The Secret Agent

After i saw Batman Begins i became a huge Christian Bale fan. I knew i saw him before and i was right it was in Empire of the sun years ago. He was great in that movie as a little kid.... Full review

THIS MOVIE ROCKS!BIG TIME!!! PLEASE WATCH THIS FILM BECAUSE CHRISTIAN BALE IS A GORGEOUS HUNK OF HOT MAN!!!!!!!!!!! HE IS NUMBER ONE IN EDEN AND AMANDA'S BOOK OF HOT THIS GET TWO THUMBS UP!!! IT GET'S AN "A" (A)... Full review

THIS MOVIE ROCKS!BIG TIME!!! PLEASE WATCH THIS FILM BECAUSE CHRISTIAN BALE IS A GORGEOUS HUNK OF HOT MAN!!!!!!!!!!! HE IS NUMBER ONE IN EDEN AND AMANDA'S BOOK OF HOT THIS GET TWO THUMBS UP!!! IT GET'S AN "A" (A)... Full review

this movie is really bad. ineffective and futile. even with hoskins and williams in it, the film still fails. don't bother with this one.... Full review

Audiences felt betrayed, and only avid Hitchcock fans appreciated the terrific scenes that followed, with Sylvia Sidney murdering Oscar Homolka in revenge. Hampton is probably trying an anti-Hitchcock approach but it's obvious in the older film that all Hitchcock cared about were these powerful suspense scenes. ... Full Review

Those interested in checking out this film would be wise to do so soon The overly sober tone is an odd choice for writer and director Christopher Hampton (``Carrington''), considering that he cast actors famous for comedy in key parts. ... Full Review

By the final sequences of the film, "The Secret Agent" resembles far too strongly a tire missing most of its air. A nice, clean terrorist act would be perfect. Unfortunately, the character we've been instructed to care about most comes to a bad end. ... Full Review

In a more perfect world, I could go on to describe the movie, its surprises and riches, its depths of character, its marriage of ideas and action. The film was directed by Christopher Hampton , also a playwright, whose film ``Carrington'' was one of last year's best. ... Full Review

A dour study of terrorism, 1880s style, "The Secret Agent" represents an adaptation of Joseph Conrad's only London-based novel, the fidelity of which to the original text does not yield a terrifically exciting film. Central figure is Verloc (Bob Hoskins), an undistinguished little man fortunate to have found an attractive younger wife, Winnie (Patricia Arquette), who looks after her mentally feeble younger brother, Stevie (Christian Bale). ... Full Review

In the current, seemingly intractable phase of political terrorism, it behoves us to look back on and learn from similar waves of violent protest. Joseph Conrad's classic works of psychological and moral insight, Under Western Eyes and The Secret Agent,... ... Full Article

In this adaptation of the novel by Joseph Conrad, Mr. Verloc (Bob Hoskins) runs a shabby corner shop in London that serves as a front for his more profitable sideline, selling pornography. ... Full Article

A big-name cast including Robin Williams, Patricia Arquette, Gerard Depardieu and Jim Broadbent join Bob Hoskins in this adaptation of a Joseph Conrad novel. Hoskins plays Verloc, a double agent in the pay of the Russians in late 19th-century London... ... Full Article

Conspicuously missing from the ranks of 19th- and early 20th-century authors rushed to the screen by a suddenly Mad About Classix Hollywood is Polish-born novelist Joseph Conrad. ... Full Article