Spy – We Have Issues

Salt (2010) – Review

August 6, 2026 greigzilla

For a while there, it seemed like the spy movie was predominantly a boy’s club that gave such agents as James Bond, Jason Bourne and

xXx: State Of The Union (2005) – Review

May 3, 2025 greigzilla

So, to put it mildly, I’ve never been a fan of the original xXx. Oh hey, I’m fully on board with filmmakers trying to come

The Amateur (2025) – Review

April 13, 2025 greigzilla

Revenge movies that see a bereaved lead switch to a life of murder can usually burn one of two ways. The first is, naturally, hot

xXx (2002) – Review

April 8, 2025 greigzilla

The year is 2002 and as we await the rather dismal Die Another Day – Pierce Brosnan’s fourth and final turn as super spy James

Black Bag (2025) – Review

March 19, 2025 greigzilla

Hey, remember back when spy movies were sexy? Steven Soderbergh sure does and with his latest post retirement film, Black Bag, he and screenwriter David

The Tailor Of Panama (2001) – Review

June 16, 2024 greigzilla

The responsibility of playing James Bond comes with far more dangers and pitfalls than just having to talk your way out of having your penis

Casino Royale (1967) – Review

April 24, 2024 greigzilla

Outside of the monopoly that EON Studios has on all things James Bond, there are two, pesky variants that lurk just outside of the realms

Never Say Never Again (1983) – Review

April 15, 2024 greigzilla

While the story of the tangled movie rights of Ian Flemming’s Bond novel, Thunderball, would probably be best left explained by someone who remotely understood

Argylle (2024) – Review

February 2, 2024 greigzilla

Just what is it with Matthew Vaughn and spy movies? I mean in a career that started off very firmly in the British gangster movie

Heart Of Stone (2023) – Review

August 14, 2023 greigzilla

Yep, another day, seemingly means yet another Netflix action/spy thriller led by a superhero actor lands on the streaming site only a short time after

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) – Review

July 12, 2023 greigzilla

Since the ascension of the Mission: Impossibe series made the switch from Tom Cruise Vanity Project to legitimate contender for action franchise alpha (around about

The Man With The Golden Gun (1974) – Review

November 27, 2019 greigzilla

After dipping Bond’s manicured pinky into a different exploitation genre with Live And Let Die, the filmmakers at Eon Productions figured that if dumping 007

Anna (2019) – Review

July 7, 2019 greigzilla

It seems that once again Luc Besson is exercising that particular fetish of having a woman with the 14-year-old-boy proportions of a professional model indulge

Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015) – Review

May 16, 2019 greigzilla

The M:I series has always prided itself on staying fresh. Well… Tonally fresh at least, considering that story wise, a Mission: Impossible movie usually contains