The Debt

The Debt (2010) starring Helen Mirren, Sam Worthington, Jessica Chastain, Tom Wilkinson, Ciaran Hinds. Three Israeli Mossad agents travel to East Berlin in 1965 to try to capture the "Surgeon of Birkenau," a dangerous war criminal. Rachel Singer (Mirren) has to relive the events years later when her daughter writes a book about her. When it turns out that some of the events told in the book aren't true, the 30-years-older Singer must go on a dangerous mission into Ukraine. Chastain plays the younger version of Singer. This is an intense, watchable movie, but there's something not-quite-right about the ending. The director seems to want to have his cake and eat it too. Nevertheless, overall, a watchable entertainment. Good subtitles, no closed captions. Grade: A-