That's how Jonathan Ross describes this French subtitled movie, when he introduced it when it was shown on the satellite French movie channel, Cinemoi.The now almost famous (to us Brits) Vincent Cassel, playing 'Brisseau' and his wife, Barbara, or Lisa, (Monica Belucci) are the couple in question and are part of ring of agents, totally professional, taking great care to meticulously plan everything. They don't ask questions. Maybe they should...Out in Angola, is a bloody civil war and that requires guns, lots of them. A Russian arms dealer, trading from Switzerland is going to send a ship-load of weapons out there. The Secret Agents are set the task of going out to Morocco and sabotaging this sailing by planting explosives on the vessel and blowing it up.So, that's the premise, interesting and realistic and to do just that would be far too straightforward, right?The movie moves along quite quickly, shot in old style, i.e. steady cameras instead of wobbly, jarring ones. But there is excitement too, with well-shot stunts, especially car chases (French thrillers always do them well) and moody mellower moments. It's humourless and efficient and we aren't asked to like, or approve of the protagonists or what they do. It gets sufficiently complex to be satisfying, it's well acted and about the right length.It's a good thriller, but somehow not a great one. It needs an extra something, though what this is difficult to pinpoint. It doesn't quite reach 7/10, for me, but is very close. Whether it's worth buying as a DVD and at the present cost, is a different matter. But rented or on Cinemoi, then it's a great choice for a mid-week action movie.

If you want an usual, regular, conventional spy thriller, like other spy thrillers, AGENTS SECRETS is worth a try.A couple of secret agents, Mrs. Bellucci and Cassel (wife and husband in real life), are sent in Morocco to stop a cargo who transported weapons to Angola. The plan looks fairly simple. Cassel looks like a stud, and has a very French look too.On the other hand, there's little action and suspense; Mrs. Bellucci is filmed quite much, and we get rather a lot of profile—shots, angles to exploit her sensational beauty …. Her appeal's gist is that she looks almost involuntarily sexy—explosively, _orgasmicly sexy. (In the movie, a hoodlum says about a girl that you reach orgasm only by looking at her; this might be even truer about Mrs. Bellucci. ) Action—wise, and suspense—wise, i.e., thriller—wise, there's a lot of junk and dead ,tern footage. Here, Cassel is like a third—hand Delon impersonator. The action is lukewarm and _slowish.I am of the opinion that Mrs. Bellucci, like Mrs. Sandrelli, is not an actress for action roles; her glamor is essentially homely, intimate, and, moreover, _interiorized, not a Bond girl.A political talk—show (with Ciorbea !) was better.AGENTS SECRETS is rather _dullish. As for Mrs. Bellucci and the physical roles—might it be that, despite all fitness, this is the timeless Italian construction?

Agents Secrets is not only a spy / contra-spy thriller but also one of the best portfolio examples french cinema has nowadays. With few words and dynamic fast camera movements the actor-couple Monica Bellucci & Vincent Cassel are very well fitted in this story of spies & secret agents. Not the most original story, but the story sequence is.It is a joy to watch these two professional actors, there is no question about if they are acting: the just ARE the two secret service agents. No doubt about it. You will be touched by the movie and once you will see the credit rolling by, you still be in your chair thinking about all the impressions and story line.I think this one is a high ranker on your list if you like spy-games.

Hi! First of all I have to say that I really enjoyed 'Agents secrets'. I wasn't disappointed as many seems to be because I knew what kind of film I was going to see... By this, I would mean that it is a 'Schoendoerffer movie' i.e. a movie that is not focusing on a special mission or on action but rather on people, what implies their job, on their daily life...even if they are spies. It was the same in one of his prior movies 'scenes de crimes'. So, don't expect to be staggered by special effects or by an unexpected end. You're not in 'M.I.1' or in 'The Usual suspects' - even if I also appreciated these movies- , what matters is people, their relations, their perception of their job... It was really a good moment and it does not really matter if at the end everything is not fully explained. It's not the the director's main purpose at all...