The movie is supposed to be on the death camp doctor Joseph Mengele and the Mossad attempt to capture him, the sterling performances by Helen Mirren and Jessica Chastain do not make up for glaring omissions in the plot. No scenes were depicted of what Vogel (Mengele) got upto in the concentration camps, in fact no scenes depicted in camps at all, so no context or background is indicated. The movie builds up to quite a crescendo in the end, then falls dead flat without any conclusion at all at the end, which is a complete anticlimax.

Probably fell in love with Jessica Chastain watching this movie, brilliant script and unpredictable ending, great thriller

(57%) One of the few movies that a little information beforehand is a good thing because during the first 15 or so minutes I was more or less in the dark over what the hell was going on. Then eventually it became clear this is about nazi hunters during the 1960's in east Berlin leading to it settling down quite nicely and becoming generally quite a good watch with. The cast is fairly strong, although Helen Mirren is given top billing despite her not really being on screen all that much, with her younger self (Jessica Chastain) getting more of the meat of the story. This though overall is sufficiently entertaining and certainly well made enough for most film fans to take a look.

Really got into this taunt espionage thriller despite some inconsistencies and a beginning that doesn't explain itself very well, jumping around between 1997 and 1965.The acting is fantastic though from Helen Mirren & Jessica Chastain who both play 'Rachel'. Everyone involved is good actually except maybe for Sam Worthington's waffling Aussie accent. It's a very intense story, starting in 1997 with celebrated Mossad agent Rachel learning of the death of a fellow agent. She must then find the truth when a man comes forward claiming to be the Nazi war criminal she supposedly killed 30 years earlier during the mission that made her a legend. The movie follows that 1965 East Berlin assignment, including a vague love triangle and shows how it changed their lives forever.I loved how this movie made me think, what would I do? Would I take the oath? Whatever the case I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have been as compassionate as they were with their prisoner. I sure wouldn't have taken the trouble to force feed him, I'd have kept him weak, blindfolded and kicked him occasionally. That man made me hate! True evil. The ending in the Ukraine with Mirren was...unexpected and violent. 6/15/14