Richard Gere Gets Gritty in ‘The Double’ Trailer

31 August 2011 4:47 AM, PDT | The Film Stage | See recent The Film Stage news »

Screenwriter Michael Brandt, who has penned such action-heavy thrillers as 2 Fast 2 Furious and Wanted, makes his directorial debut with The Double, a crime-centered mystery that follows the investigation of a merciless — and increasingly unpredictable — assassin known to the CIA as Cassius. Richard Gere and Topher Grace team up to chase down this notorious killer. Martin Sheen and Stephen Moyer co-star.

The trailer can be viewed below, but fair warning: it’s heavy on spoilers.

Synopsis (courtesy of Apple).

In The Double, the mysterious murder of a Us senator bearing the distinctive trademark of the legendary Soviet assassin “Cassius,” forces Paul Shepherdson (Richard Gere), a retired CIA operative, to team with rookie FBI agent, Ben Geary (Topher Grace), to solve the crime. Having spent his career chasing Cassius, Shepherdson is convinced his nemesis is long dead, but is pushed to take on the case by his former supervisor, Tom Highland (Martin Sheen). Meanwhile, »

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