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

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

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

The film trots out thinly conceived villains and a murky plot twists that leave crucial details needlessly shrouded in mystery.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jul 15, 2018

Overstuffed with groaningly familiar espionage tropes.

| Jul 5, 2018