They can in Wim Wenders’ newest film, a geo-political romance starring Alicia Vikander and James McAvoy, and based on the 2011 novel Submergence by J.M. When we first meet Vikander’s ocean-obsessed math genius Dani and McAvoy’s idealistic spy James (what a film had those roles been reversed! James tells her he’s a water engineer, the cover story he plans to use while looking for a terrorist in Somalia. The ending may strike some as excessively simple, even hackneyed; James finds the possibility of deliverance through some remarkable coincidences. As Vikander’s character jokes about her ocean-floor science, you may just be keen to get to the bottom of things.

Source: National Post April 20, 2018 19:17 UTC