June 1, 2025

I added a new component to the June Swoon this year. In order to spice things up, and because there were a number of films that I have missed this year so far, I decided to add a film from 2025 each day to the June Swoon 4 DailyView so that I would be watching a movie I missed from 2024 AND a movie I missed from 2025. The first of these is on Peacock called Black Bag,

Starring Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender, Black Bag is a spy thriller featuring a married couple George and Kathryn, who worked separately in black ops and espionage while being tightly connected.

Both Blanchett and Fassbender are great in this movie and their chemistry is undeniable. The story itself has plenty of twists and turns as they try to uncover a plot to steal a top-secret software program code-named Severus. Kathryn is a suspect in the case and George has to investigate the case.

I really enjoyed the way this progressed. It was not your typical spy thriller with the gunfights and high action moments. This was a smart, thinking person’s spy story uncovered with intelligence and manipulation. I found that to be very creative while still being extremely suspenseful and entertaining.

Pierce Brosnan was here too, but his role is small and he was underused in the story. When Brosnan was on screen, he was excellent.

There is a series of scenes with a lie detector which is about as great of a scene as you are going to get. I was riveted through that entire moment of the movie and the climax of the mystery paid off big time too.

This is an excellent film and I am pleased that I finally was able to seeing it.

4.3 stars