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'''''All the Old Knives''''' is a 2022 American [[spy thriller]] film directed by [[Janus Metz Pedersen]] and written by [[Olen Steinhauer]]. It is based on Steinhauer's 2015 novel of the same name. The film stars [[Chris Pine]], [[Thandiwe Newton]], [[Laurence Fishburne]], [[Jonathan Pryce]] and [[David Dawson (actor)|David Dawson]].
 
''All the Old Knives'' was released by [[Amazon Studios]] in limited theaters across the United States, and on digital via [[Amazon Prime Video]], on April 8, 2022.
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In early 2020, [[CIA]] officer Henry Pelham is informed by his boss, Vick Wallinger, that the CIA has reopened the case of Turkish Alliance 127, a 2012 [[terrorist]] [[aircraft hijacking|hijacking]] which ended in tragedy. Headquarters suspects there was a leak from the [[Vienna]] station, where Henry and Vick work. Henry is sent to interview Celia Harrison, who also worked at the Vienna station at the time of the hijacking. Henry and Celia were lovers, but she left him shortly after the event.
 
Celia, now retired, lives in [[Carmel-by-the-Sea, California]] with her family. Henry meets her at an upscale restaurant, which is almost empty of customers and staff. As Henry and Celia talk, she reveals that an [[Austrians#Republic_of_Austria_Republic of Austria (1955_to_present1955 to present)|Austrian]] intelligence agent named Karl Stein approached her shortly after she moved to Carmel. He wanted her to inform on her coworkers, but she refused. Henry has Celia recall the events of the hijacking.
 
In a [[Flashback (narrative)|flashback]] to 2012, Flight 127 is on the runway when it is hijacked by four armed [[militant|militants]]s belonging to an [[Islamic extremism|Islamic terrorist group]]. The Vienna station jumps into action to address the crisis and learns that Ilyas Shushani, a [[Chechens|Chechen]] and former [[informant]] for Henry, may be involved. The hijackers threaten to kill the passengers unless several of their comrades are released from custody. Ahmed, a CIA courier who happened to be on the plane, contacts the CIA and suggests an attack via the plane's undercarriage. Celia connects with a possible source named Mohammed, but the meeting seems to yield nothing of value. Henry tells Celia and her mentor, Bill Compton, that when Henry worked in [[Moscow]] his superiors forced him to betray Ilyas to the [[Government of Russia|Russian government]] toas placatea themtrade-off afterfor aintel terroriston an imminent attack on a U.S. embassy.
 
The Vienna station receives another message from Ahmed saying that the terrorists have a camera mounted on the plane's undercarriage and the assault should be called off. Celia notices differences in the language of Ahmed's messages and fears he has been compromised. Checking the station's phone logs, she notices that a call to [[Iran]] was placed from Bill's office phone. Then Ahmed is killed and thrown off the plane. The next day, Celia breaksleaves up withboth Henry and leaves Vienna.
 
In the present, Henry asks why she ended their relationship so abruptly. Celia reveals that she saw a call on Henry's cellphone from the same Iranian number that she had found in the station phone logs. It is revealed that when the terrorists' demands were not met, they released [[sarin]] gas, killing themselves, the crew, and all passengers. The Vienna station is devastated by the outcome. Realizing that Henry was the leak, she left him but did not divulge her discovery to the CIA.
 
She further confesses that, after Henry contacted her to arrange this meeting, she contacted Karl Stein, and he arranged the meeting place, the staff, and fake customers, with the aim of poisoning Henry via his wine.
 
As Henry begins to succumb to the poison, Celia tearfully asks why he betrayed everyone to the terrorists. He explains that he was lured into a meeting with Ilyas, who had become [[radicalization|radicalized]] and masterminded the hijacking. Ilyas' people staged the meeting between Mohammed and Celia to create the impression that Celia's life was in danger. This pushed Henry into revealing the presenceplan offor Ahmedan onundercarriage the planeassault, asand well asthen the planpresence forof anAhmed undercarriageon assaultthe plane, in exchange for her life.
 
Henry comes to terms with his impending death, and Celia returns home to her husband and children. Karl calls Vick to report that Henry has died, revealing that they had been working together the entire time.
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* [[Ahd Kamel]] as Leila Maroof
* Abdul Alshareef as Suleiman Abdulwahed
* [[JonjoGala O'NeillGordon]] as ErnstWaitress Pul
* [[Jonjo O'Neill (actor)|Jonjo O'Neill]] as Ernst Pul
* [[David Dawson (actor)|David Dawson]] as Owen Lassiter
* [[Corey Johnson (actor)|Corey Johnson]] as Karl Stein
* Nasser Memarzia as Mohammed Dudayev
* Michael Shaeffer as Treble
* [[Orli Shuka]] as Ilyas Shishani
* Derek Siow as Gene Wilcox
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Metz revealed filming had begun by December 2020 in [[London]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/login/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fjanus.metz%2Fposts%2F10158578482181226|title=Janus Metz Pedersen Posts|website=Facebook}}</ref> Filming wrapped in London in February and moved to [[Monterey, California|Monterey]] and [[Carmel-by-the-Sea, California]], in March.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ksbw.com/article/amazon-film-crew-to-be-in-monterey-and-carmel-in-march/35621160|title=An Amazon original film to be shot in Monterey, Carmel starting in March|first=Josh|last=Copitch|date=February 25, 2021|website=KSBW}}</ref> Metz revealed that principal filming wrapped in mid-March.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/login/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fjanus.metz%2Fposts%2F10158869274566226|title=Janus Metz Pedersen Posts|website=Facebook}}</ref>
 
[[Jon Ekstrand]] &and [[Rebekka Karijord]] has composed the film score.
 
==Release and reception==
The film was released in limited theaters and on streaming on [[Amazon Prime Video]] on April 8, 2022.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://collider.com/all-the-old-knives-chris-pine-thandiwe-newton-release-date-prime-video/ |title = 'All the Old Knives': Chris Pine and Thandiwe Newton's Spy Thriller Movie Sets April Release Date on Prime Video |website = Collider |first = Britta |last = Devore |date = February 24, 2022 |access-date = February 24, 2022}}</ref>
 
=== Critical response ===
The [[review aggregator]] [[Rotten Tomatoes]] reported an approval rating of 63% based on 118123 reviews, with an average rating of 5.96/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "''All the Old Knives'' suffers in comparison to the dialogue-driven spy thrillers of the past, but the chemistry between its stars simmers even when the story doesn't."<ref>{{Cite Rotten Tomatoes |id=all_the_old_knives |type=m |title= All the Old Knives |access-date= AprilSeptember 2823, 20222023}}</ref> [[Metacritic]] assigned the film a [[Weighted arithmetic mean|weighted average score]] of 62 out of 100 based on 3132 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".<ref>{{Cite Metacritic |id= all-the-old-knives |type=movie |title=All the Old Knives Reviews |accessdate=April 28, 2022}}</ref>
 
'''<big>=== Audience Viewership</big>'''viewership ===
 
According to [[Samba TV]], ''All the Old Knives'' was watched by 637,000 US households in its first weekend streaming on Prime Video.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-15 |title=All The Old Knives was watched by 637K U.S. households in its first weekend streaming |url=https://www.joblo.com/all-the-old-knives-watched-by-6-3-7-u-s-households/ |access-date=2022-07-08 |website=JoBlo |language=en-US}}</ref>
 
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