![]() These questions may occupy some audiences longer than others. But how will his secret-agent lifestyle fit in with this new relationship? Is this a movie about Gemma Arterton getting recruited for a stealthy mission, or Gemma Arterton navigating the perils of semi-modern love? Her resistance stays just barely more intrigued than wary, while his persistence stays just barely more charming than pushy, and they begin seeing each other. He sees her every day during her walk to work, and he’s attracted to her. It’s a tense, low-tech little intro-and if you’re unfamiliar with the real-life story, it’s surprising to see the movie then jump forward a decade, when Robert meets Alice (Arterton), a successful lawyer. It opens in the early ’90s, with Robert (James Norton) recruiting several English university students for an MI5-driven mission to stop an IRA plot. To give away too much would spoil the movie’s modest entertainment value, though the movie itself might telegraph enough to do that anyway. This mix of star quality and genericism is perfect for Rogue Agent, whose effectiveness depends on a lack of certainty over what genre, exactly, it will occupy. ![]() There’s the restless-in-love object of desire ( Tamara Drewe Gemma Bovery) the plucky WWII figure ( Their Finest Summerland) and the British-pulp soldier ( Quantum of Solace The King’s Man), with some obligatory and forgettable Hollywood love-interest roles along the way. This might seem counterintuitive-not because Arterton is a bad actor, but because she tends to switch, as needed, between a few dependable, unremarkable types. To whatever extent that it works as a feature film is largely attributable to Gemma Arterton. ![]() The true-story raw materials for Rogue Agent would more typically be fashioned into either a fascinating magazine article or a watchable but overlong streaming miniseries.
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