This movie is a lighthearted approach to the cold war spy genre that maintains a sense of humor through all the chicanery and multi-cross goings-on. It’s competently made and a refreshing return to the cold war defector assistance plots that have become less relevant after 1989, but whose stories are still compelling in their own right. It’s interesting enough to keep the audience’s attention but it’s also shallow enough to quickly become forgettable.

Closest comparison: It’s like Munich (2005) by way of The Italian Job (1969)

Setting: Spy
Plot: Thriller
Tone: Dry Comedy