UPaul Rudd iinkwenkwezi njengoMoe Berg kwi 'The Catcher Was Spy'Iifilimu ze-IFC Kwisiqwenga esingaqhelekanga Umda weTwilight, fumana oku: kwi-1938, emva kokwahlulahlula i-athomu, iJamani yasungula iminyaka yenyukliya. AmaNazi aqesha u-Werner Heisenberg osisazi se-Nobel Prize ukuze akhe ibhombu ye-athomu. Ngo-1944, urhulumente wase-U.S wathumela uMoe Berg, umbambisi owaziwayo kunye neBoston Red Sox, ukuba bambulale. Ibali, umbhalo osemazantsi wemfihlo ogcinwe kakuhle kwimbali yeWWII kude kube ngoku, yinto ethandabuzekayo kangangokuba ukuba nawuphi na umbhali weefilimu eziye zayifaka njengemidlalo yeqonga, akuthandabuzeki ukuba nabani na angayifaka ifilimu. Ekugqibeleni, kukho umntu onayo.
Isiphumo yinto evuyisayo, Umbambisi wayeyintlola, ikhokelwe ngu-Ben Lewin, ebhalwe ngu-Robert Rodat ovela kwi-riveting, ephandwe kakuhle kwincwadi ye-1994 yesihloko esifanayo ngu-Nicholas Dawidoff, eneenkwenkwezi uPaul Rudd njengo Moe Berg kunye nomlingisi omkhulu wase-Bhritane u-Mark Strong njengo Heisenberg. Iziphumo zilibali eliyinyani elinamanci, kodwa Umbambisi wayeyintlola iseyimovie efanelekileyo ukuba ibonwe.
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UMorris Moe Berg wayengomnye weenkwenkwezi ezingaqhelekanga kwimbali yebhola ye-baseball. Kwangelo xesha, ukujoyina u-Babe Ruth kwiqela laseMelika lonke elenza uhambo oluhle eJapan, kwaye lavela rhoqo njengendwendwe elithandwayo kwinkqubo kanomathotholo Iinkcukacha, nceda . Wathetha iilwimi ezisixhenxe. WayengumYuda ongathobeliyo owayekuthintela nakuphi na ukukhankanywa kunqulo. Wayekwayisitabane, awayegcina imfihlo kwihlabathi, kubandakanya umcebisi wakhe emkhosini (uJeff Daniels) kunye nentombi yakhe ekudala engatshatanga, utitshala womculo ogama linguEstella (Sienna Miller).
Emva kwePearl Harbour, uBerg wajoyina i-O.S.S., umanduleli we-CIA, apho waqeqeshwa khona ngamandla kuzo zombini i-espionage kunye nokulwa. I-cut-cut ecocekileyo kunye ne-preppie, iRudd ayijongi njengeifoto ze-Moe Berg yokwenyani, eyayimnyama, inobuhlanga, i-edgy kwaye ikhathazekile. Kodwa ulunge kakhulu, eyona nto ilungileyo yeyona ndima ibalaseleyo yomsebenzi wakhe.
Esona sabelo sakhe sibalulekileyo yayikukuthunyelwa eZurich ukuya kudibana nokuvavanya uHeisenberg, athathe isigqibo kwelacala awayekulo, kwaye ukuba kuyacaca ukuba ebesakha ibhombu yotshaba ukuze ambulale. Uxinzelelo, uxinzelelo kunye noxinzelelo lwexhala leengxabano azidlalileyo zibekiwe ngokucocekileyo, njenge-wardrobe entsha eyilelwe imozulu eyahlukeneyo. UmJuda owayengena ngokungenelela kumaNazi ngelixa wayejongwe ngokusondeleyo ngamaGestapo kunye nesini esivaliweyo esasidume ngokuqaqamba kwilizwe elikhanyayo le-baseball, iBerg's yayiyimpilo yokungqubana nobungozi. Xa ekugqibeleni eza ubuso ngobuso noHeisenberg kwelona ziko lokugqibela lokuncinwa elinokutshintsha isiphumo semfazwe, utshintshiselwano lwenziwa ngomlomo kulwimi lomdlalo wechess. Emva kwemfazwe, u-Estella wazifunela ulonwabo ngokutshata nomnye umntu kwaye uMoe wahlala eyintsingiselo kude kube sekupheleni.
Imovie iyaliqhekeza ityala likaHeisenberg kunye nolwazi lwenyukliya, kodwa ayikhe ichaze ngokupheleleyo imfihlakalo kaMoe Berg. Uhlala edidekile de kube namhlanje. Ukuboleka inkxaso ephilileyo kugxilwe kuRudd, ukusebenza ngokukuko, uGuy Pearce, uTom Wilkinson, uGiancarlo Giannini kunye noPaul Giamatti bongeza isidima kunye nokulingana.
Umbambisi wayeyintlola unokusebenzisa isenzo esithe kratya, ukurhana kancinci, isini esithe kratya-kunye nebhola enkulu kakhulu. Isilumko, ukulandela-amachaphaza ulwalathiso nguLewin wenza ibali elinemiceli mngeni lincinci kunokuba kufanelekile, kodwa kuyathandabuzeka ukuba uza kubona iqhawe laseMelika eliqhelekileyo kuneMoe Berg kwiscreen kulo nyaka.
