The trail takes them across the globe to places like Berlin, Milan, New York city and Istanbul. It is an investigation that will see them in constant danger with their lives on the line as the IBBC’s hierarchy attempts to conceal, cover-up and eliminate any opposition to its ruthless pursuit of accruing money, power and influence worldwide.

Conspiracy theorists will love this film. Events operate in a World all viewers will recognise. This is not a ‘Hollywoodised’ account. Here it is rainy, gloomy, grimy and bleak. Owen does not play a super agent, but rather an unconventional, dishevelled, edgy, obsessed, angry and hotheaded one, at once utterly convincing and believable. Whitman is the perfect foil to Salinger. She is cool, calm, analytical and sympathetic and supportive to Salinger’s efforts to bring the IBBC to account for their many crimes.

Both leading actors give strong performances displaying mutual respect and, just below the surface, affection towards one another. Again the usual clichés many modern thrillers suffer from such as an unlikely and unnecessary romance are excised from this film and it is all the more convincing and enjoyable for it.

Others in the cast such as Ulrich Thomsen as IBBC’s cold and amoral CEO Jonas Skarssen plays it with just the right amount of villainy without turning into parody. His bad guy is a wealthy family man, in one scene portraying a decent father mentoring his son whilst ordering his minions to do despicable things. This makes proceedings all the more chilling and realistic. There are no secret hideouts, eye patches or white cats here! These villains all look like regular people and are all the more terrifying for it.

Veteran German actor Armin Mueller-Stahl puts in yet another Sterling performance as Wilhelm Wexler a man with a long history in the IBBC. In fact, no one puts a foot wrong here. There is excellent use of every location, creating atmosphere, mood and tension. There is a simply unforgettable shoot out in the film that makes it worth seeing for this alone. The style is very reminiscent of seventies thrillers such as ‘The Parallax View’, ‘Three Days of the Condor’ and ‘Marathon Man.’ This is a thinking man’s thriller and is unmissable, excellent entertainment.