Long time case officer (Robert Redford) recruits Vietnam sniper (Brad Pitt) to become an agent working for the Central Intelligence Agency. Spy Game tells the story of the involvement of these two over a twenty-year period from the end of the Vietnam War to the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Whats important is that it shows that being a spy is not about the gadgets which are ancillary to the business but the trade craft that goes with being a spy. This movie is great because it shows the tradecraft that is actually used by spies in the real world.
My favourite spy movie is Spy Game, a movie starring Brad Pitt and Robert Redford.
It is about the relationship between a field agent and his CIA handler which grows throughout the second half of the Cold War: between the Vietnam conflict and the fall of the Berlin Wall. The movie is structured around the progress of the relationship, from when they first meet in Cambodia where the handler uses the then marine sniper to assassinate a Laotian general.
