The Night Agent (Netflix)
Conspiracy thriller about an FBI operative who mans a barely-used telephone line in the White House basement and gets sucked into a conspiracy when he, well, answers the phone. (Why is this phone in the White House?) Of course, he's got a more complex backhistory than that, because of course he does. Apparently his father was accused of treason but died before the trial so he's tarred with dad's reputation. And he saved a load of people from a bomb on the metro, so he's a hero and all. Anyway, he saves some tech start-up woman whose company had crashed when some assassins come for her relatives. And then whatever goes on to uncover whatever shifty stuff is going on at the highest levels of government.
It's okay. It's got moments where you need to not think too hard about what's just happened, but otherwise it's a perfectly serviceable conspiracy thriller. Don't feel in a rush to go out of your way for it, mind.
Conspiracy thriller about an FBI operative who mans a barely-used telephone line in the White House basement and gets sucked into a conspiracy when he, well, answers the phone. (Why is this phone in the White House?) Of course, he's got a more complex backhistory than that, because of course he does. Apparently his father was accused of treason but died before the trial so he's tarred with dad's reputation. And he saved a load of people from a bomb on the metro, so he's a hero and all. Anyway, he saves some tech start-up woman whose company had crashed when some assassins come for her relatives. And then whatever goes on to uncover whatever shifty stuff is going on at the highest levels of government.
It's okay. It's got moments where you need to not think too hard about what's just happened, but otherwise it's a perfectly serviceable conspiracy thriller. Don't feel in a rush to go out of your way for it, mind.