The Debt
Dir: John Madden
2010
***
The Debt is a great little Espionage that spans 30 years. The start of the film sees our three main leads, a trio of Israeli Nazi hunters, carry out a political kidnapping in the late 1960s. Jump to 1997 and we get the sense that the mission didn't go as well as we, and the rest of the world, were lead to believe. It's a slow burner this, but it's all the better for it. I think the younger actors were a little more convincing in their roles but I found the older actors far more watchable. It's a delicate subject and like in all good thriller, not everything is what it seems. I did find that certain key questions, particularly regarding one of the three main characters, remained unanswered to the films disadvantage. Overall it is stylish, well acted and beautifully directed but it's just missing that certain je ne sais quoi that would make it really great, rather than just quite good.