Opinions

Funny you mention the score, because what attracted me to the movie was Clint Mansell's score. I've heard it already and am eager to see how it works with images.

Although I wish Carion had used Philippe Rombi again, after Joyeux Noel: that was a marvellous score too; and Rombi needs to work more often.

This world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel.

So that was Fred Ward in the trailer. Interesting. Looks good.

Excellent movie.

The film is extremely well done. It is a remarkable period piece and a very intelligent spy thriller that could had come out of a le Carré novel.

here's my take:
Sergei was part of a network, Chekov was a free-agent. If someone hadn't been given up, the KGB would likely have discovered the network, as they had begun an investigation based upon the discovery of many of their agents by US intel. Also, the US didn't bother to inform France on their actions, so there wasnt a lot of time to safeguard Chekov, despite the promise that had been made by Jacques, the DST operative.

So, despite the fact that Chekov seemingly gave them far, far more than had ever been delivered by Sergei's people, he was sacrificed. He was reckless, as well.

I'm sure, in the minds of the US et al., it was a judgement call. Chekov seemed to be fairly fatalistic about his prospects, as well. Evidently, he anticipated the end-game fairly astutely.

in a world where everyone has an opinion on everything, you get a lot of bad opinions - me