After an operation goes bad in Montenegro when a child is killed in a crowd, Peter Deveraux leaves the CIA. Five years later, he is pulled out of his retirement in Switzerland by his former boss, who wants him to save a female spy who has infiltrated the administration of Federov, a Russian presidential candidate suspected of war crimes. Deveraux is assigned to protect Alice Fournier, whose testimony could ruin Federov. But out to stop them both is David Mason, a CIA agent whom Deveraux himself trained…

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The movie’s introductory sequence seems photocopied by a studio with no imagination, demonstrating that The November Man is nothing more than a simple variation on your typical spy/action movie. Adapted from the novels by Bill Granger in a vain attempt to create a new Jason Bourne series, this terrible spy story shamelessly stacks one cliché on top of another: a witness to be saved, a dishonest politician, a corrupt CIA boss, a traumatized protagonist, and a plot stuffed with car chases and boring gun battles.Like a B-movie director who’s never had a hit in years, Roger Donaldson (Cocktail, Dante’s Peak, The Bank Job, The Recruit) has made a mediocre movie that has no style, with a rhythm that is light years behind the competition – especially Paul Greengrass. Although Pierce Brosnan adds his usual charm, the presence of Olga Kurylenko confirms the direction her shaky career is heading. The November Man, in which she distinguishes herself with a prostitute scene reminiscent of Jennifer Garner in Alias, joins a line of duds like Oblivion, Erased and Vampire Academy. Let’s hope this awful movie won’t have a sequel, even thought the studio is laying plans to the contrary.