# The Courier (2020)

> A reluctant British businessman becomes the precarious link in a CIA-MI6 operation designed to prevent Cold War nuclear catastrophe.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/248616

## Facts

- Runtime: 112 min
- Genres: Thriller, History, Drama
- Director: Dominic Cooke
- Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Merab Ninidze, Rachel Brosnahan, Jessie Buckley, Angus Wright, Kirill Pirogov, Iva Šindelková, Vladimir Chuprikov
- TMDB rating: 7.0/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8368512/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: mild
- Mood: tense, sober, restrained, historical thriller night, cold war double feature

## Synopsis

In a world where espionage is a deadly game, one man becomes the unlikely hero in a fight for global safety.

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