable second half. Overall the move falls short and limits to occasional good moments. Nethaji story not blended well which the narrator banked on to be the underlying emotion of the movie. Nikhil acted well in the movie but lack of emotion in the movie ruins it all.

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Spy Telugu Movie Review : A Template film

Spy Telugu Movie Review

Telugu360 Rating 2.5/5

Jay( Nikhil) is a raw agent who is on a mission to checkmate Glodal terrorist Khadir Khan. Jay’s another task is to find who killed his brother, Subhash ( Aryan Rajesh) who died in a five year old mission. Another dimension to the script is a missing file related to Netaji Subhash Chandrabose. Rest of the film is about how Jay is able to resolve all three points.

Spy script is an overambitious one.The team has included all the keywords that are of global scale but the direction is of Ameerpet league. When we need to make a film on international secret services agent, apparently it needs to be on a mega budget and solid casting.Alternative approach is a small scale one with smart writing and engaging direction. Unfortunately, Spy film misses all above checkmarks. Only one thread in this film succeeded partially is when it talks around Netaji Subhash Chandrabose. The controversy surrounding his disappearance, His principles etc episodes play to the galleries well. That is the only saving grace of the film.

Production values are adequate if we measure from a typical Telugu film point of view . But the budget is sub par for the given theme.

The script is so silly that at somepoint, the film shows the proceedings cause China Vs India war. The terrorist Khadir Khan episodes are so monotonous. The second half introduces another villain ( Jisshu sengupta ) but still remains ineffective.Garry Bh direction is not adequate. Cinematography by Mark David is good. Background score by sricharan is okay.

Performances : Nikhil is fine as RAW agent ‘ Jay ‘. But not as effective as his previous outings. Abhinav Gomatam one liners are fine from comedy angle, but watching him as On field raw agent is a joke on audience. Atleast, his character should have been limited to a backoffice agent. Makarand Deshpande as Raw Chief overacts in many scenes. Jissu Sengupta is just Ok. Iswarya Menon acted as an NIA agent. Nitin Mehta as Khadir Khan is good pick but he could have got more screen presence.

Positives :

Few scenes on Netaji Subhash Bose principles

Sticks to the point

Nikhil’s Image

Negatives :

Flat Narration Overstuffed, All over the place story Poor direction

SPY film has big ideas with mediocre execution. The scenes written around Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose are a bit consolation in this template film. The scripts written around International SPY theme demand huge budget , which apparently one cannot match. Overall, SPY film could have been better.

Telugu360 Rating : 2.5/5

Movie : SPY (Telugu) Release date: 29th June 2023 Director: Garry Bh Music director: Vishal Chandrashekhar, Sricharan Pakala Cinematography: Mark David Language: Telugu Producers: K. Raja Shekhar Reddy

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పీకే తాజా జోస్యాలు... తలలు పట్టుకుంటున్న తమ్ముళ్లు... వైరల్ గా...

శభాష్.. అంటూ మోడీ ప్రశంసించిన మాధవీలత ఏం మాట్లాడారు?

ష‌ర్మిల స‌భ‌ల్లో.. 'జై జ‌గ‌న్‌' ఫైరెత్తిపోయిన చెల్లెమ్మ‌.

'పొత్తు ధ‌ర్మం' ఇదేనా ప‌వ‌న్ స‌ర్: పోతిన ఫైర్‌

పీకేని పక్కకెళ్లి ఆడుకోమంటున్న వైసీపీ... కామెంట్స్ వైరల్.

విస్తారా.. బుక్ చేసుకునే ముందు ఆలోచించాలట!

టీడీపీ ఆఫీసుకు నిప్పు... 144 సెక్షన్ విధింపు!

ఇదేం..'ఎన్నికల ప్రచారం'!

దారుణం... భార్యను హత్యచేసి 224 ముక్కలుగా నరికేశాడు!

జ‌న‌సేన‌కు పోతిన మ‌హేష్ రాజీనామా.. నెక్ట్స్ ఏంటి?

సజ్జల రామకృష్ణారెడ్డిపై షర్మిళ స్ట్రాంగ్ వ్యాఖ్యలు.

ప్రజా భవన్ ఎదుట యాక్సిడెంట్.. మాజీ గులాబీ ఎమ్మెల్యే కొడుకు అరెస్టు

ఎన్నికల టైంలో ఇవేం మాటలు అర్వింద్!

హైదరాబాద్ లో దారుణం: హత్య చేసి ఇన్ స్టాలో సెల్ఫీ వీడియో

పీటీఐ ఇంటర్వ్యూలో పీకే చెప్పిన షాకింగ్ సంగతులేంటి.

కాంగ్రెస్ గూటికి మరో బీఆర్ఎస్ ఎమ్మెల్యే

మరో వివాదంలో వైసీపీ ఎమ్మెల్సీ అనంతబాబు!

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చెన్నై వర్సెస్ కోల్ కతా... ఆసక్తికరంగా చెపాక్ పిచ్ రిపోర్ట్!

గుజరాత్ నడ్డివిరిచిన కృనాల్ పాండ్య... లక్నో సూపర్ విక్టరీ!

ముంబై వర్సెస్ ఢిల్లీ... హార్దిక్ కి ఉపశమనం ఇచ్చిన షెఫర్డ్ దంచుడు!

కాపురం చేసుకుంటూనే రేప్ కేసుకు ఎందుకన్న ఢిల్లీ హైకోర్టు!

ఐపీఎల్ లో ‘మయాంకం..’ ఒకరు కాదు నలుగురు

సిక్స్‌ తో బట్లర్ సెంచరీ.. రాజస్థాన్‌ కు వరుసగా నాలుగో విక్టరీ!

నాడు కోచ్ తో కుంగుబాటు.. నేడు మైదానంలో సంచలనం

అమెరికాలో మరో దారుణం.. ఈసారీ తెలుగు విద్యార్థే!

న్యూజెర్సీలో భూకంపం.. అసలు తేడా ఇదేనట

హైదరాబాద్ వర్సెస్ చెన్నై... "రైజింగ్" మామూలుగా లేదు!

కీలక పరిణామం.. వైఎస్‌ అవినాష్‌ రెడ్డి బెయిల్‌ రద్దవుతుందా?

శశాంక్ మెరుపు దాడి... ఉత్కంఠ పోరులో పంజాబ్‌ విజయం!

అమెరికాలో రోడ్డు ప్రమాదం.. తెలంగాణకు చెందిన శిశువు దుర్మరణం!

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పీకే తాజా జోస్యాలు... తలలు పట్టుకుంటున్న తమ్ముళ్లు... వైరల్ గా కారణాలు!

పీకే పలుకులు: జగన్‌ మళ్లీ గెలవడం కష్టం... కారణం ఇదే!

81 పీకేను న‌మ్మొచ్చా.. విశ్వ‌స‌నీయ ఎంత‌, ఉమ్మడిగా బాబు, పవన్‌.. పక్కా ప్లాన్‌ అందుకే.

గెలిచేది ప్రసన్నా, ప్రశాంతా?

కడపలో షర్మిల చీల్చే ఓట్లు టీడీపీవే..., andhra pradesh.

రియా చక్రవర్తి యొక్క లవ్లీ ఇన్‌స్టాగ్రామ్ ఫోటోలు

క‌ళ్లు తిప్పుకోరు.. బుట్ట చేతుల కుంద‌న‌పు బొమ్మ‌!

అదితి సహజ సౌందర్యం అప్రయత్నంగా మెరుస్తుంది

లో దుస్తులో పూజాభ‌లేక‌ర్ హాట్ హాట్ గా

అందానికి కొత్త చిరునామా..!

బ్లాక్ ఇన్న‌ర్‌లో చిత‌క్కొట్టిన నిక్కీ తంబోలి

Special articles.

హ‌రీష్ శంక‌ర్ కూడా బోయ‌పాటి రేంజ్ లో ప్లాన్ చేసాడా?

Press release.

మైల్ స్టోన్ మూమెంట్.. క్రియేటర్స్ అంతా ఒకే చోట!

డిస్నీ ప్లస్ హాట్ స్టార్ లో సరికొత్త సిరీస్ "మిస్...

డిస్నీ ప్లస్ హాట్ స్టార్ లో "వధువు"

లోకేష్ కనగరాజ్.. బడా దర్శకులలో టాప్ బ్రాండ్

"అతిథి".. ఒక థ్రిల్లింగ్ ఎక్స్పీరియన్స్ !!

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నివేదిక పేల్చిన బాంబు.. అమెరికాలో భారతీయులంతా...

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గ్యాంగ్స్ ఆఫ్ గోదావరి.. గెట్ రెడీ, ఫోటో స్టోరి: వెన్నుపోటు పొడిచేస్తారు జాగ్ర‌త్త‌, ఫోటో స్టోరి: రెచ్చ‌గొడుతున్న రెజీనా.

ఏడాది త‌ర్వాత డ‌ల్లాస్ లో తేలిన బ్యూటీ!

వైట్ అండ్ వైట్ లో టాలీవుడ్ హాట్ బ్యూటీ, పిక్ టాక్ : విజయంతో అందాల చిరు మందహాసం, ఫోటో స్టోరి:అల్ట్రా స్టైలిష్ ఐకాన్ స్టార్, ఆరెంజ్ లో ఓ రేంజ్ లో మెరిసావ్, పిక్ టాక్ : దంగల్ బికినీ షో, 12 కేజీల లెహంగా కింద‌కి ఎలా జారిపోతుందంటే.

బికినీలో 'సైతాన్' జయప్రద.. గ్లామర్ షో రిపీట్!

ఫోటో స్టోరి: ఎగిరెగిరి ప‌డుతోంది య‌వ్వ‌న‌శిరి

డిస్కషన్ అంతా అనుపమ బ్లౌజ్ గురించే, డార్క్ షేడ్‌ క్లీవేజ్ అందాల ముద్దుగుమ్మ, ఫోటో స్టోరి: త‌మ‌న్నా ముఖ మైకం, ఫోటో స్టోరి: సుహానా సిగ్గుప‌డితే అందం, పిక్ టాక్ : రకుల్‌ లో ఇంకా ఆ మెరుపు తగ్గలేదు, ప్రభాస్‌ హీరోయిన్‌ స్కిన్‌ షో కి మతి పోతుంది.

మంజుమ్మల్ బాయ్స్ బాక్సాఫీస్ బ్లాస్ట్.. ప్రేమలు కంటే 3 రెట్లు ఎక్కువగా

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విజయ్ దేవరకొండ.. ఫస్ట్ బ్రేక్ చేయాల్సిన రికార్డ్ ఇదే!

పుష్ప-2.. ఆ టార్గెట్ సాధ్యమేనా?

రౌడీ స్టార్ బాక్సాఫీస్ స్టామినా ఏంటో చూపిస్తాడా?

హవ్వా.. లిప్ లాక్స్ కి 100 కోట్ల వసూళ్లా?

టైర్ 2 హీరోల హైయెస్ట్ బిజినెస్.. టాప్ లిస్ట్ ఇదే!

ఫ్యామిలీ స్టార్.. బాక్సాఫీస్ వద్ద క్లిక్కవ్వాలంటే..

టిల్లుగాన్ని ఐపీఎల్ కూడా అడ్డుకోలేకపోయింది!

బన్నీ × ప్రబాస్.. ఈ అడుగులతో భూకంపాలే..

కల్కి.. రేట్లు ఎలా ఉన్నాయి?

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గర్ల ఫ్రెండ్స్ ఉన్న బౌలర్ల రిక్వస్ట్... రోహిత్ శర్మ ఆసక్తికర వ్యాఖ్యలు!

మైత్రీ మాలీవుడ్ నడిగర్.. టీజర్ ఎలా ఉందంటే?

గ్లింప్స్: ఈ వేశ్య టూమ‌చ్ రెక్లెస్ గురూ, dear ట్రైల‌ర్: ఆవిడ‌కేమో గుర‌క‌.. ఈయ‌న‌కేమో నిద్ర‌లేమి, మనిషన్నాక విజ్ఞత ఉండాలి... షర్మిళపై అవినాష్ వైరల్ కామెంట్స్, పీతను హింసించిన ఎమ్మెల్యే... రంగంలోకి దిగిన పెటా, 'నరుడి బ్రతుకు నటన'.. రిలీజ్‌కు ముందే 60 అవార్డులు అందుకున్న సినిమా, పుట్టిన‌రోజున ర‌ష్మిక‌ జిమ్‌లో ఏంటా ప‌ని.

తాతకు పైలెట్ మనమడి రిటర్న్ గిప్టు.. ఎమోషనల్ అవ్వాల్సిందే

చిట్టిపొట్టి దుస్తుల్లో జాకీ చిందులు!

హైదరాబాద్ ప్లేయర్ టీంలో లేకపొతే ఉప్పల్ లో మ్యాచ్ జరగనివ్వం!

ఫ్యామిలీ స్టార్.. క్షమాపణ కోరుకున్న దేవరకొండ

ఆస్కార్ పేజీలో ఏకైక‌ భార‌తీయ న‌టి

అజిత్ సాహ‌సానికి హ్యాట్సాఫ్..ఇదెంత ప్ర‌మాద‌మంటే, ఎన్నికల వేళ జాతీయ స్థాయిలో వైసీపీకి అరుదైన ఘనతలు, వీడియో... బ్యాట్‌ తో కొట్టి చంపిన పోలీస్ కొడుకు, cinema videos gallery.

NTR And Trivikram Presents Memento To Neha Shetty @ Tillu Square Success Meet | Siddu, Anupama

Trivikram Srinivas Fun With Anupama Parameshwaran @ Tillu Square Success Meet | NTR | Tupaki

Neha Shetty Cute Comments On NTR @ Tillu Square Success Meet | Siddu Jonnalagadda

Anupama Parameshwaran Cute Speech @ Tillu Square Success Meet | NTR | Siddu Jonnalagadda

NTR Imitates Pawan Kalyan @ Tillu Square Success Meet | Trivikram | Siddu Jonnalagadda | Anupama

NTR Goosebumps Words About Devara Movie @ Tillu Square Success Meet | Siddu, Anupama Parameswaran

Sriranga Neethulu Team Funny Interview With Bithiri Sathi | Suhas | Viraj Ashwin | Ruhani Sharma

షర్మిల Vs జగన్ ఫ్యాన్🔥| YS Sharmila Slipper Shot Counters To YS Jagan And His Fan In Kadapa

Political video gallery.

జగన్ కోసం వినుకొండ జన సముద్రం🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 : Vinukonda Jagan Anna Memantha Siddham Bus Yathra Drone Visuals

యువత రాక్స్ షర్మిల శాక్స్😱😱😨😨 : A Young Boy Shocks YS Sharmila In Live

సీఎం వైయస్ జగన్ మేమంతా సిద్ధం Road Show in Vinukonda, Palnadu Dist | Memantha Siddham Yatra, Day-11

ఏపీలో మళ్ళీ గెలిచేది జగనే చాణక్య సర్వే పార్థ దాస్ : Chanakya Latest Survey AP Elections 2024

రాత్రి 11 గంటలకు కూడా జగన్ కోసం ఎదురు చూస్తున్న జనం : CM Jagan Mass Following In Public

కుర్చీ మడత పెట్టేసుకున్న కూటమి కార్యకర్తలు : TDP, BJP, Janasena Leaders Fight Among Themselves

• Entertainment

Movie Review : ‘Animal’

‘ Animal ’ Movie Review

Cast: Ranbir Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, Bobby Deol, Rashmika Mandanna, Tripti Dimri, Babloo Prithiveeraj, Shakti Kapoor, Prem Chopra, Suresh Oberoi and others.

Background Music: Harshwardhan Rameshwar

Cinematography: Amit Roy

Producer: Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Murad Khetani and Pranay Reddy Vanga

Writer – Editor - Director: Sandeep Reddy Vanga

Sandeep Reddy Vanga who shook the entire nation with ‘Arjun Reddy’/’Kabir Singh’ is arriving with ‘Animal’ now. With Ranbir Kapoor as the hero, he readied a movie that is based on father and son love story carved in blood. The trailer raised the expectations on the film massively and hype is on a whole new level. With the runtime of 201 minutes, the movie released today and let us see how the movie turned out.

Ranvijay (Ranbir Kapoor) is the son of Balbir Singh (Anil Kapoor) who is the owner of Swasthik Enterprises. He is a millionaire busy with his businesses and doesn’t give time for his family. Vijay wants his father’s love which he never manages to get since his childhood. Vijay is sent to boarding school due to his behavior. He meets Geethanjali (Rashmika) who is his friend’s sister and they both get married and have kids. They live abroad for 8 years before finally returning to India as Balbir gets shot. Vijay takes control from there and decides to kill the people responsible for it. What happens after that? Who attacked Balbir? Why did they attack him? Will Ranvijay finally earn his father’s love? Answers to these questions form the rest of the movie.

Sandeep Reddy Vanga once said that he would show critics what a violent film is after he received a lot of backlash for ‘Kabir Singh’. Looking at ‘Animal’, we will be shocked by the level of violence in the movie. It is not limited to bloodshed in action sequences. The protagonist is violent in every emotion whether it is romancing the heroine or speaking to his father or defending his sister or arguing with his brother-in-law. Some scenes are scary not because of the violence or brutality. While many thought that ‘Arjun Reddy’ was extreme but ‘Animal’ shows a different dimension to ‘extreme’. Sandeep created a havoc on the screen. For some it may be more enjoyable than ‘Arjun Reddy’. For some others, it may be unbearable due to the overdose of boldness. This is an out-and-out Sandeep Vanga film which will be a feast to people who match his wavelength. The regular story, slow screenplay, excessive runtime and extreme scenes as well as dialogues may not be everyone’s cup of tea.

Hero is the son of the biggest businessman in this country. Does that mean that he can do anything? But the things he does in the movie defies all kinds of logic. He walks into his sister’s college with an AK47 and fires it to find out who ragged her sister. He hurts the people who teased her with his car. After deciding to take revenge on those who tried to kill his father, he kills hundreds of people who came to kill him with a customized machine gun. They are not logical and one expects such scenes in regular commercial movies. But Sandeep Reddy Vanga is a new-age director who made a cult film like ‘Arjun Reddy’. Him taking this 'don’t care' approach is a bit shocking but he himself revealed that he is a big fan of 90’s commercial movies so it is understandable. But these scenes are going to be cheered in theatres and it makes the masses go wild. Where Sandeep Reddy shows his mark is in the hero’s characterisation. It is a character-driven film where the hero is madly in love with his father. Each and every action of his is somehow connected to his father. But the main focus is always on the hero and what he goes through since childhood and Sandeep failed to show the intensity of father and son bond in a more convincing fashion. Right from the start, it is promoted as a father-son love story carved in blood but it becomes all about the hero after a certain point. If we connect with the protagonist, the 201-minute runtime goes by easily. What he does in various situations drives the movie forward.

There are a lot of high moments in this movie despite being a regular revenge drama. There are not many twists and turns as we know what’s happening and what’s going to happen. But it is the hero’s character and the treatment given by Sandeep Reddy Vanga which stands out. He established how the kid who doesn’t get father’s love turns into a violent man very well. The way the hero showcases his love towards his father is through violence. This is why he chooses violence and bloodshed all the time. At one point in time, we get more scared looking at the hero than the villains. Hero himself is so scary that the brutal villain introduction scene also pales in comparison. This is the USP of the movie and the first half gives you an adrenaline rush. But it is the second half where drama takes the driving seat and the film slows down drastically. We will have to wait for that adrenaline rush for a long time in the second half. It only arrives when the hero decide to go after the villain. The antagonist’s role should have been longer but the fight scene is quite intense and emotional. The first scene in the trailer is used in the climax and it works well. One expects the movie to end with rolling credits but Sandeep Reddy shows his mark with the post-credit scene. The audience leave with a certain high after the scene. ‘Animal’ is not a perfect film but it gives you a mad ride. It will be a feast for some and a nightmare for a few. But it definitely stands out for its madness and uniqueness.

Performances:

It is safe to say that there is no other choice for this film except Ranbir Kapoor. He did not play such an aggressive and impulsive character before but he fits like a glove from the word go. There is a reason why people like Mahesh and Rajamouli laud him as the best actor. He delivers his best and the way he transforms from endearing to angry and raging to vulnerable is something to marvel at. Right from the start to end, this film is a Ranbir show and the phenomenal actor hits it out of the park in this role. His hard work is evident and he will truly go to the next level with this film.

Rashmika Mandanna did well. She gets a chance to showcase her acting skills and she was convincing in her role. She looked beautiful on the screen. Anil Kapoor did a very good job. The anger and worry in his eyes are showcased brilliantly. His subtle change of expressions are great to watch. Bobby Deol did not get much screentime but he excels as a mute guy. He is terrific to say the least and does wonderfully in the runway action episode. Actors like Shakti Kapoor, Babloo Prithiveeraj, Tripti Dimri, Upendra Limaye and others did justice to their roles. The rest of the cast are okay.

Technicians:

‘Animal’ is a film that is backed by great technical quality. The visuals are very sharp and the action episodes are picturised in a very brutal yet stylish manner. There are a lot of closeup shots in the movie which brought out the brilliance of the actors. Amit Roy’s frames are beautiful and suited the tone of the movie. The songs are already very popular and they were placed perfectly. Every song takes the story forward and the background music by Harshwardhan Rameshwar haunts you. There are some scores that will play in your mind for a long time. The emotion of many scenes were elevated by the music. The whistle and ‘Papa Meri Jaan’ were used very well. The production values are top-notch. The editing is nearly perfect though the pace slows down a bit in the second half. Despite the lengthy duration, the movie never bores you.

Writer-director Sandeep Reddy Vanga delivers once again. He is an expert in writing emotions and picturising them well on the screen. He is successful in making the audience feel the rage, love, anger and sadness of the protagonist. His screenplay is quite good and establishes all the characters and their backstories wonderfully. His trademark hero characterisation is the biggest highlight and he masterfully shows the flaws of the hero as well. The first half is action-packed with a lot of high moments but Sandeep Reddy slows down the narration in the second part as it mainly focuses on drama. Some people may feel that it was a letdown. Sandeep Reddy Vanga never compromises and went with his own creative instinct once again. This may not go down well with everyone but it is what he delivered.

Verdict: ‘Animal’ - Wild, Intense & Dramatic

Rating: 2.75/5

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The 25 best spy movies of all time, ranked

It's not all shaken martinis and gimmicky gadgets.

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When you think of spy movies, your mind likely envisions Daniel Craig in a tux or Tom Cruise hurling himself off something very high and dangerous. But the best espionage films run the gamut from moody procedurals to wrenching character studies, some of which interrogate the outright unglamorous lives of those secret agent types who choose covert surveillance and duty-bound betrayal over individual happiness. Don’t worry, though, even the most studious spies eventually have to engage in some action. 

Without dilly-dallying, here is Entertainment Weekly’s ranking of the 25 best spy movies ever made, and where to watch them.

25. Mission: Impossible (1996)

Tom Cruise has turned Ethan Hunt into his own personal, age-defying performance art project, relishing the chance to give stunt performers as much time off as possible. Here, his IMF lieutenant is thrust into leadership (after a twist that pissed off fans of the original TV series to no end), gathering a squad to locate an undercover agent list before Vanessa Redgrave’s baddie can get her hands on it. Along the way, director Brian De Palma keeps things moving with signature visual aplomb. A helicopter-train duel sets the tone for even more ludicrous Mission: Impossible stunts to come, and the plot is merely a pretense to get from one crowd-popping spectacle to the next. 

Where to watch Mission: Impossible : Paramount+

24. Pascali’s Island (1988)

For some (albeit, fictional) spies, the job is one of danger, seduction, and improbable gunplay. But for others, it’s just a job, one more beset by boredom and disillusionment than exploding fountain pens and helicopter pursuits. For a lonely depiction of low-level espionage work, seek out James Dearden’s Pascali’s Island , in which Ben Kingsley plays a forgotten spy on a Greek island in the waning days of the Ottoman Empire.  

Dutifully filing reports to his uncommunicative and far-off superiors, Pascali regards his pay as proof that his work is imperative. But the arrival of Charles Dance ’s mysterious Englishman sends Pascali into a tailspin of doubt about his purpose (and his friendship with a beautiful Austrian artist played by Helen Mirren ). Soon, it becomes clear that his earnest attempts at spycraft may have set a political disaster in motion. Kingsley is achingly vulnerable as the loyal little man whose devotion to an indifferent government costs him the only intimacy he’s ever known. 

Where to watch Pascali’s Island : Tubi

23. True Lies (1994)

It’s easy to chide Hollywood spy movie franchises like Mission: Impossible for excess, but they’ve got nothing on James Cameron’s ludicrously entertaining, over-the-top comic action flick. Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as a super spy improbably pulling off a double life and as an ordinary guy with his unknowing wife ( Jamie Lee Curtis ), True Lies bulges with heightened, well, everything. 

After missing yet another family event (to be fair, he was thwarting a nuclear threat by the dreaded “Crimson Jihad”), Arnold’s Harry Tasker struggles to reconcile his wife’s disillusionment with their marriage and prevent a terrorist plot against various major U.S. cities. With fine comic (and physical) turns from Curtis and Tom Arnold, True Lies is — in action craftsman Cameron’s hands — a bombastic hoot. 

Where to watch True Lies : Hulu

22. Bridge of Spies (2015)

Leave it to Steven Spielberg to find the bright side of espionage, as all-American icon Tom Hanks courageously leads a landmark Cold War prisoner exchange story co-written by the Coen Brothers. It’s not all rosy, of course, as Hanks’ crusading attorney continually asserts the constitutional rights of Mark Rylance ’s captured Russian spy, something that Red Scare America regards as tantamount to treason. 

Rylance won an Oscar as mild-mannered minor agent Rudolf Abel, while Hanks (as real-life lawyer James B. Donovan) endures mounting suspicion for maintaining supposedly sacred American principles, facing career setbacks and death threats from his own countrymen. But it’s in the meticulously recreated Checkpoint Charlie swap (involving downed U.S. spy plane pilot Gary Powers) that Spielberg shows off what a master filmmaker can do with a suspense sequence. 

Where to watch Bridge of Spies : AppleTV+

21. Munich (2005)

Steven Spielberg proved he could also tap into the dark, violent side of spy movies 10 years before Bridge of Spies . See: His gripping account of the real-life assassinations by Mossad after the 1972 Olympics terrorist attack in Munich that murdered 11 Israeli athletes. Eric Bana and Daniel Craig embark on a global search for the Palestinians responsible for the massacre, all the while battling assassins and their own tortured consciences. Both enemies prove to be equally dangerous, while Spielberg portrays the men as dutiful but conflicted instruments of national vengeance. 

Putting lauded director Spielberg at the service of such a politically and historically loaded incident is a recipe for controversy, something Munich reaped from all sides. While garnering Oscar nominations for Best Picture and Best Director, the film was assailed for being too soft on both ends of the Israel/Palestine conflict — and for turning the thorny subject matter into a more palatable morality tale about the nature of violence. Still, Munich ’s many suspense and action set pieces drive the story along with undeniable tension. 

Where to watch Munich : Amazon Prime Video (to rent)

20. Mission: Impossible—Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)

After six films spanning 27 years, the Mission: Impossible franchise continued with this nearly three-hour-long installment. ( Part 2 is scheduled for summer 2025 .) Once more, Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt is not so much a super spy as a superhero, while the now 61-year-old actor once again pushes the limits of what a (fictional or, in Cruise’s stunt person-averse case, actual) human being can withstand.

Since long-running spy series are often signposts of our fears, Dead Reckoning ’s antagonist is a pernicious AI threatening the world’s military and financial systems. Director Christopher McQuarrie — with nearly $300 million and a fanatically dedicated lead actor — pulls out every stop imaginable as the crew races across the globe (like when Hunt rides his motorcycle off a towering cliff and then parachutes onto a speeding train). There’s a circular trajectory to Mission: Impossible ’s brand of high-flying spy intrigue, given the filmmakers cited North by Northwest (also a major inspiration for the James Bond films) as influential to this franchise’s thrills. Regardless, Dead Reckoning is the apotheosis of the big-budget spy blockbuster. 

Where to watch Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part 1 : Paramount+

19. The Bourne Supremacy (2004)

Matt Damon is the perfect actor to play Jason Bourne, an all-American soldier twisted into a pre-programmed, merciless killer by his own government. Damon’s handsome blankness as the tortured Bourne, first seen floating amnesiac in the Mediterranean in 2002’s The Bourne Identity , grounds the spy franchise’s impeccably choreographed action with a leavening somberness. This first sequel is arguably the series’ pinnacle, crafting a thrilling quest for revenge and redemption. 

After Paul Greengrass and his hand-held cameras took the directing reins from Doug Liman, The Bourne Supremacy asserted that happy endings are rarely in a spy’s cards. (Fans of the first film, or those familiar with the “women in refrigerators” cliche, might be upset at how a major character is dispatched to kick off this sequel.) With Jason Bourne framed for a mysterious bombing and theft in Germany, it’s up to Damon’s still memory-deprived agent to hop the globe, utilizing the impressive muscle memory of every dirty espionage trick he was taught by a rogue CIA super-assassin program to seek out the truth. 

The supporting cast remains stellar ( Joan Allen , Brian Cox , Julia Stiles , Karl Urban ), as Bourne navigates ingenious spy gambits, daring last-minute escapes, and some truly brutal fight scenes to reach his goal. The reveal of his true purpose only underscores the ugly toll of this international gamesmanship. 

Where to watch The Bourne Supremacy : Amazon Prime Video (to rent)

18. The Ipcress File (1965)

During the initial wave of James Bond mania, Michael Caine played a different sort of spy in 1965’s The Ipcress File — but that was by design. Intended as a more ironic and downbeat alternative to the then-burgeoning Bond franchise, this spy thriller (from the novel by Len Deighton) sees Caine as a dapper, lightly insubordinate, glasses-wearing British agent who uncovers clues to a conspiracy against the world’s scientists. This Caine is something of a foodie, and the film was produced by Bond’s Harry Saltzman and scored by frequent Bond composer John Barry, but that’s where Harry Palmer’s similarities to 007 end. 

Cocky, cockney, and constantly beset by everyday duties, this (along with Alfie the following year) is the birth of Michael Caine the everyman superstar. Dragooned into the service after a criminal past, Caine’s Palmer disdains oppressive authority and regulation, even while proving himself a most capable sleuth and, when need be, efficiently violent. All the Cold War staples (brainwashing, torture, top secret microfilm) are in play as Palmer (whom Caine portrayed in four additional films) doggedly proves his mettle against foes foreign and domestic. 

Where to watch The Ipcress File : Not available to steam

17. Julia (1977)

The life of writer Lillian Hellman may seem like an odd inspiration for a suspenseful spy story, but this crackling drama delivers the goods. Following the playwright’s ( Jane Fonda ) career and relationship with detective novelist Dashiell Hammett (Jason Robards), Fred Zinneman’s film truly comes alive in the second half, when Hellman goes to wartime Europe in search of her childhood friend Julia (a striking Vanessa Redgrave ) whose own intellectual journey has turned her into an anti-fascist crusader. 

With the liberal but sheltered Hellman (herself later accused of “un-American activities”) making a dangerous voyage to Nazi Germany to supply Julia’s WWII resistance colleagues with funds, Zinneman pulls off one of the most tense and expertly performed sequences in spy movie history. After a horrifying scene in which fascists hurl academics over balconies, we watch as Julia walks Lillian through a terse exchange, with the duo’s loving reunion taking the form of a high-wire act of perilous espionage. 

Where to watch Julia : Google Play (to rent)

16. Ronin (1998)

Of course, spy movies aren’t just about sad, shadowy men poring over microphones and microfiche. Sometimes it’s about sad, shadowy men shooting it out over scenic French roadways in speeding cars, double-crosses, and foot chases. This thriller from director John Frankenheimer sees an aging and battle-worn action star in Robert De Niro encounter all of the above. 

De Niro plays a mercenary recruited to an international team by a mysterious Irish woman (Natascha McElhone) to track down and retrieve a specific metal attache case. Ronin never gets around to telling us what’s in the hotly-contested suitcase, and that’s the point — for all the assembled foot soldiers on every side, there’s always a suitcase. Frankenheimer deploys his twists (and a couple of all-time best car chases) like a devious puppet master, and De Niro, in one of his last great performances, keeps his character’s true nature expertly under wraps until the film’s final swerve. 

Where to watch Ronin : Max

15. Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

Like Munich , Kathryn Bigelow ’s Oscar-nominated, fact-based tale of terrorism and the revenge reaped as many accolades as it did (often contradictory) criticism. American intelligence agencies’ hunt for Osama bin Laden is portrayed as a global manhunt, with Jessica Chastain ’s dogged CIA analyst chasing down sparse and scattered leads — even when they come from the euphemistically termed “enhanced interrogation techniques” used on suspects at black sites. 

Bigelow turns Chastain’s obsession into a crackling detective story, complete with enough real-world intelligence-gathering gadgetry to put James Bond to shame. As the hunt gains momentum, a post-9/11 America’s descent into (graphically depicted) torture remains an open moral question, with the stoic Chastain maintaining her singular pursuit of justice. Above all, Zero Dark Thirty is a riveting recreation of one of the most intense intelligence operations of all time, while its lack of cut-and-dry ethical stances speaks to the darkest side of the espionage game — and human nature. 

Where to watch Zero Dark Thirty : Starz

14. The 39 Steps (1935)

If, as cinema contends, there are vast, intertwining networks of devious agents around us at all times, it’s only natural that some of the best spy movies involve regular folks finding out things they’re not supposed to. Such is the case in Alfred Hitchcock ’s template-setting spy drama The 39 Steps , which sees two very different people face constant (and entertaining) peril in a pre-WWII English countryside teeming with spies lurking in unexpected places.

An innocent man (Robert Donat) drags an even more innocent bystander (Madeleine Carroll) into his escape from a network of spies after some top-secret information falls into his hands. The two naturally fall for each other (their enforced intimacy was pretty racy for the time), but not without Hitchcock putting them into some deliciously sticky situations, leading to a still-sensational finale at the London Palladium. 

Where to watch The 39 Steps : Tubi

13. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)

George Lazenby ’s sole outing as 007 — which came between Sean Connery ’s fifth and sixth films — goes above and beyond to distinguish itself as an utterly unique entry in Britain’s premier espionage franchise, injecting a welcome helping of grit and heart into the proceedings. It’s the first (and, for most of the character’s history, the only) Bond movie to add genuine emotional vulnerability to its central superspy, allowing him to fall in love with the romantic lead rather than cast her aside as another one-night stand. 

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service sees Bond called to protect Contessa Teresa "Tracy" di Vicenzo (Diana Rigg), the daughter of a prominent criminal overlord who helps him track down Ernst Blofeld (Telly Savalas) and SPECTRE’s biological warfare operation in the Swiss Alps. As his affection for the countess blossoms, we’re treated to a more complicated, well-rounded vision of the agent, which makes sense given that the relationship was possibly inspired by Ian Fleming’s real-life tragic romance during WWII. Additionally, the snowy action sequences — including chaotic downhill skiing and slippery car chases on ice — are among the very best in Bond history.

Where to watch On Her Majesty's Secret Service : Max

12. The Quiet American (2002)

A genre giant gets a deceptively muted adaptation in this Vietnam-set drama based on Graham Greene’s novel (who, like Frederick Forsyth and John le Carré, is a veteran of the intelligence service MI6). The film — while nominally a love triangle — gradually reveals itself as another instance of empathy and espionage colliding.

Michael Caine plays a sodden British journalist during the 1950s occupation of what was then known as French Indochina. Losing his much younger Vietnamese lover (Do Thi Hai Yen) to an American undercover operative ( Brendan Fraser , outstanding as the brash embodiment of U.S. anti-communist foreign policy) leads the seen-it-all Caine to finally play the spy game with tragic results. It’s Caine’s movie, as his dissolute reporter’s confused tangle of self-interest and world-weariness sows the seeds of this quietly devastating story. 

Where to watch The Quiet American : Amazon Prime Video (to rent)

11. The Day of the Jackal (1973)

Frederick Forsyth is another all-time great spy writer, and his fictionalized version of the 1962 assassination attempt on French President Charles de Gaulle (from within France’s military) forms the backbone of this icy, meticulous thriller. Like le Carré, Forsyth was an associate of MI6 (as a longtime unpaid informant). The journalist used his investigative skills to craft this story about the fallout from Gaulle granting independence to colonial Algeria, which put him in the merciless crosshairs of a paid killer. 

A little-known actor at the time, Edward Fox is impeccable as “the Jackal,” an assassin hired by the right-wing group OAS to gun down the president. There’s nothing flashy or even passionate about this spy — he’s a surgically sharp instrument, assuming various disguises and dodging the several intelligence services on his quest to fulfill his contract. Michael Lonsdale matches the Jackal as the French cop tasked with thwarting the rumored assassination. When Fox’s Jackal kills, it’s out of pragmatism; when Lonsdale’s detective succeeds, it’s because his methods are similarly dispassionate and tenacious. Thus, the film’s white-knuckle finale boils down to a miniscule misstep, one that reveals how espionage is vulnerable even to a grain of sand. 

Where to watch The Day of the Jackal : Amazon Prime Video (to rent)

10. The Spy Who Came In From the Cold (1965)

Based on the John le Carré novel, Martin Ritt ’s bleak spy thriller also features George Smiley (see No. 3 on this list), although the spymaster’s machinations here better exemplify just how cold-blooded someone in his position must be. Smiley tasks disillusioned MI6 agent Alec Leamas ( Richard Burton ) with defaming an East German intelligence officer during the height of the Cold War. Though he initially seems ripe for defection, Leamas soon discovers (and too late) that this ingeniously deadly espionage game makes mere pawns out of friends and foes alike. 

Thanks to Burton’s affecting performance, Leamas’ downward spiral feels all too real as he’s manipulated by the English and East Germans in equal, heartless measure. The puppetry trickles downward when he romances a naive British communist (a heartbreaking Claire Bloom) and makes her collateral damage in his double-agent balancing act, proving that surveillance leaves little room for sentiment. Even so, these “seedy squalid bastards” (as Leamas calls them) rely on human beings for intel, and the film’s devastating conclusion shows the cost of cutting yourself off from your soul. 

Where to watch The Spy Who Came In From the Cold : Kanopy

9. North by Northwest (1959)

One of the most purely entertaining thrillers of all time, Alfred Hitchcock mines his go-to plot — an innocent man accused — and runs it with some of the most memorable sequences in movie history. Cary Grant was never more suave and effortless than as Roger Thornhill, an unsuspecting ad man mistaken for a government agent by an ever-widening gang of thugs, spies, and an anti-American spymaster (James Mason). Along the way, our wily protagonist meets up with Eva Marie Saint ’s Eve Kendall, whose quick infatuation is only partly due to him being played by Cary Grant. 

For a standard MacGuffin microfilm-and-treason plot (the explanation of which is hilariously drowned out by a convenient airplane engine), the film hooks us from the start and drags us happily from one stunning set piece to another. Eventually, the whole tangled tale hangs (literally) from the impassive visages of the presidents at Mt. Rushmore, setting a template for high-concept, outlandish thrills for decades to come.

Where to watch North by Northwest : Tubi

8. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

For a more baroque tale of undercover operatives and the shadowy forces underwriting them, John Frankenheimer’s The Manchurian Candidate is a sure bet. Frank Sinatra could really act when he wanted to, and his hard-boiled Korean War vet is formidable as he unravels why his former army buddy and rising political candidate (Laurence Harvey) remains a blurry memory to him and his surviving squad mates. 

Crisply choreographed action (Sinatra and Henry Silva have an improbably gripping, early-for-America martial arts battle) and an all-time great villainous turn by Angela Lansbury combine with the film’s zippy, trippy tone for potent doses of Cold War paranoia. It’s a myth that President Kennedy’s assassination the following year caused Sinatra to demand The Manchurian Candidate be pulled from theaters. Still, the story of a lone gunman with seemingly shady motivations continues to prickle audiences adamant that nothing in world politics is ever what it seems on the surface. 

Where to watch The Manchurian Candidate : Tubi

7. Casino Royale (2006)

The neverending James Bond series has so informed and/or warped our ideas of spies, that choosing entries for this list means deciding which eras of over-the-top popcorn silliness comes closest to personal preference. That said, it’s tough to bet against the most recent Bond, Daniel Craig , especially in his first outing, a typically loose adaptation of Ian Fleming ’s 1953 novel Casino Royale .

After the increasingly cartoonish Pierce Brosnan years, the iconic character is reinvented (again) as a brutishly effective MI6 agent who just got his license to kill. Craig’s Bond is defiant to the point of insubordination (no small feat when facing off against Judi Dench ’s imperious boss, M) as he violently pursues clues leading directly to a high-stakes poker game against Mads Mikkelsen ’s criminal mastermind, Le Chiffre. (That the game comes down to a round of “who has the most outrageously impossible hand” is prime James Bond.) 

Meanwhile, this 007 flirts with the requisite femme fatale (a great Eva Green ), banters with enabling CIA pal Felix Leiter (an also great Jeffrey Wright ), and engages in sequences that are so spectacular, they could serve as climaxes of multiple smaller-budgeted thrillers. If this glowering Bond isn’t as suave as some of his predecessors, Craig’s gravitas amidst all the over-the-top action lends him an almost-human presence. Almost. 

Where to watch Casino Royale : Amazon Prime Video

6. The Lives of Others (2006)

Many of the best spy movies mine the divide between duty and conscience in an infamously unfeeling business. This wrenchingly intimate German drama sees the late Ulrich Mühe play a dedicated surveillance expert in East Germany tasked with spying on an artist couple, only to become inconveniently touched by their lives. That the film’s story shockingly mirrors a betrayal from Mühe’s own life (his ex-wife allegedly kept tabs on the actor for the Stasi) only makes his performance as the increasingly conflicted snooper more compelling.

The Lives of Others makes a fine double feature with another movie on this list, 1974’s The Conversation (see below). Like Gene Hackman ’s Harry Caul, Mühe’s Hauptmann Wiesler imagines that living in isolation will absolve him of the horrors wrought by his work. As a divided Germany grinds towards reconciliation during the latter part of the film, the race between the surveillance state’s omnipresent brutality and Wiesler’s flicker of humanity forms a decidedly modern tragedy.

Where to watch The Lives of Others : Amazon Prime Video (to rent)

5. Army of Shadows (1969)

Sticking it to the Nazis is always a crowd-pleaser, even as this French Resistance tale combines adventure and moral relativism into a bracing, crushing watch. Following Lino Ventura’s Resistance agent Gerbier as he infiltrates (and repeatedly escapes) the fascists occupying France, director Jean-Pierre Melville crafts a film that’s both a rip-roaring spy thriller and a soul-crushing examination of a good man forced to do terrible things — and the toll it takes on his soul. 

Amidst the movie’s various prison breaks (including one Nazi guard game sadistic enough to anticipate Sophie’s Choice ), Gerbier gathers the titular cadre of allies to carry out his daring missions. But he knows their shadowy work will inevitably put them in positions where unthinkable calls must be made. Released in a France still reeling from President Charles de Gaulle (see The Day of the Jackal above), Army of Shadows was thought to be an unfashionably laudatory depiction of the Resistance’s violent methods. However, as times and attitudes have changed, many now regard the film as a complicated, ugly portrait of how incompatible espionage is with a clean conscience. 

Where to watch Army of Shadows : Amazon Prime Video (to rent)

4. Three Days of the Condor (1975)

Spy movies often play up the action, but there’s a lot of paperwork behind the derring-do. This exceptionally taut thriller from Sydney Pollack shows that even functionaries find themselves in the thick of things, with Robert Redford ’s nominal CIA analyst (he reads spy novels in search of coded plots) accidentally uncovering sensitive information and going on the run. 

Redford’s protagonist, who must hurriedly remember that his codename is “Condor,” is forced to dodge the shadowy forces pursuing him through 1970s New York. (Including a scene-stealing hitman played by the late, great Max von Sydow .) That involves kidnapping a photographer ( Faye Dunaway , also outstanding) in a desperate moment. But the gorgeous duo’s inevitable attraction never distracts from the danger — or the stakes of even the most tangential espionage. 

Where to watch Three Days of the Condor : Amazon Prime Video

3. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)

John le Carré is one of the most adapted spy novelists, and it’s easy to see why. A former member of Britain’s MI5 and MI6, he penned exquisitely detailed fiction based on insider knowledge, with one of his finest creations being dogged spymaster George Smiley. Gary Oldman plays the iconic character to Oscar-nominated perfection in this searing spy drama from Tomas Alfredson ( Let the Right One In ).

With the Cold War at its height and British intelligence under siege from Russian moles, Oldman’s unassuming Smiley assembles an underground team of similarly dedicated agents after he’s ousted as head of “The Circus.” The film portrays spy work in all its understated, politicking self-importance, punctuated by shocking violence and narrow escapes. Meanwhile, Oldman and Alfredson make Smiley’s gamesmanship as masterful as it is chillingly subtle, and the cast is crowded with some of Britain’s best actors, including John Hurt, Colin Firth, Mark Strong, Toby Jones, Tom Hardy, and Benedict Cumberbatch. 

Where to watch Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy : Amazon Prime Video (to rent)

2. Notorious (1946)

Alfred Hitchcock's greatest spy movie, and one of the greatest spy movies in general, came via this romantic thriller about undercover operatives, Nazis, and a secret cache of potentially world-destabilizing secrets. Teaming Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant at their respective heights of star power, talent, and beauty, Hitchcock crafts a suspenseful story about espionage and the unthinkable sacrifices it demands. 

In the aftermath of WWII, Bergman’s party girl tries to drink away the shame of her father being a Nazi collaborator, leaving her ripe for recruitment by Grant’s government superiors when an enclave of escaped Nazis in Rio de Janeiro starts plotting a comeback. Tasked with pimping the conflicted Bergman out as a bride to a charming fascist (Claude Rains), Grant finds himself in an untenable war between love and duty. Meanwhile, Bergman’s position undercover becomes more and more fraught with danger and compromise. 

Replete with nerve-shredding, suspenseful set pieces — the wine cellar sequence is Hitchcock at his most sadistically brilliant — Notorious , for all its melodramatic beats, explores the horrible moral tension that lurks in even theoretically altruistic espionage. 

Where to watch Notorious : Tubi

1. The Conversation (1974)

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Harry Caul is a spy only in the mercenary sense. Gene Hackman’s surveillance expert is a pair of ears for hire, sent to make a seemingly impossible recording of a couple’s hushed conversation amidst a noisy crowd. That Harry succeeds (in a brilliantly conceived scene) marks him as a true master in his grimy field, but that victory is soon overshadowed by his detecting an unsettling secret. 

Directed by Francis Ford Coppola , The Conversation fits into (and exemplifies) the spy genre by interrogating how power and covert surveillance are inextricably linked to moral rot. Harry fancies himself nothing but a technician, having cut himself off from all but the most superficial personal connections after a past disaster related to his work. But taking pride in an invasive and potentially devastating craft is, as Harry discovers with increasing paranoia, destined to boomerang when the observer becomes the observed. Hackman delivers one of his greatest performances here, with Harry’s fumbling conscience laying bare the no-win situation of a professional interloper.

Where to watch The Conversation : PlutoTV

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