Black Bag Has Renewed My Faith in Modern Cinema
Briefly

In 'Black Bag', directed by Steven Soderbergh, Michael Fassbender plays George, an intelligence agent entangled in a web of espionage and personal dilemmas. The film opens with a captivating shot as George meets Philip, played by Gustaf Skarsgård, who presents him with a list of potential traitors linked to a dangerous software. The plot thickens when George's partner, Kathryn (Cate Blanchett), comes under suspicion, forcing him to navigate the treacherous waters of his professional duties versus his personal life, highlighting the coexistence of love and betrayal in their world.
Black Bag begins with Michael Fassbender's back to the camera in an unblinking tracking shot from city street to subterranean club, and it is immediately clear that I am in the hands of a master.
Soderbergh's camera graces Fassbender's George, an intelligence agent arriving for a meeting with a vaping Gustaf Skarsgård, who is passing along a list of names - suspected traitors involved in stealing Severus.
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