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Chief of Station

Play trailer 2:06 Poster for Chief of Station Released May 3, 2024 1h 37m Action Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
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Ben is a former CIA station chief whose world comes crashing down after his wife, a former operative, dies in a terrible accident. Soon, a cryptic message sends him back into the shadowy underworld of Eastern Europe, teaming up with a former adversary to unravel a conspiracy that challenges everything he thought he knew about his wife and the agency that he worked for.
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Phil Hoad Guardian In the absence of any feel for intrigue, not least the potential intricacies of a husband-and-wife spook team, Johnson shuffles a deck of espionage-film cliches largely at random. Rated: 2/5 May 29, 2024 Full Review Cris Kennedy Inner East Review The screenplay is by George Mahaffey and while his dialogue has a good rhythm to it, his plotting doesn't get very deep. Rated: 3/5 Oct 3, 2024 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Generic action spy film. Rated: B- Jun 4, 2024 Full Review Jeffrey M. Anderson Common Sense Media This generic spy thriller consists of rudimentary action and chase scenes, tons of exposition as characters explain the plot to one another, and textbook twists that lack life or spark. Rated: 2/5 May 18, 2024 Full Review Daniel Gorman In Review Online [Chief of Station] does give Johnson a chance to flex some filmmaking muscles of a different sort... [It] isn’t going to win any awards, but it gets the job done with efficiency and precision. That’s the Jesse V. Johnson guarantee. May 7, 2024 Full Review Jennie Kermode Eye for Film It’s really Kurylenko's work that gives the film its emotional core, but action fans need not worry: she still delivers some impressive kicks, and gets to jump away from a petrol explosion. Rated: 2/5 May 6, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews

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S J I generally don’t feel called to write reviews on movies, but this one warranted the effort. It was clear that most of the budget was blown on the sets and wardrobes. The writing was unimaginative, cliche, and predictable. Continuity wasn’t even an afterthought. One of the bad guys seemed to keep coming back completely unscathed after repeatedly dying. The special effects were laughably inconsistent with reality, which is something I anticipated with watching an action movie, but it was underwhelming and ridiculous. It could have had a lot of potential and nuance, but the whole production of it didn’t even allow for the chance to suspend disbelief. It felt rushed, clumsy, and disappointing. I’ll be making jokes about it in future conversations. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/15/25 Full Review Ben P This movie drags for the first hour. its the same trope as all the other "someone killed someone I love so i need to find out why" movies. Two stars is generous. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/10/25 Full Review Curt C Absolutely a great action movie with Aaron Eckhart and my favorite...Olga Kurylenko...action packed spy thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat for 97 minutes. I give it an 8.0 Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/31/25 Full Review Mike A This movie had potential, good story line but poorly directed. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/19/25 Full Review Jack G A shocking watch, all the skill of a school drama project with enough budget to fly to a few different countries. A total waste of time. Avoid. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/17/25 Full Review Loren P Pretty sure this is the sequel to Threat Level Midnight. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/12/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Ben is a former CIA station chief whose world comes crashing down after his wife, a former operative, dies in a terrible accident. Soon, a cryptic message sends him back into the shadowy underworld of Eastern Europe, teaming up with a former adversary to unravel a conspiracy that challenges everything he thought he knew about his wife and the agency that he worked for.
Director
Jesse V. Johnson
Producer
Steve Lee Jones, Matthew Shreder, Jonathan Halperyn, Daniel Kresmery, Simon Williams
Screenwriter
George Mahaffey
Distributor
Vertical
Production Co
TDP FILMS, Hero Squared, Bee Holder Productions, Concourse Media, Ashland Hill Media Finance, Tip-Top Productions, Filmology Finance
Genre
Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 3, 2024, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
May 3, 2024
Runtime
1h 37m
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