I've always liked Pierce Brosnan, even his marginal singing in 'Mama Mia'. I also liked him in James Bond movies, I find him a very honest and entertaining actor.
Here he is Devereaux, a highly trained specialist. We only learn near the end of the movie why he is called "November Man", it is because during his career when he showed up for an assignment, after he left there was no life left, like the start of winter killing all vegetation.
The movie starts in 2008 in a botched assignment, because his partner, a younger man he was training, didn't follow orders. That agent is played by Australian Luke Bracey as Mason. An innocent bystander, a boy, was killed in a crowded city square. After that Devereaux retired.
Then the movie cuts to the present, 2013, and Devereaux is asked to come back to assist in a critical job, it seems the primary candidate for the next Russian presidency is a man who some years earlier had conspired to explode a building, killing many civilians, but starting the Chechen War in the 1990s. There is also a woman involved, Ukrainian actress Olga Kurylenko as Alice, who might have been imprisoned and abused by the man for years. Several lives are in danger, and a Russian assassin lady is following some of them.
The movie requires Devereaux and his old partner, Mason, to work together, even though back in 2008 he had given Mason a negative evaluation.
The movie has a good mix of mystery and action, we found it very entertaining. And of course we know these sorts of things really do happen. Or at least could happen.
Here he is Devereaux, a highly trained specialist. We only learn near the end of the movie why he is called "November Man", it is because during his career when he showed up for an assignment, after he left there was no life left, like the start of winter killing all vegetation.
The movie starts in 2008 in a botched assignment, because his partner, a younger man he was training, didn't follow orders. That agent is played by Australian Luke Bracey as Mason. An innocent bystander, a boy, was killed in a crowded city square. After that Devereaux retired.
Then the movie cuts to the present, 2013, and Devereaux is asked to come back to assist in a critical job, it seems the primary candidate for the next Russian presidency is a man who some years earlier had conspired to explode a building, killing many civilians, but starting the Chechen War in the 1990s. There is also a woman involved, Ukrainian actress Olga Kurylenko as Alice, who might have been imprisoned and abused by the man for years. Several lives are in danger, and a Russian assassin lady is following some of them.
The movie requires Devereaux and his old partner, Mason, to work together, even though back in 2008 he had given Mason a negative evaluation.
The movie has a good mix of mystery and action, we found it very entertaining. And of course we know these sorts of things really do happen. Or at least could happen.