Hoa Xuande has been waiting to get some good lines. It all comes down to language in "The Sympathizer," in which Xuande plays Captain, a bilingual double agent whose ability to speak fluent Vietnamese and English makes him an invaluable asset for everyone he encounters. Robert Downey Jr. in "The Sympathizer" As those who technically lost the war, it's the …
War blurs clean-cut reasoning despite the concrete "one versus another" description. "The Sympathizer" reminds us of this in its opening frames, presented in the style of aged celluloid dated to the New Hollywood era alongside text that reads, "In America it is called the Vietnam War. Robert Downey Jr. in "The Sympathizer" But our untrustworthy hero is also a double …
Robert Downey Jr. is a many-faced spymaster in the new trailer for Park Chan Wook’s The Sympathizer. The upcoming HBO Max miniseries is adapted from Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Pulitzer Prize-winning debut novel of the same title. “Based on Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name, The Sympathizer is an espionage thriller and cross-culture satire about the struggles …
