Director and star excel in this bleak view of a derelict man fighting his past, however the script weighs the film down and leaves us with very little which resonates.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 4, 2019

The persuasive use of real locations only underlines the frustrating sketchiness when it comes to exploring the potentially fascinating intricacies of Israeli-Syrian power play.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 6, 2018

It's the clunky screenplay and Jonathan Rhys Meyers's performance as an undercover German-Israeli agent that do the damage.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 6, 2018

Jonathan Rhys Meyers deserves a better script and so does everybody else.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 3, 2018

Damascus Cover was the last film Hurt made - but it isn't worth seeking out for that reason, or many others.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 2, 2018

[An] unfortunately rather ropey film, destined to be blearily viewed on a thousand long-haul flights or channel-hoppingly glimpsed on your way past I온라인카지노추천4.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 2, 2018

Setting and performances aside, Damascus Cover is a forgettable spy thriller that bulldozes over its real-life relevance in favour of shoehorned romance and hackneyed characters.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 2, 2018

The overarching idea of "Damascus Cover"... provides a worthy payoff: the idea that there are alliances that transcend religious wars and nationalistic sentiments for the sake of saving lives.

| Jul 26, 2018

At least the film looks good.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 24, 2018

On the surface, [Cover] had a lot going for it: from the cast to the art direction to the verisimilitude of long-lived hostilities. But, particularly in the shadow of the incredible humanitarian crisis, the film felt like a series of missed opportunities.

| Original Score: 4/10 | Jul 23, 2018

...an acceptably tense spy thriller...Considering this indie was shot on a $5 million budget, it's well done with atmospheric locations shots.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jul 22, 2018

... a James Bond or Jason Bourne wannabe that lacks suspense and becomes more tedious with each eye-rolling twist.

| Jul 21, 2018

1989-set spy thriller has violence and sex.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 20, 2018

Damascus Cover feels routine.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jul 20, 2018

Berk's movie is too plodding and predictable to generate anything more than a modest level of suspense; worse, it lacks enough excitement to qualify even as instantly forgettable popcorn entertainment.

| Jul 20, 2018

Features the usual political-thriller tropes - tough but haunted protagonist, zigzag of foreign locales, rival spies, arcane twists, shifting allegiances, wedged-in romance - without adding much that feels unique or exciting.

| Jul 19, 2018

There's not enough gas in the tank here, finding star Jonathan Rhys Meyers doing all the heavy lifting when it comes time to add some intensity to the comatose effort.

| Original Score: D+ | Jul 19, 2018

Berk tries to capture the inanities of the Middle East: how both sides have to go through the motions of cat and mouse, constantly switching who's the feline and who's the rodent, but you can't care when the characters are this one-dimensional.

| Jul 16, 2018

The only thing anyone will remember about Damascus Cover is that it marks the final on-screen appearance of the now deceased tremendous actor John Hurt

| Original Score: 1/5 | Jul 15, 2018

Casablanca, Morocco is a more interesting character than anyone in this picture.

| Original Score: C | Jul 15, 2018