Review - Bridge of Spies
Bridge of Spies (2015), PG-13, 141 minutes - I'm a sucker for historical dramas so this film, a Steven Spielberg/Tom Hanks collaboration, was a must see in my mind. Unfortunately, I didn't get around to seeing it as quickly as I would have liked. Fortunately though, it enjoyed a fairly decent theatrical run, allowing me to finally check it out a couple of weeks ago. Bridge of Spies is based upon events that occurred in the 1960's: the Cold War prisoner exchange of suspected spies between the United States and Russia, and the unexpected catalyst of the exchange negotiations: an insurance settlement lawyer named James B. Donovan (Tom Hanks). Donovan is first asked to act as defense lawyer for suspected Russian spy Rudolf Abel (Mark Rylance). It is of no concern to anyone that Donovan has limited defense experience as Abel only needs representation so that the court can go through the motions of 'due process'. At a time when the threat of nuclear war was ...