The Debt is an espionage thriller where three Mossad agents track down a Nazi war criminal in East Germany. The movie flashes back and forth between 1997 and 1966 as we see the three Mossad agents in their twenties and now in their fifties. The agents are Rachel Singer (1966 - Jessica Chastain, 1997 - Helen Mirren), Stephan Gold (Marton Csokas, Tom Wilkinson) and David Peretz (Sam Worthington, Ciarán Hinds).
This movie starts out well executed and then falls ever so short. It is still a good movie, just not as good as the start might indicate. The emotions the 1997 agents feel can be perfectly understood as are those felt by the 1966 agents. The story line is where I feel there is a letdown.
As for suspense, it is limited since the movie starts out with a 1997 book discussion about the exploits of these three agents and you see Rachel Singer in the audience. This makes you rather sure the three agents make it out okay. The only real question regarding their survival is learning how Rachel Singer got that jagged scar on her cheek.
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