The most spectacular Polish spy of the Cold War era, colonel Ryszard
Kuklinski, informs Americans about the communist block's top secrets in
the face of the upcoming martial law.
Director: Wladyslaw Pasikowski
Writer: Wladyslaw Pasikowski
Stars: Marcin Dorocinski, Maja Ostaszewska, Patrick Wilson
Storyline
This gripping spy thriller tells the true story of a man who dares to
challenge the Soviet empire. While planning the maneuvers of the Warsaw
Pact forces, Polish army colonel Ryszard Kuklinski has access to top
secrets. He gets to know that the American nuclear counterattack against
Soviet forces is planned to be executed on Polish territory. Thanks to
his determination, he starts a long, lonely and psychologically
exhausting cooperation with CIA. From that very moment the life of his
family and his own is in constant danger as one careless move may lead
to tragedy.
Jack Strong Movie Reviews
spy stories that do this. One thinks of "The Iron Curtain" (1948), "The Man Who Never Was" (1956) and "Canaris" (1954)."Jack Strong" is a code name, as is "Seagull" for the famous Polish spy, Ryszrd Kuklinksi, who cooperated with the CIA during the Cold War. This is a very good movie, always suspenseful, that's based on this man's life in those years.
Plans for war, nuclear and conventional, are complex and contingent. For this reason, no movie such as this actually captures the historical or places it in perspective. That takes a lot of archives, open on all sides, and balanced historians. Still less does this movie story have anything to say about political and military relations and plans today. "Jack Strong" as a movie is not an historical document, not something one would rely on as imparting accurate and detailed knowledge of military plans and the impact of the spying that was done, except in limited ways.
Nevertheless, the movie is a good one, replete with interesting vignettes, small details and characters. The whole movie is well done in all departments, from acting to cinematography. It focuses quite heavily on the personal impact that spying had on Kuklinski himself and his family. There is a reasonable amount of detail about the technical business of spying. There is a quite a lot of interesting detail concerning the relations between the Soviet overlords and the vassal Polish armies. There are some "back home" scenes in Washington and Moscow that show how the information was affecting the upper echelons. There are tense scenes too in which the discovery of Kuklinski's activities become a consideration and when escape with his family become important to him.
This movie takes its place as a solid spy movie. Its breadth, its working in of various perspectives and characters, is skillful and exceptional. The credit for this belongs to director and writer, Wladyslaw Pasikowski.
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