All The Old Knives (2022) <99% SIMPLE>

It examines the "nuts and bolts" of intelligence work—negotiation, strategy, and establishment of trust—and the lingering psychological impact when those efforts fail. Critical Reception

The former second-in-command in Vienna.

The story is anchored by a 2012 tragedy in Vienna, where a terrorist hijacking of Turkish Alliance Flight 127 resulted in the deaths of all 120 people on board. Eight years later, the CIA reopens the case after learning a mole within their Vienna station may have leaked vital information to the terrorists. All the Old Knives (2022)

REVIEW: “All the Old Knives” (2022) | Keith & the Movies It examines the "nuts and bolts" of intelligence

The film's narrative hub is a tense reunion dinner between Henry and Celia at a high-end restaurant in Carmel-by-the-Sea. As they reminisce and trade verbal barbs, the story jumps through various timelines to piece together the events of the hijacking and the breakdown of their relationship. Eight years later, the CIA reopens the case

The film functions as a "cat-and-mouse" mental game where characters and viewers must question the accuracy of memories and the motives behind every word.