When a top-secret weapon falls into mercenary hands, a wild-card C.I.A. agent joins forces with three international agents on a mission to retrieve it, while staying a step ahead of a myster... Read allWhen a top-secret weapon falls into mercenary hands, a wild-card C.I.A. agent joins forces with three international agents on a mission to retrieve it, while staying a step ahead of a mysterious woman who's tracking their every move.When a top-secret weapon falls into mercenary hands, a wild-card C.I.A. agent joins forces with three international agents on a mission to retrieve it, while staying a step ahead of a mysterious woman who's tracking their every move.
- Awards
- 3 wins & 3 nominations total
- Luis Rojas
- (as Édgar Ramirez)
- Agent #1
- (as Sebastian Capitan Viveros)
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Imagine a world where wanted killers weave though bustling marketplaces brandishing weapons in plain view, attacking victims, and disappearing before anyone's the wiser. Or a hacker who puts Mr. Robot to shame, instantly and effortlessly breaking into a network with every live security camera in a major European city, just by twiddling her fingers over a keyboard. Welcome to The 355.
"It's a movie," you say. Of course. One must suspend disbelief for a hot minute. But that becomes quite a chore when you're given one believable character out of four. The tired espionage tropes become exhausted, and a comprehensive plot summary can be deduced after 30 minutes, less if you're keen on these things. Action sequences quick cut like a movie trailer. Stock villains. Cringe subtext. The litany of cinema transgressions runs long. And the chuckles and groans filling the theatre were proof.
But I've been harsh. The protagonists get decent backstory treatment and are forced to make difficult choices. The sound and music amp up the excitement nicely. There's some chemistry between the cast, and they do the best with what they're given. While Chastain seems out of place here, I'll shrug and acknowledge the effort since not much else was believable. And I wasn't bored watching it. I guess it comes down to how bored you are before you decide to watch it.
Technically, the camerawork is excessively shaky and the editing is overcut, fruitlessly compensating for dull action. The production design is uninspired and limited. The audio design is involved but sometimes misuses action sounds. The music is forgettable and the effects are overly sanitized. Lastly, the direction lacks unity, creating a mundane and inconsistent experience. None of this is necessarily terrible, but The 355 just isn't great. Overall, it feels like a halfhearted ploy that capitalizes on good-natured people who want to support minority empowerment. Unfortunately for those viewers, The 355 does very little for the female cause.
Writing: 4/10 Direction: 4/10 Cinematography: 5/10 Acting: 6/10 Editing: 5/10 Sound: 6/10 Score/Soundtrack: 5/10 Production Design: 4/10 Casting: 7/10 Effects: 6/10
Overall Score: 5.2/10.
Did you know
- TriviaThe title is a reference to Agent 355, which was the codename of an unidentified female spy who fought for the Patriots during the American Revolution.
- GoofsKhadijah says the drive is going "Southeast over the Atlantic". Southeast from Paris would go over the Mediterranean, not the Atlantic. She also tracks the drive to Morocco, but Morocco is not Southeast of Paris.
- Quotes
Mace: Hey Nick, remember that story that they told us about in training? Washington's female spy during the Revolution. Agent 355 what's they called her.
Nick Fowler: Cause they didn't know her name.
Mace: Someone knew her name. They just didn't want the world to know it.
Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official sites
- Languages
- Also known as
- Agentes 355
- Filming locations
- Shanghai, China(Taipei, Taiwan)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $75,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $14,570,455
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $4,621,765
- Jan 9, 2022
- Gross worldwide
- $27,827,745
- Runtime2 hours 2 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1