ALL THE OLD KNIVES MOVIE REVIEW

In All The Old Knives, CIA agent Henry (Chris Pine) invites his former colleague and ex-lover Celia (Thandiwe Newton) to dinner. Officially, this meeting is a mere formality, just some routine questions about a deadly hijacking case they both worked on in 2012. Henry’s true mission is to determine whether Celia was the mole in the CIA who assisted the terrorists that day, and to terminate her if she’s guilty. Unlike many spy thrillers, this doesn’t involve cool gadgets and pulse pounding action. Rather, this is a character based drama with a mystery at its center, one that explores the moral ambiguities of the spy trade, and the psychic toll it takes on its practitioners. Our world weary reviewers Chad, Marcos, T.C., and Marco may not be the oldest (or the sharpest) knives in the drawer, but they’ve carefully reviewed the evidence and are ready to present their findings.

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DIRECTED BY: Janus Metz Pedersen

STARRING: Chris Pine, Thandiwe Newton, Laurence Fishburne, Jonathan Pryce, Gala Gordon, Corey Johnson, Colin Stinton, Ahd Kamel, David Bedella

 

YOUR REVIEWERS

 

Chad Halvorsen (Screener Squad)

Chad Halvorsen currently resides in Milwaukee, WI, where he produces and edits commercials, films, and everything in between. He was always a fan of film/television growing up, spending days in the Summer, making (terrible) home movies with his brothers. Little did he know that passion would carry on into adulthood. Since 2006, Chad has worked for several agencies in various departments. Shooting, producing, editing, production management, directing, and when forced to, writing copy. In 2015, Chad decided to take the big leap and become a freelancer. Since then, he’s produced content for Lyft, AT&T, Target, and Discovery Network. His passion lies in entertaining people, making them feel better, even for a moment. All the pain and suffering of this business is worth it, if even just one person views his work. Chad is a frequent podcaster, most notably posing as a co-host for the podcast “The Film Illogical Society.”

 

 

Marco Noyola (Digital Noise, Highly Suspect Reviews, Screener Squad, Audio Editor)

By day, Marco is a mild-mannered office worker, but by night he is a mild-mannered movie watcher. He does other mild-mannered stuff too.

“You don’t need to follow me. You don’t need to follow anybody!”

 

 

 

T.C. De Witt (Screener Squad)

T.C. De Witt is a multi-awarded writer/director originally from Wisconsin and now based in Los Angeles. His life has been devoted to the arts since he was a child. He’s been a stage performer, playwright, stand-up comic, film and television actor, radio DJ, podcaster published author, recorded musician, and comic writer/illustrator. He is now a professional screenwriter and has been thriving for the past decade, regularly offering his talents to production studios in LA, Chicago, Milwaukee, and internationally in Sydney and Poland. He’s provided content for Amazon Prime, Netflix, and several YouTube partners. His films have screened internationally, and his stageplays have been performed across the country. In the last ten years, he has directed 57 films, 23 episodes of his series The One Minute Rewatch, 300+ episodes of podcasts, and his multi-award-winning short film Screen: Righter screened at the Festival de Cannes in 2016. He has released two feature films, The Princess Knight and A Christmas Sunset. He thrives on collaboration and the thrill of sharing stories in all forms.

 

 

Marcos Lira (Highly Suspect Reviews, Screener Squad)

Me? I come from the South,