Muir tells the story of how he met and trained Bishop: from Vietnam to Berlin to Beirut.
CIA brass want to know what motivated Bishop to attempt this unauthorized action and they interview Muir to find out. Nathan Muir (Redford) is a retiring CIA officer who learns that his former protégé Tom Bishop (Pitt) has been captured while attempting a prison rescue in China and will be executed shortly.
Spy Game will probably never be considered among the best spy movies to come out of Hollywood, however, it is a really entertaining movie with quite a few surprises.
