Good movie, althoug for a German movie I (as a German) found it somewhat disconnecting that actors I know speak English all the time and - making it worse - try to pronounce German names in a way that English people would pronounce it. Why the hell? Not that I have a problem with English movies (I try to watch all my movies in original language (with subtitles if neccessary) and 90% of these are English) as is. But a German movie in Germany played by German actors shown to a German public in English - that's mighty strange. As well as it was strange that Moslem people when with each other, spoke English, and not Arabic. Would have loved it, if they did what Tarantino did back with Inglorious Basterds; there would have still be plenty of room for English with all the contacts these people where suppose to have with American Contact persons. And then use subtitles whereever needed. I mean for a movie that depicts the conflict of interest of international collaboration in fighting terrorism a bit more international touch would have been great. Other than that, however, the movie was really great. I enjoyed it a lot, the actors played their roles well and it was great to see a movie that just depicted the field of problems without judging - it's hard to find someone to relate to, there is no good or bad - you feel like you're thrown into something where you can understand the reasoning and interests of the different people, but where you cannot say "Ok, that guy's the good one, and that's the bad". I really liked that about the movie.

Philip Seymour's last film. How depressing. Like almost all of his films this was well worth the time. Definitely a worthy sendoff. follow me at https://IHateBadMovies.com

Although I found the movie to be a bit of a slow-burn for this genre, the number of amazing American and German actors cast in this movie kept me interested, especially Nina Hoss 😍. I really liked her work in A Woman in Berlin (https://trakt.tv/movies/a-woman-in-berlin-2008).

> "To make the world safer place. Isn't that enough?" This movie has excellent performances all around on a sensitive but important subject. Phillip Seymour Hoffman is so so good and makes me sad remembering he passed away a week after this came out. Nina Hoss is another standout for me. If you are looking for an action packed spy thriller, this won't be for you, but the story itself is good enough on it's own.

**Brilliantly assembled spy mystery without the fluff, and definitely worth watching.**