Official Secrets DVD Review

Official Secrets has solid performances from a respectable cast, led way by Keira Knightley and while I wasn’t terribly involved with this true story, this is still worth checking out if you’re into these kinds of movies.

 

 

Official Secrets
(2019)

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller
Paramount | R – 111 min. – $19.98 | November 26, 2019

Date Published: 11/15/2019 | Author: The Movieman

MOVIE INFO: Directed by: Gavin Hood Writer(s): Sara Bernstein & Gregory Bernstein and Gavin Hood (written by) Cast: Keira Knightley, Matt Smith, Matthew Goode, Rhys Ifans, Adam Bakri, Ralph Fiennes DISC INFO: Features: None Digital Copy: Yes Formats Included: DVD Number of Discs: 1 Audio: English (Dolby Digital 5.1) Video: Anamorphic Widescreen Subtitles: English SDH Region(s): 1

 

PLOT SYNOPSIS

One day in 2003, in the lead up to the Iraq War, British intelligence specialist Katharine Gun (KEIRA KNIGHTLEY) receives a memo from the NSA with a shocking directive: the United States is enlisting Britain’s help in collecting compromising information on U.N. Security Council members to blackmail them into voting in favor of an invasion of Iraq. Unable to stand by and watch the world be rushed into war, Gun makes the gut-wrenching decision to defy her government and leak the memo to the press.

 

SPECIAL FEATURES – 0/5

No features were included, although there is a code for the Digital Copy.

 

VIDEO – 3.75/5, AUDIO – 4.0/5

Paramount presents Official Secrets only on DVD (forgoing a Blu-ray release) presented with a 16×9 enhanced widescreen presentation which looks fine but rather flat and boring, while the Dolby Digital 5.1 was serviceable for a movie that’s mostly dialogue.

OVERALL – 3.0/5

Overall, Official Secrets has solid performances from a respectable cast, led way by Keira Knightley and while I wasn’t terribly involved with this true story, this is still worth checking out if you’re into these kinds of movies.