Rent Jack Strong (2014)
3.5 of 5 from 75 ratings
2h 7min
- General info
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- Synopsis:
- This gripping spy thriller tells the true story of a man who dared to challenge the Soviet Union. As one of the most powerful colonels in Soviet Poland, 'Jack Strong' has access to top secret strategic information. Discovering that an American nuclear counterattack is planned to be executed on Polish territory, he joins forces with the CIA and becomes a double agent. With the future of his country and the lives of his family at stake, there is no room for error in Jack's battle to bring an end to the Cold War.
- Actors:
- Marcin Dorocinski, Maja Ostaszewska, Patrick Wilson, Dimitri Bilov, Dagmara Dominczyk, Oleg Maslennikov, Krzysztof Pieczynski, Miroslaw Baka, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Krzysztof Globisz, Pawel Malaszynski, Ireneusz Czop, Pawel Iwanicki, Zbigniew Stryj, Mariusz Bonaszewski
- Directors:
- Wladyslaw Pasikowski
- Producers:
- Klaudiusz Frydrych, Roman Gutek, Sylwia Wilkos
- Writers:
- Wladyslaw Pasikowski
- Studio:
- Metrodome
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Drama, Thrillers
- Collections:
- New waves of Polish Cinema, What to watch by country
- Countries:
- Poland
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Reviews (2) of Jack Strong
old-fashioned cold war drama - Jack Strong review by Alphaville
This is a true story about a Polish colonel spying for the CIA during the Soviet era. Billed as a ‘gripping thriller’ (aren’t they all?), it’s more of an old-fashioned, stagey, actorly drama. It’s a story worth telling but over 2hrs the film rarely produces any dramatic highs.
NB Ignore the crass ‘review’ by the lowbrow who has no time for foreign-language cinema. If you're dumb enough to restrict your viewing to English-language or dubbed films, you're missing out on most of the best films ever made.
1 out of 2 members found this review helpful.
It's probably OK if you speak Polish ! - Jack Strong review by JH
The majority of the film (90%) is spoken in polish so I had no idea what was being said. I thought there may have been an English soundtrack but there isn't one. The film does have English subtitles though if you can watch a film throughout with subtitles.
0 out of 4 members found this review helpful.