{"id":1199,"date":"2025-03-11T20:10:06","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T21:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/?p=1199"},"modified":"2025-03-13T18:21:34","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T18:21:34","slug":"netflix-adds-overlooked-original-spy-thriller-hailed-required-viewing-for-everyone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/11\/netflix-adds-overlooked-original-spy-thriller-hailed-required-viewing-for-everyone\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix adds overlooked original spy thriller hailed \u2018required viewing for everyone\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An historical spy thriller has been given a second chance and added back on Netflix (Picture: Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures\/THA\/Rex\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Netflix<\/a> subscribers get a second chance to watch an historical spy thriller that\u2019s praised for its superb performances and described as \u2018required viewing\u2019.<\/p>\n

Operation Finale was actually classified as a Netflix \u2018Original\u2019<\/a> in the UK, as it was released by the streamer<\/a> in October 2018 following its US<\/a> debut in August of that year.<\/p>\n

However, it was subsequently removed at a later date \u2013 as Netflix occasionally frustratingly does<\/a> \u2013 but has now been added back to the platform.<\/p>\n

Based on true events, Operation Finale is set in Argentina in the 1960s, where a team of top-secret Israeli agents travel to track down Adolf Eichmann, a Nazi officer who was one of the key masterminds of the Holocaust.<\/p>\n

Hoping to capture him and sneak him out of the country to stand trial, Mossad agent Peter Malkin soon finds himself playing a deadly game of cat and mouse with the notorious and manipulative war criminal.<\/p>\n

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Oscar Isaac<\/a> leads the cast as Malkin, while veteran actor Sir Ben Kingsley<\/a> has the task of portraying the evil Eichmann, one of Hitler\u2019s deadliest lieutenants.<\/p>\n

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Operation Finale tells the daring true story of Israeli agents who headed to Argentina in the 1960s to try and capture escaped Nazi Adolf Eichmann (played by Sir Ben Kingsley) (Picture: Valeria Florini\/Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures\/THA\/Rex\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The cast also includes M\u00e9lanie Laurent, Nick Kroll, Joe Alwyn in an earlier role<\/a>, Simon Russell Beale, Lior Raz, Michael Aronov and Haley Lu Richardson.<\/p>\n

Directed by Chris Weitz, who has a career that also spans The Twilight Saga: New Moon, About a Boy and The Golden Compass, Operation Finale received mixed to positive reactions from both critics and fans, leading to fresh ratings on review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes.<\/p>\n

The critics\u2019 consensus on the site reads: \u2018Operation Finale is well-intentioned, well-acted, and overall entertaining, even if the depth and complexity of the real-life events depicted can get a little lost in their dramatisation.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Oscar Isaac leads the cast and saw his performance praised, along with the rest of the cast (pictured with co-star Nick Kroll) (Picture: Valeria Florini\/Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures\/THA\/Rex\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u2018An engrossing yarn, featuring a magnetic lead performance by Oscar Isaac,\u2019 praised Decider<\/a>, while The Times<\/a>\u2019 review commented: \u2018When a movie features Ben Kingsley, in a hefty Ben Kingsley role, doing what Ben Kingsley does best, that’s probably good enough in itself.\u2019<\/p>\n

Fans went even further with their approval though, as Kyle H wrote in his audience review: \u2018This film is very eye opening and should be required viewing for everyone.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018Excellent acting. Sir Ben Kingsley has always been one of my favourites. This is a story that needs to be told and told again,\u2019 added Judith D alongside her five-star rating.<\/p>\n

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The Netflix Original was praised as ‘required viewing’ by fans (Picture: Valeria Florini\/Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures\/THA\/Rex\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Meanwhile Mitchell R called it \u2018a must watch\u2019, while on Google Steve Eliason shared: \u2018I love true story movies, and this is a good one. Even if all the facts of what happened aren’t perfectly correct, it still is a good history lesson.\u2019<\/p>\n

Jo Save chimed in: \u20185 stars and a thumb up from me. Sir Ben Kingsley is incapable of giving a disappointing performance. This is one hell of a history lesson.\u2019<\/p>\n

Operation Finale is streaming exclusively on Netflix in the UK now.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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