It is certainly nice seeing Paul Rudd in a drama. He is the educated, catcher for the Boston Red Sox, Moe Berg, who has finally been forced to retire from baseball and joins the government in the war effort, though for the most part, that means staying behind the desk, which he loathes.
He finally gets an assignment, to kill Hitler's personal scientist, Werner Heisenberg (Mark Strong) who has been tasked with crafting an atomic bomb. But it is 1944 and he hasn't succeeded yet, most believe that he is capable but just hasn't had the heart to do so, thus he is stalling. Besides, will Moe even have the guts to follow through if he needs to actually murder the man.
Despite the great supporting cast, Guy Pearce, Paul Giamatti, Sienna Miller, Jeff Daniels and Tom Wilkinson, the film is missing something. In the hands of a different director and screenwriter, this could have been something very special as the story is there but ultimately, some decent performances are wasted, which is the true crime. If you assemble an A-list of actors, they need a director and screenplay worthy of them, which is not the case for this film which is such a shame. Grade: B
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