The Debt
The Debt
R | 31 August 2011 (USA)
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Rachel Singer is a former Mossad agent who tried to capture a notorious Nazi war criminal – the Surgeon of Birkenau – in a secret Israeli mission that ended with his death on the streets of East Berlin. Now, 30 years later, a man claiming to be the doctor has surfaced, and Rachel must return to Eastern Europe to uncover the truth. Overwhelmed by haunting memories of her younger self and her two fellow agents, the still-celebrated heroine must relive the trauma of those events and confront the debt she has incurred.

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CheerupSilver

Very Cool!!!

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Lollivan

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

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Guillelmina

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

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Billy Ollie

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

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thislittlepiggie

The worst casting ever! The young verses the old ....horrible....back and forth, such a disappointing movie.

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Kelvin Richard

The movie is supposed to be on the death camp doctor Joseph Mengele and the Mossad attempt to capture him, the sterling performances by Helen Mirren and Jessica Chastain do not make up for glaring omissions in the plot. No scenes were depicted of what Vogel (Mengele) got upto in the concentration camps, in fact no scenes depicted in camps at all, so no context or background is indicated. The movie builds up to quite a crescendo in the end, then falls dead flat without any conclusion at all at the end, which is a complete anticlimax.

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Reno Rangan

I'm glad that I finally saw it. All these years something stopped me from watching it, but not this time. So I forget what this film was about and went for it thinking it was about money related theme as the title hints. That's a surprise, because it was a spy film and a good one too. I almost loved the whole film, but a few parts were not up to the expectations including the conclusion. I mean I liked that, but according to the climate in the story I anticipated a good ending, even it was cliché I would have not cared.It is the remake of an Israeli film of the same name and obviously slight changes were made in this version. There are two sets of the same characters, because the story takes place in the two different timelines. Hence the young ones and the old ones of the same roles were played by the different actors. They all were amazing, particularly Jessica Chastain led from the front and finished it off quite neatly by Helen Mirren. At one point I thought it was a martial art film, but that part was just a build up like any spy theme.The story holds the suspense, like it does not let us know what they were doing. And when you come to know their intention, the new angle of suspense arises. Like theirs plan to accomplish the mission. Besides the love triangle pours more anticipation towards the conclusion. Apart from the actors, the writing was the most impressive job, to tell the tale very successfully. If it could have not shied away of the clichés, it would have been a masterpiece. Still a very good film and definitely worth a watch.7/10

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Amir Jahangiri

" The debt " is about three Mossad agents which live with and suffer from a simple lie for over two decades . They made a slight change in their story when they came back home , which deceived their government and made them popular among people. In 1965 , Mossad agent Rachel Singer arrives in East Berlin to meet with fellow agent David Peretz and Stephen Gold . Their mission is to capture an infamous Nazi war surgeon who experimented unspeakable tests on Jews during WWII and give him what he truly deserves, justice.A skillfully made movie which will catch your eyes and will tell you two different version of one story , a fake one which was made by the agents to deceive the government and was meant to be the key to the agents' freedom , and the real version which could have been a disaster and turned them into criminals who betrayed their country . One of the best scenes in the movie is when they kidnap the notorious surgeon with their considerable plan that seems flawless and with a brilliant teamwork which ends in an outstanding success. This scene wants us to be patient and hold our breath till it finishes. Jessica Chastain as the main role is quite believable and her performance is rather moving.I believe that if the movie stayed just in the past, now we could have a better movie. Although it is good enough to grab our attention I assume that the writers wanted to add a little mystery to their thriller and create a puzzle in our mind, and regardless of what they did, we don't need to rack our brains to grasp the idea of the movie. All in all it's a watch-worthy movie.

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