Zeta

Good production values, solid cinematography, and really nice sets—visually, it’s a beautiful film. Unfortunately, there’s way too much exposition and basically no tension, so it ends up feeling flat and not much of a mystery or thriller. I’m giving it a 6 instead of a 4 or 5 just because Luis Zahera is in it—any movie instantly gets way better with him around.

(Mauro Lanari) An unconventional spy story: it opens with Goya's painting "Saturn Devouring His Son" on a one-year loan from Spain to the United States. About halfway through, a sharp edit reveals the identity of the (no longer) mysterious agent, and the film shifts gears, adopting the feel-good movie formula with the building and rebuilding of emotional bonds. As an Amazon Prime Original production, its originality is limited to the grainy, sandy cinematography of Iberian and Latin American locations, which leaves some of the few action scenes feeling muddled.