Damascus Cover

Name: Damascus Cover
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Released: July 20, 2018
Duration: 93 min
Rating: 36
Cast: Aki Avni, Ben Affan, John Hurt, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Jürgen Prochnow

2018

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Vertical Entertainment | Release Date: July 20, 2018 | R

Starring: Aki Avni, Ben Affan, John Hurt, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Jürgen Prochnow, Navid Negahban, Neta Riskin, Olivia Thirlby, Selva Rasalingam, Shani Aviv, Tsahi Halevi, Wolf Kahler, Yigal Naor

Summary: Ari Ben-Zion, haunted by the death of his son, is assigned by the Mossad to smuggle a chemical weapons scientist out of Syria. Within days his mission goes wrong. To survive Ari reaches out to a deep cover agent code named, The Angel. He soon discovers that he is a pawn in a much bigger plan.

Director: Daniel Zelik Berk

Genre(s): Action, Mystery, Thriller

Rating: R

Runtime: 93 min

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Helen T. Verongos

Jul 26, 2018

As one Syrian character tells another, “Timing is everything in this business,” and timing is only one flawed aspect of this uneven movie. Read full review

Gary Goldstein

Jul 19, 2018

The serviceable but astonishingly generic Damascus Cover features the usual political-thriller tropes — tough but haunted protagonist, zigzag of foreign locales, rival spies, arcane twists, shifting allegiances, wedged-in romance — without adding much that feels unique or exciting. Read full review

Stephen Dalton

Jul 19, 2018

Sadly, Berk’s stale screenplay simply lacks the heft or depth to lift it above third-hand homage to earlier, better, smarter films. Read full review

Empire Amy West

Jul 30, 2018

Setting and performances aside, Damascus Cover is a forgettable spy thriller that bulldozes over its real-life relevance in favour of shoehorned romance and hackneyed characters. Less Mission: Impossible; more ‘Mission: Thrown Out The Window’. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Aug 14, 2018

The twist ending is muddled, and has a rather bland and emollient equivalence between intelligence agencies. Read full review

Derek Smith

Jul 15, 2018

The film trots out thinly conceived villains and a murky plot twists that leave crucial details needlessly shrouded in mystery. Read full review

Joe Leydon

Jul 25, 2018

Unfortunately, Berk’s movie is too plodding and predictable to generate anything more than a modest level of suspense; worse, it lacks enough excitement to qualify even as instantly forgettable popcorn entertainment. Read full review

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Kesem

Aug 13, 2018

I really liked this movie. It definitely requires attention, but it comes together in a very satisfying ending. I may even want to watch it again. A thinking person's spy movie.

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Bizzylorenzo70

Aug 22, 2018

Although some of the Israeli Mossad Agent's (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) decisions here are head shakingly foolish and some of the plot elements can get confusing, there's enough intrigue and surprises in the movie to be able to recommend. Sadly, John Hurt's final film and, as usual, he is superbAlthough some of the Israeli Mossad Agent's (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) decisions here are head shakingly foolish and some of the plot elements can get confusing, there's enough intrigue and surprises in the movie to be able to recommend. Sadly, John Hurt's final film and, as usual, he is superb in a supporting role.… Expand

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Bitash

Jul 29, 2018

I wanted to see this movie despite its bad reviews as I love Jonathan.m.r and thought he will carry the movie....so disappointed that the script, writing and directing is sooooo poor that messed up his acting as well. No character development , no surprises, no thrill at all, predictableI wanted to see this movie despite its bad reviews as I love Jonathan.m.r and thought he will carry the movie....so disappointed that the script, writing and directing is sooooo poor that messed up his acting as well. No character development , no surprises, no thrill at all, predictable scene, poor chemistry between the love interests, unnecessary scenes that don’t add anything to the storyline.........the love story between him and female American reporter is not believable, I can’t see the chemistry, poor scenes that are over acted...this could have been exciting and filled with suspense, they took a great movie idea and messed it up. Actors just following directors orders, it’s a horrible movie. I gave it a one because I like Johnathan .m.r… Expand

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