36/46
During Marciano’s dialogue in a discussion with Dr
Line of Events
A world of even deeper intrigue and subterfuge ensues, with characters fighting their own battles while dealing with existential threats to the nation and the world. From X-Men: First Class and “The Acolyte” to The Cotton Club, check out the TV and movie roles of “The Agency” stars Michael Fassbender, Jodie Turner-Smith, Richard Gere and more. The way a Case Officer becomes an Agent (or Informant or Confidential Informant) is through the use of the acronym MICE, which stands for: MoneyIdeologyCommitment (aka Blackmail)Ego. Blake, the acronym “OBE” is incorrectly explained as “Overtaken By Events.” In US government agencies, including those in the Intelligence Community and the Department of Defense, the correct/official explanation of the acronym “OBE” is “Overcome By Events”.
The opening credits feature characters and scenes from the series interspersed with mirror panels
Former CIA Director of Counterintelligence James Jesus Angleton, also known as the “spy poet”, described the intelligence game as the “desert of mirrors”, which was a phrase borrowed from a poem by T.S. Eliot called Gerontion (The title is Greek for “little old man”, and the poem is an interior monologue relating the opinions and impressions of an elderly man, who describes post-World War I Europe through the eyes of a man who lived most of his life in the 19th century). In the world of Intelligence, in the search for truth, it is difficult to tell the difference between reality and a reflection of it, an illusion if you will, as if we were in a “Hall of Mirrors”. Featured on The Graham Norton Show: Cher/Keira Knightley/Michael Fassbender/Josh Brolin/Jalen Ngonda (2024).
The acting as a whole I give 8/10
The highlight of The Agency is Michael Fassbender, a great actor and convincing in his role as a field agent returning home after being undercover for so long. Even the minor characters have done a good job so far (apart from those minor characters trying to be smart). The story is nothing new, but several story lines intertwine, I’m not sure where it would lead even at the end of the 2nd episode. So, it’s a good thing, being unpredictable.
The soundtrack, good
Nice touch with the song -Love is Blindness. You can tell a good budget went into this, of course with movie actors it’s obvious, but even more so due to the locations selected and how some of the action sequences were filmed. It looked like a good movie. I really enjoyed it, but I may be biased, Michael Fassbender is one of my favorite actors.