The Double
Distributor: Image Entertainment
Release Date: September 23, 2011
Directed by: Michael Brandt
Written by: Michael Brandt and Derek Haas
Producers: Patrick Aiello, Ashok Amritraj, Steffan Brunner, Andrew Deane, and Derek Haas
Cast: Richard Gere, Topher Grace, Stana Katic, Stephen Moyer, Martin Sheen, and Odette Yustman
Running Time: 98 minutes
Rating: “PG-13” by the MPAA for “for intense sequences of action and violence, some disturbing images and language.”
In THE DOUBLE, the mysterious murder of a US senator bearing the distinctive trademark of the legendary Soviet assassin “Cassius,” forces Paul Shepherdson (Richard Gere), a retired CIA operative, to team with rookie FBI agent, Ben Geary (Topher Grace), to solve the crime.
Having spent his career chasing Cassius, Shepherdson is convinced his nemesis is long dead, but is pushed to take on the case by his former supervisor, Tom Highland (Martin Sheen). Meanwhile, Agent Geary, who wrote his Master’s thesis on Shepherdson’s pursuit of the Soviet killer, is certain that Cassius has resurfaced. As Shepherdson and Geary work their way through crimes both past and present, they discover that Cassius may not be the person they always thought him to be, forcing both to re-examine everything and everyone around them.
