The Secret Agent
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The Secret Agent

1996Movie1 h 35 minR

DramaThriller
47
MediocreGoodWatch score
IMDb5.6Metacritic415.7Rotten Tomatoes50%28%
47
MediocreGoodWatch score
IMDb5.6Metacritic415.7Rotten Tomatoes50%28%

Summary

In 1880s London, pornographic bookseller Verloc is a double agent for the Russian government, providing information to Chief Inspector Heat about a lazy anarchist organization. In order for the anarchists to be arrested, an act of terrorism must occur.

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  • Makes you care deeply.
  • Draws you into power games.
  • Pulls you in.
  • Holds up a mirror.
  • Weighs on you.

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Tropes

Bomb-Throwing AnarchistsRare · in 57 titlesLargely subverted. The only bombing is carried out by a foreign government agent trying to provoke a crackdown on anarchists.Good Cannot Comprehend Evilin 114 titlesThe Chief Inspector is completely unable to understand what the Professor’s and other anarchists’ goals are and just sees them as For the Evulz lunatics who destroy for the sake of destruction (which…All 39 tropes

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