The Impossible Spy
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Movie Reviews of The Impossible Spy
Movie Review: A true story of one of the best human intelligence agents
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a video enactment of the true story of the famous Israeli spy, Elie Cohen, who was reluctantly recruited by the Mossad to infiltrate the Syrian High Command. He successfully did so by befriending and subsidizing (with Israeli government money) the the then outlawed Baath Party of Syria. He made his first contact with a Baath Party representative in Argentina. When the Baath Party eventually came to power in Syria, Elie Cohen followed. Being Syrian born, and raised in Egypt, this devout Jew, fluent in Arabic and at least four other languages, rose from a job as a lowly accountant at a grocery chain, to nearly become the deputy minister of defense in Syria. Before being discovered, probably because of his false overconfidence in transmitting Morse code messages to Tel Aviv, he became, and still is, one of the most celebrated human intelligence figures in world history. The information he provided was instrumental in the astonishing victory by Israel in the Six Day War.
Highly recommended for those interested in middle east politics and espionage.
Movie Review: Good film
Summary: 4 Stars
The film is a little older than I had thought, but it still gives a terrific account of the career of Israel's most famous spy. It provides some action and suspense, but it is mostly a human drama.Movie Review: decent older film
Summary: 3 Stars
This video has somewhat B-rated quality, but it's very old (& says it was made for British TV or something)so you aren't going to get the greatest quality. It starts out with hokey film-tactics, but then gets better.
The generic content/story is very good....gives you some perspectives about how others work at their jobs & contribute to society around you and do things so that "the rest of us can go on with life as normal as possible." This is a pretty clean movie from what we noticed the first time watching it, safe for families & individuals in a general way. This is not a religious theme movie at all, outside of the generic theme of Land being a homeland to the Israelite people.
This is an enjoyable film, based on a true story, and helps you understand some of the pressures that countries & their defense departments/agents must go thru. Also, the "human side" of a relationship between opposing sides is presented --the immovable difference between an Arab & an Israelite who are competing for the same piece of Land. Men are seen developing "mutual" respect and certain feelings of "friendship" towards each other. It's a sad thing that men must fight, indeed.
My family enjoys historical films that show more and more puzzle pieces about the Land of Israel and the people of Israel. This film focuses on the Syrian-Israeli conflict, through the life of a new spy. The newly inducted spy incidentally makes choices that destroy his marriage due to "practical abandonment" you might say -without the wife having any inkling of this being the chosen path. Personally i believe there's a difference between a man who joins the army, then gets married with his wife understanding the ups & downs of an army marriage beforehand ....VERSES a man who marries his wife and sneakily joins the army and sees her and their newborn only a handful of times in several years...which means the wife and child have been unnecessarily hurt. "Greater Good" themes are toyed with in this marital struggle.
Being a Bible believer, i'm reminded that until Israel's neighbors accept the role that Israel is meant to have within the Covenanted Land.....and until Israel walks in true Torah the majority of the time....& seeking to be a light to the nations, the opposing parties will never get along nor benefit each other. May Moshiach Return quickly, even in our days.
The one exception to us recommending this film, is going to only strike a positive/helpful note with few people (we realize), but nevertheless....the problem we have with this film is that real live human beings with real life families (husbands, and/or wives, and/or children) are being intimate with other people outside of their family all for the sake of "it's just a job, it's acting." We personally don't believe that God will every approve body-close-holding and smooching, as "just a job so it's okay" when it comes to non-married people. You simply won't find that kind of behavior ever supported or condoned in the Bible. As i said, we realize this won't be a popular stance, in a Media-soaked culture, but nonetheless...it's the flat truth. So we cannot recommend you actually buy this film. There ARE films on the market, few though, that have actual actors who are husbands and wives being intimate on screen...or that have husbands and wives pictured who aren't married outside the movie but BARELELY touch in any intimate way (like FireProof, Facing the Giants, Time Changer, Flywheel, and others). We recommend you just place your own family member in the actor's spot, and see how you'd feel watching your partner or child doing the intimacy with a complete stranger (IN FRONT OF THEIR CHILDREN OR SPOUSE). Thanks for "listening." :)
Movie Review: A Good Spy Yarn
Summary: 3 Stars
This is a true story that I had heard about a few years ago. The movie seems authenic from what I had heard. The movie holds your interest, but some of the acting is nothing special. The locale helps to give the story creditability. It was worth watching, but of average quality.Movie Review: Low quality DVD copy
Summary: 1 Stars
I purchased this from Amazon in June 2009 along with several other DVD's. I was very disappointed with the quality of this DVD. I have made dozens of family DVD's at home and can see the difference between mine and those 'factory' produced ones - the latter have a different type of 'protective' coating on the recorded side such that the disc cannot be easily scratched through normal use. This disc was definitely the 'home made' type (including the `home made' circular sticker. I could easily see the recorded area and the disc was already slightly scratched when I 'unpacked' it upon receipt. I would not recommend this substandard recording by 'Janson Media'
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