A Different Loyalty

2004

Drama / Romance / Thriller

6
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 17% · 1 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 17% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 5.0/10 10 1641 1.6K

cold war treason beautiful woman denunciation

Director

Marek Kanievska Photo
Marek Kanievska

Top cast

Joseph Antaki Photo
Joseph Antaki as Lebanese Security Officer
Sharon Stone Photo
Sharon Stone as Sally Cauffield
Jim Piddock Photo
Jim Piddock as George Quennell
Michael Cochrane Photo
Michael Cochrane as Dick Madsen
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961.94 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 44 min
Seeds 2
1.93 GB
1920*1080
English 5.1
NR
us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 44 min
Seeds 1

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by RickJones-1 5 / 10

A Different Loyalty

Sharon Stone turned in a very strong performance as the wife of Kim Philby the British double agent. Why the producers chose not to use real names nor to do some basic research about the Soviet Union in the 1960s is a mystery.One viewer already has made the point that many technical mistakes in the film were made. Least of which is the view of Christ the Savior Cathedral that was rebuilt in the 1990s and did not exist in Moscow in the 1960s. Additional mistakes include Aerorus instead of Aeroflot and probably the encounter that Sharon Stone had with the CIA in the USA. It would have been the FBI and any meeting would have taken place at the local Federal Building to protect the FBI agents from any accusations. The biggest error was the continual use of the word Russia or Russian for Soviet Union. When I lived in Leningrad as a student in 1974 one rarely heard the word Russia. It was only used in the context of language or culture but never in terms of governance like the Russian Embassy, Russian government etc.. in the USSR. There was great emphasis on the use of the word Soviet Union.In general, the movie was a bit slow, there was some effort at moral equivalence between the West and the USSR but the acting was good and most viewers will draw the conclusion that a great drama was played out not only between the Philby character and his country but also with his wife and family.
Reviewed by gazebo 6 / 10

See this movie for Sharon Stone and Rupert Everett's exceptional acting!

Reviewed by SnoopyStyle 4 / 10

Weak movie lacks style or much else

In 1951, two British diplomats who are actually Soviet spies escape to Moscow indicating British intelligence has been infiltrated at the highest level. Then it's 1961 Beriut. Leo Cauffield (Rupert Everett) and Sally (Sharon Stone) fall in love, and she would leave her husband for him. Four years later, Leo disappears and he's accused of being a Soviet spy. Then she is told that he has gone to Moscow freely.It's a small thing but the movie opening and subsequent text has this computer font. It indicates a 70s motif which clashes with the era of the movie. Then the movie takes too long to get going. This is based on a true story, and the story moves at a pedestrian pace. The dialog is uninspired. As for Sharon Stone, she is miscast in this role. Even thought she has dyed her hair dark, she can't hide her flashy Hollywood persona. The material is there for the taking, but this is not movie for it. The lack of style, ill-fitting acting, and weak dialog all add up to a weak production.
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