GamerTab That was an excellent one.

Inclubabu Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

Grimossfer Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

xyc-88783 I have seen many films about espionage, but I like this one much. 40 years of cold war have changed everything, CIA has played a dominant role in that great game. The espionage in Berlin, Hungarian revolution, the bay of pigs,murder of Fideo Castro, all major historical events are shown by this film. I admire the courage of agents, the three classmates eventually go on three quite different ways, spy, counterspy, double agent. You will keep mysterious through the program: who is Sasha? who betrayed them? I can really feel the dangers and greatness in the field of espionage. Everything is just a show, just a plot. I heard real espionage is more complex than films. Can I enter this secretive world someday?

inu-qien-ankh Overall, it is a fair, balanced movie. A couple of things. The man who attempted to poison Fidel Castro Ruz was NOT made to drink the poisoned concoction. In fact the packet which held the poison FROZE to the refrigeration pipes at the Hotel Habana Libre (formerly Havana Hilton-they only say "Libre" in the movie) before the hotel's restaurant worker had a chance to put it into Castro's 'milk shake' (batido). The G2 already new of the plan before hand. The restaurant worker's name was Santos de la Caridad Perez, and he was sentenced to a very long prison term, which he completed, and he was able to come to Miami, Florida,and there join his wife and 2 grown sons, who had been waiting for him in Caracas, Venezuela. Santos de la Caridad Perez was left to his own devices and wound up working minimum wage jobs in Miami, Florida, into his 80s. No compensation for his compromised mission, and his 14 years spent in Castro's prisons was ever paid. Thanks, 'Campanela' you a-hole!.Next, it was not prop-driven 'Sea Furies' which shot down the CIA contract pilots' B26s, but T33 JETS. To the best of my recollection, NO CIA Officers came ashore with Brigade 2506. It's a travesty that only a passing mention was made of the 117th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, Alabama Air National Guard pilots, who were contract employees, and disobeyed direct orders to lend air support to our Cuban allies. The names of these brave men were: Leo Baker, Wade Gray, Riley Shamburger, and Thomas "Pet" Ray. The B26s they flew had no tail guns so they could accommodate more fuel. They were easy prey for Castro's jets. Some of us will remember their sacrifice with eternal gratitude, respect, admiration, and will mourn them as long as we live. G_d rest them and comfort their surviving loved ones.Other than this, it was a pretty balanced movie, but I defer to those who may have first hand knowledge of what actually went down in the Hungarian uprising. G_d bless that nation's fallen martyrs and their survivors as well.

tibor_g_balogh Very happy for Cold War studies films like this! This mini series is an accurate tool for introducing the Cold War to new students of history who have not live trough this period of time and it is also a great remembrance and respect for the struggle that is now a part of history, and all the lives lost during this period of time considered "peace- period" just after WWII and up to 1989...I also very much like films like "The Lives of Others" Stazi East-German documentary and drama film and Ted Turner 10-part series "Cold War" which is pure documentary ...Thanks for making such films!---[ this following part added NOV-2016 ]---A second look at "the Company" CIA mini-series made for television, I can sum it up as a Jewish production showcasing Jewish ladies, and how Jews controlled both sides of the "Cold War" game, trading information to their advantage at the expense of nationals everywhere, also the film could not find a proper Hungarian language speaking actor for the part of the 1956 uprising leader, it used an actor who did not even speak Hungarian what-so-ever and made the freedom fighter civilians look like in-humane UN-compromising murderers for wanting revenge against the AVH secret internal security communist police whose top political leaders were Jewish, then the film minimized the 1956 Hungarian uprising against soviet communism by the Suez Canal distraction that Hebrews engineered as an emergency measure to distract western audiences, ... it is my view that the whole film is about Jews bragging how petty their females are/were and how many non Jewish people died or were sacrificed on both sides of the Cold War that they managed ... this is in line with David Duke's opinions on WWII in his Jewish Supremacism audio-book, just that this film brags this message covertly flying above the intelligence of the general audience >>> more over >>> as Jewish Supremacism and other sources (jewish encyclopedia) highlights Jews using secret societies (Freemasons) took over first Britain and then undermined every other "crown/monarchy" in Europe creating the French revolution and sending Marx-Engels-Lenin to Russia to create Bolshevik revolution (chaos) that undermined ANY economic-empire or technical competition from Russia so that Freemason England-America- France can have UN-molested world domination, Hebrews having successfully undermined and later crashed Soviets with Germans in WWII, >>> more over >>> the film makes no mention of Donivan's OSS which is where the CIA came from, it also makes no mention of the concurrent four-eyes (us-uk- Canada-Au) plus one (New-Zealand) also known as ECHLON total world wide signals intelligence collection and analysis program ongoing since before WWII but in place for the entire Cold War period and working overtime, recording/analyzing every single UN-encrypted voice conversation, the "ENIGMA" film of BlatchleyPark-UK of WWII is a good start where ECHLON took off from, and yes USA broke the Japanese code PURPLE and were fully aware of attack on Pearl Harbor, in fact Freemasons world wide needed USA in WWII ...((I can see why some of these ideas may be missed by general audiences everywhere))

Brian Rokosz Besides Band of Brothers, this is the best miniseries I've ever seen. When I picked this up at the video store I had no clue what it was about and wow was I impressed. I watched all 3 parts in one sitting without being bored atall...for me, act 3 is the best and Michael Keaton is without a doubt the best actor in it. Spanning decades and featuring twists I never saw coming I hope everyone picks this one up. Amazon is selling it for dirt cheap considering how great of a product this is so forget spending 6 bucks on the rental and just buy it, you will not be disappointed. I had a few problems with act 1's dialog, thinking it was kinda cheesy but all that was fixed after about 20 minutes...from then on it really makes you want to watch every spy movie you can get ur hands on...the book it was loosely based on is about as long as the Bible and my dad flew through it. This also makes a great Father's Day gift if ur dad likes anything from Bond to Godfather.