It’s ambitious in scope and tackles an interesting subjectmatter.

But it also doesn’t strive to tell more than the expected pro-American male-dominated history of the CIA. Where is the influence of feminist or post-colonial studies on this narritive? Beyond that, some of the lines are downright laughable: such as the melodramatic overacting during the Bay of Pigs invasion.

In the end, the story is compelling, but its aspirations are woefully limited.