Maybe not among the very best '90s movies, but still a strong contender for the most '90s movie. (The phones! The answering machines! The fashion! NHL '93 on Sega Genesis! The steering-wheel locks!)
If you Google "breakout performance," a photo of Vince Vaughn in this movie should rightfully be the first returned result.
Shoutout to Deena Martin, who only ended up with five credits on her IMDb page, but two of them are this and Dazed and Confused.
Spy movies typically come in one of two flavors: Noisy and explosive (think James Bond and Mission: Impossible) or clever and quiet (think Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy). That first kind lends itself to blockbuster filmmaking, but the second kind — which can be just as lethally intense — has a strong fanbase of its own, voracious readers of John le Carré and the like who enjoy a more cerebral variety of spy film.
Black Bag, the new spy thriller from…
I have no idea how to give a rating for this. If you love Ghost, their music, and their goofy lore (as I most definitely do), then you're going to love this. And if you don't ... well, then what are you even doing here?
What I CAN do is point you toward my interview with Ghost founder and frontman Tobias Forge (you may know him as Papa Emeritus) where we talk a bunch about this film. So throw those devil horns up and enjoy reading!
