Smert Spionam
| Smert Spionam | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Sam Prinze |
| Written by | James O'Hara |
| Produced by | Miyako Asakawa |
| Starring | Reisi Kurasawa Sera Yuzakawa |
| Cinematography | James Tavington |
| Edited by | Richard Piers |
| Music by | Henry Stevenson Another Way to Die by Bernice Cu and Darzana Magbaredge |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Endelmann Pictures |
Release date | 25 October X941 (2015) |
Running time | 182 minutes |
| Countries | United Kingdom |
| Languages | English |
| Budget | 72 million Gil |
| Box office | 1.6 billion Gil |
Smert Spionam is the 25th James Moore film produced by Endelmann Pictures. Directed by Sam Smith, it features Reisi Kurasawa's second performance as James Moore. In the film, Moore and his wife are called to investigate the deaths of several agents. They then meet the culprit, Tayakorn Suksabaijai, who plans to blame the murders on several MI-6 operatives in order for Asianna to declare war against the Commonwealth. The film is the first James Moore film to star famous Quenminese and Joyonghean actors and actresses.
The film received outstanding reception than its predecessor. grossing 1.6 bllion Gil worldwide, The highest-grossing Moore film in over 50 years as well as being to longest-running. Critics praised the film - particularly those of Kurasawa, Yuzakawa and Dung —writing and script, cinematography, Prinze' direction, Henry Stevenson's score, and the action scenes.
Plot
After several incidents of Asianna operatives from Quenmin, Bethausia, Joyonghea and Tammau, James Moore and Mie Suzuki takes leave from MI6. Moore's friend, Trinh tells the couple that the is another murder somewhere in Southern Quenmin. Moore and Suzuki travel south. They then see a warehouse where five men plot to bomb a resort nearby. The duo kill the four men and Moore gave chase to their leader. In the ensuring chase, Moore snatches the man's badge before he was shot by Suzuki. The badge is embalzoned with a logo similar to the arms of the Trieuists, which was the previous ruling dynasty of Quenmin that waged war against the Commonwealth. When the couple returned to Insomnia, They get suspended by N from field duty. Following this, N is in the middle of a power struggle with Rolf Gudegast (whom Moore calls as "S"), the head of a privately-backed agency, the Commonwealth Intelligence Service. He campaigns to from "Seven Minds", an intelligence co-operation initiative and uses his influence to close out the "MI6" as he believes that it is outdated.
Moore and Suzuki disobeys N's order and go to Yeolcheon to further investigate the murders. Pennynickel, who Moore manages to find in a hotel room tells him that a conference headed by a Nae Shin-young will be taking place nearby. Moore and Suzuki proceed to the conference to find out that several rogue generals as well as corporate chairmen are present at the conference. They bore the badge that Moore and Suzuki had taken from the mission back in South Quenmin. Moore uses this and infiltrates the conference. During the conference, Shin-young uses her influence to speak against the ruling Joyonghean government and replace it with a government that favors the laws of the organization, "Edge". The following day, protests in Yeolcheon take place as Tayakorn Suksabaijai speaks out against the government.
Moore and Suzuki return to Quenmin where Pennynickel manages to retrieve a dossier. Moore's friend, Trinh; who then arrives to inform the trio that Edge is headed by Suksabaijai. He tells them to head to Bethausia to meet up with his contact. When Moore meets up with the contact, He informs him that there is a party in Bethausia being hosted by a To Qui Dung. Moore infiltrates the party and finds out that the To's party is among the "Edge" group and is also planning to overthrow the government in Bethausia. It involved the group to stage a rally to frame the government for the murders of different agents in Asianna and blame the Commonwealth for carrying out the murders.
The following day, Moore and Suzuki are informed by Trinh that a negotiation between Edge and another organization is being fixed in the evening. Moore infiltrates the meeting but is captured and apprehended by Mr. Krebs, who reveals to Moore that he is a member of Suksabaijai's organization and is his "extra muscle". Moore soon escapes and a car chase ensues with Moore managing to escape. The next day, Moore and Suzuki go to Hung Yen to find out too late that Suksabaijai has struck another deal with the Loricans. Moore and Suzuki are then captured. They are interrogated by Kun U-jin, who tells them that Suksabaijai is behind all of the murders of the agents and directs the frame on the local governments. He plans to use his influence to topple the Asianna governments out of power and replace it with something agreeable to his plans of turning Asianna against the Commonwealth. He also learns that Francis Aurelius is a member of the organization. Moore breaks free after losing consciousness and escape with Suzuki.
They then go to Archadia where they are told by Trinh, Pham Manh Trang and Jaturun Vanich that Suksabaijai will be completing his deal with the leader of the protesters to incite a rebellion to overthrow the government and carry out his plan. Pham tells Moore that the only way to weaken him is to take down his associates. Moore, Suzuki and Pennynickel travel back to Bai Bien Ngao where Moore is confronted by Kun U-jin and his men. A firefight ensues and Moore manages to kill the Joyonghean general before escaping to Northern Quenmin, where Moore confronts Siyangulov, who informs that the plan is unstoppable and gets ambushed. After repelling the ambush, Moore chases down Siyangulov trying to flee. Suzuki manages to shoot the gas tank, destroying Siyangulov's car, killing him.
Moore and Suzuki are then told by Pennynickel to go to South Quenmin to confront Suksabaijai. On the way however, They are ambushed and are escorted to Suksabaijai's base. There, He reveals that he is funding the Commonwealth Intelligence Agency in order to overthrow the MI6 and that S' Seven Minds plan was to assassinate key members of the Lucis Parliament and replace it with a pro-Imperial government, which will then give him the ability to dictate the way of life in Asianna. He reveals his plan to overthrow the Quenminese Emperor and restore the Trieuists to wage war in Asianna and invade the Commonwealth countries. Suksabaijai also tells the duo that the murders of his henchmen have done nothing to hinder his plans. He then leaves them with To Qui Dung with an option to kill them both. Moore, however, manages to overpower To and throw him into a shredding machine, killing him. Moore and Suzuki escape with Trinh managing to arrive in time to plant the explosives and destroy the base.
The trio escape and Pennynickel informs that Suksabaijai is heading for the Quenminese Capital but then find out that Pennynickel is taken hostage and sets off to rescue her. Moore, Suzuki and Trinh arrive in the outskirts of the capital where they managed to ambush the convoy that contained Pennynickel rescued her. Pennynickel informs the duo that they don't have much time as Suksabaijai is going right away with his plans in the evening. They set off for the capital. When they arrived, Moore went after Suksabaijai while Suzuki went after Shin-young and Trinh keeping the Quenminese Emperor safe. On the way, Moore plants a charge and a gunfight ensues. Moore manages to make his way to Suksabaijai just as he was going to carry out his plan. A fight between the two exchanges while Suzuki fights Shin-young and manages to kill her after lunging a spear to her abdomen. Just as Suksabaijai was about to shoot Moore, Moore shoots a cyanide-tipped dart into his body, poisoning him. Moore shoots a large column, collapsing over Suksabaijai killing him. As Moore was about to defuse another explosive under the Quenminese palace, Mr. Krebs attacks him. Moore however manages to overpower and stun him and take the explosives and plants it at Krebs chest and kicking him into the water as it explodes, killing Krebs.
Later, Moore and Suzuki reunite with Trinh, who tells the duo that the Emperor sends his thanks for saving the Emperor and his family. The duo return to the UK where Moore decides to have a honeymoon with both Suzuki and Pennynickel, who fulfills his promise to her to take her to dinner.
Cast
- Reisi Kurasawa as Agent 7, James Moore
- Sera Yuzakawa as Agent AN, Mie Suzuki
- Đoàn Khán Dũng as Tayakorn Suksabaijai
- Bruno Hanz as N, Head of MI-6.
- Kurasame Susaya as B, Moore's arsenal provider.
- Meiko Shizaki as Miss Pennynickel
- Tom Kretschmann as Wilhelm Tanner, Moore's briefer on the field
- William George Hoang as Trinh Sang Huy, Moore's QSS Ally
- Sybille Jollenbeck as Jaturun Vanich, Tammauite Intelligence and Spec Ops
- Hyeong Dong-chul as Myong Jong-yul, Joyonghean Secret Security Organization
- Tuyen Chi as Pham Manh Trang, Director of the Quenminese Intelligence Bureau
- Thân Triều Phuoc as To Qui Dung, viscount of Ca Bi
- Ryuk Chang-min as Kun U-jin, a Joyonghean general gone rogue
- Leopold Metzger as Mr. Krebs, Tayakorn's Chau muscular henchman
- Mitrofan Pugachyov as Dmitriy Siyangulov, Lorican military attache
- Alice Janggok as Nae Shin-young, CEO of Nae Industries
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