the double

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1646980

the double is pure crap.  they showed richard gere to be cassius so early in the movie that it was obvious something else was going to happen.  i would greatly have appreciated if they had lead up to the real twist in any way, really, rather than just kind of making it magically appear.

i realize that the idea of a long-awaited revenge is a staple of the film industry, but i am just too tired of the blatant implausibility of such a thing to stop from rolling my eyes when i see it.  25 years?  really?  how do you make it that long without dying of being an asshole somewhere along the way?

also, i guess this is obvious, but richard gere as an elite agent, let alone an elite double agent, is completely unbelievable.  topher grace as the inexperienced agent, on the other hand, was much more believable, but he still somehow manages to be annoying.  this is frustrating to me, because i *want* to like topher grace.

the double gets one surprise russian agent.