Review – Silent Partner

This is way more serious than I thought it would be. Usually when I see Tara Reid’s name in the credits I just assume that I’ll be able to switch off my brain for awhile. But not so here. If nothing else, part of the picture is subtitled, with Russians in this spy thriller actually speaking in Russian. To be sure, this isn’t going to win any prizes for brilliant plots. A naïve CIA analyst stumbles across some kind of illegal deal between high-ranking Russians and U.S. government officials. Then he becomes entangled with the daughter of … and so on and so forth. Reid actually manages to do a reasonably good job, which alone makes this picture enough of a curiosity to merit a look. Otherwise, however, it’s standard international intrigue fare. Mildly amusing