welcome back to movie recap today i'm
going to show you a 2018 american war
film called the catcher was a spy
spoilers ahead
watch out and take care
the movie begins with the two men named
marty nudesy and morris moberg walking
down the street in zurich switzerland
then they suddenly stop as they see the
car arriving in their direction
meanwhile mo discusses with marty nutsy
in a fine dining restaurant
marty nutsy asks if it's his first time
working so mo answers the question and
says he never killed a man if that's
what marty nuts he's talking about
so marty nucci clarifies that killing
isn't brutal but moe disagrees with him
mo then says that the man making the
killing and its target is hard to do
afterward marty nuzzi asks about his
previous life before the war to which mo
answers about him being a former
baseball player
suddenly marty nutsy asks if a famous
baseball player joe also kills anyone
but moe says not that he knows of after
that marty nutsy tells mo that moe will
be fine then reminds him to do his job
even before the gestapo realizes it
so mo leaves him with a reply that he'll
try and walks out
later mo leaves marty nutsy on the
street to enter the building alone
upon his arrival mo greets everyone
inside when suddenly he finally meets
werner heisenberg the person who won the
nobel prize in 1932 for pioneering
quantum physics
eventually mo recalls what happened
eight years earlier
upon playing the game mo plays as a
catcher for the boston red sox near the
end of a long undistinguished pro career
then weeks after playing the game moe's
sitting on a couch while reading a
newspaper as he waits for joe cronin to
enter the room
afterward mo drops the newspaper to talk
with joe to which he hears him saying
that sooner or later joe will be going
to need his spot on the roster in the
baseball game
unfortunately joe will later get mo's
spot as he's been asking for two seasons
to hang up the cleats and coach and moe
hardly plays now due to his work
so mo decides and chooses to finish the
season and then coach
by that mo can go to detroit afterward
as mo prepares his luggage joe
eventually asks if he gets a call about
japan's goodwill baseball exhibition
tour
so moe says he's packing to get himself
ready for the upcoming flight
joe is going with the murderers row ruth
gehrig avril gehringer and gomez
then before mo leaves joe reminds him
that they like mo being professor berg
who speaks japanese
confused joe says he doesn't speak that
language and then walks out
after a while joe takes the cab on the
way to the airport when suddenly the
driver asks him if he's a known baseball
player mo berg but moe lies and says
that he might look like him
luckily the driver stops bothering mo
and asks where he'll drop him off
instead
mo then points out the drop off location
but the driver suddenly pisses mo by
pronouncing his last name
because of that mo eventually orders the
driver to stop the car and leaves
mo then walks a few more blocks away
from his drop-off point while walking
joe suddenly notices from his peripheral
vision that someone's following him so
he immediately hides in an alley and
then attacks the man
after punching him moe realizes that
it's dalton
however moe swiftly punches dalton again
after refusing to answer his question
about him living around the block
whining dalton finally admits that he
doesn't live there
so moe says that what dalton's doing is
intruding on the privacy of another
ballplayer but the frustrated mo beats
him up as he hears dalton swearing words
at him
afterward mo goes home to his
significant other estella huni who he
catches playing the piano in their
living room
mo then gradually walks toward a stella
and caresses her shoulders telling her
to continue playing however moe suddenly
kisses estella's lips while listening
so they end up coupling on the piano
then spend their night conversing
afterward
later joe attends a show where he serves
as a special guest
after the prelude the host introduces mo
as professor berg who plays for the
boston red sox as a catcher and is a top
graduate of princeton university
in addition mo holds advanced degrees
from columbia university and sorbonne
university in paris france
on the other hand estella listens to the
radio to which she hears mo confidently
answering questions from the show
because of that the audience gives mo
applause for batting a thousand after he
gets the correct answer
however mo suddenly denies his
relationship with estella as he answers
the host's question about whether he
gets a mrs berg in his life
after a while moe spends a romantic
dinner with estella wherein he finally
opens up about the exhibition he's going
to attend in japan after the baseball
season
estella then attempts to come with joe
telling him that she always wanted to
take some pictures in japan
but joe keeps making excuses not to let
her go with him frustrating estella
joe even says that estella is not his
wife
because of that estella suddenly walks
out but mo stops her
luckily estella returns to the table and
asks mo why he doesn't want her to go
with him
so moe says that he prefers to go alone
after hearing that estella sarcastically
says that it wasn't hard to answer it
then leaves moe behind
later the exhibition tour of japan
finally begins wherein joe will play his
last season baseball game upon the
opening ceremony two japanese men call
mo
so mo approaches them and eventually
talks in japanese to which he says that
they must laugh as if he told a joke
that way mo will impress his friends by
speaking japanese luckily the japanese
men follow his favor and familiarly tap
moe's shoulder while laughing
afterward mo walks out when another
japanese man named isao kawabata
suddenly talks to him
kawabata then shakes hands with mo
assuring him that he will surely enjoy
in japan
later the game eventually begins wherein
mo plays as a catcher
on the other hand dalton is trying to
ruin moe's image among other ball
players
later at night mo spends time with
kawabada while walking off street
kawabata suddenly asks moe if he can
teach him to play baseball because he
sees it as an exciting game
so mo gives brief information about
baseball wherein mo explains that it is
a game where players are most likely to
fail more often than succeed
after agreeing kawabata answers moe's
question and says that he's a professor
of history because of that mo eventually
gets interested in his job in which he
asks kawabada why he doesn't know
anything about baseball
so kawabata explains that choosing japan
to hold the game is essential because
they need to learn about one another to
preserve their culture
joe and kawabada get themselves a drink
in a restaurant afterward
as they toss mo eventually shares his
experience in a baseball game
technically mo often hides from everyone
because he thinks he doesn't fit with
anyone resulting in no wife and a
natural home
the following day mo wears his yukata
and sneaks onto the roof of a tokyo
hospital to covertly film tokyo's harbor
and navy shipyards
going back to 1941 as the present time
mo and estella hear the sudden news on
the radio about the severe damage to
american naval and military forces after
the attack on the hawaiian islands
because of that thousands of american
lives had lost moving forward to the
event joe freely walks himself inside
the room while the rest are busy
conversing as he walks moe suddenly sees
jerry so he approaches jerry to tell him
his reason for working in washington
because of that jerry softly grabs moe's
arms to get them off the crowd and
reveals that he's working under the
state department
luckily jerry tells him the process of
getting his job by speaking the
different languages scared of people who
might hear them about it
fortunately mo can speak all the
languages causing jerry to expose his
boss bill donovan
bill is a football player who received a
medal of honor in 1918
jerry then says that they're setting up
a minor adjunct to the state department
so he gives mo bill's number to call him
suddenly a man calls for their attention
to tell them they're at war
so joe and jerry join them to listen to
the choir singing the battle hymn of the
republic
the following day mo visits the office
of strategic services headquarters to
present the film to the chief bill
donovan after watching the clip bill
asks how moe knew they'd be at war with
japan
so mo reveals that the journal of
oriental society is filled with articles
about going to war with japan
impressed by moh's enterprise and
performance of discretely filming in
japan as a private citizen bill asks him
another personal question about his
gender equality and skills of speaking
seven languages fluently
so mo politely refuses to answer about
being a part of lgbtq and continues
listening to bill's comment about his
portfolio
eventually mo joins the war effort as a
spy to beat nazi germany in the race to
build the first atomic bomb telling bill
that he's willing to die for his country
a while later mo ends up working at the
desk to which he pleads to his workmate
to get him on the field but his workmate
says that he's useful at desk work yet
mo aggressively disagrees
because of that his workmate walks out
suddenly mo gets out of his room and
hastily runs into the hallway but bill
stops moe after seeing him outside
bill then puts mo in the meeting room to
meet furman and professor sam goatsman
afterward furman informs mo that they've
been doing a massive research and
development program called the manhattan
project
technically the project aims to create a
fission bomb that can wipe out an entire
city
while listening moe discovers that the
germans are also working on such a bomb
to which sam introduces werner
heisenberg who's in charge of the nazis
attempts to create the atom bomb
upon reading werner's portfolio mo hears
that he's joining sam and furman to find
the italian physicist werner and
interrogate him
the three of them will go with the fifth
army to prevent the germans from killing
or taking werner
later moe engages himself in training
with the military and studies the use of
weapons for the war
the following day he bids goodbye to
estella including breaking off their
relationship as estella refuses to
accept his love the other night
after a while mo finally gets on the
ship on the way to italy while reading
in his cabin sam eventually enters
so mo opens up the topic about sam's
friend werner if he's still considering
him as a friend
but instead of answering he gets unsure
whether werner's still alive or not
because it's been years since they lost
communication after the attack in
holland
later furman mo and sam ride a boat in
the middle of the night after they
successfully land in italy they meet the
fifth army as they fetch them using the
military jeep
however the driver furman suddenly stops
at a checkpoint
so furman asks the italian soldier about
the safest way to piazza leone to which
he hears from him that they will stay on
the via apia and stash their jeep when
it gets too messy but before fruman
drives again he receives a warning that
the krauts occupy the whole area
with the help of the fifth army furman
mo and sam safely pass the battlefield
despite the risk of getting sniped by
the crowds after getting through it sam
suddenly points out a maldi on the upper
floor of the building so furman covers
mo to find a maldi inside
luckily mrs amaldi lets the three get
inside and treat sam's wound in the ear
while furman is helping mrs amaldi mo
takes his time to interview professor
o'malley about the german fission
program
technically mo discovers that werner
hasn't built the fission bomb yet as per
professor amaldi because if werner has
done it already the germans will
immediately bomb a city
after visiting professor amaldi the
three of them get back to the oss
headquarters to meet bill
afterward they all assemble in the
meeting room to talk about the
alternatives for the bomb
so bill tells them that their british
allies assure them that there is a
hundred percent no german bomb
yet they are still unsure what will
happen once the bomb is finally made
so bill decides to kill werner
later mo visits a library to read more
about werner heisenberg and his
creations when suddenly bill appears
because of that mo stops reading and
entertains bill's question to which he
answers that he can kill werner once
they capture him
joe spends days training on the gun
range with the italians then the
following day furman mo and sam hold a
meeting on how to get to zurich
suddenly sam says that paul sharer a
good friend of warner and an anti-nazi
can help them lure werner into zurich
but sam clarifies that paul will only
lecture werner and not lure him out
technically sam disapproves of the
killing but he has left no choice but to
agree since it's an order from bill then
early in the morning furman and sam
escort mode to his guides
afterward mo follows them by hiking onto
the mountain
luckily mo gets free accommodation from
martinuzzi by driving him on the way to
switzerland
after a while mo finally meets werner at
the train station in switzerland wherein
he watches him shaking hands with paul
afterward he directly goes to mr paul's
office to help him talk with werner
however werner accidentally hears moe
loading his gun in the restroom as he's
supposed to take a bathroom break
unfortunately werner sees moe's face
after watching him go out of the
bathroom
in the lecture room werner takes a
glance at mo while lecturing
on the other hand moe begins his mission
by listening carefully to werner's
discussion
mo's comprehending all of bill's orders
on how to take down werner while
listening moe fails to take out his gun
and kills werner as he sees the gestapo
agents watching him from behind
suddenly mo gets petrified of his
mission to assassinate the brilliant
physicist werner heisenberg
so before continuing mo attends a mass
in the church and calls estella to tell
her that he loves her
afterward marty nutsy escorts mo to the
restaurant where mo has a dinner meeting
with werner as soon as he enters mo
immediately approaches martinuzzi and
plays chess with him
unfortunately mo introduces himself with
a different name
because of that werner starts getting
suspicious of mo and leaves him behind
to have some dinner
mo then follows a few seconds later
the movie ends with mo discreetly
guarding werner nearby while he talks
with the woman about him helping the
nazis to build the bomb
because of that mo watches werner
walking out of the room as he endured
enough of the interrogation
so moe takes it an opportunity to track
warner outside and prepares his gun as
werner walks moe quickly follows to
catch him and asks if he can accompany
him
fortunately werner agrees and strolls
down the street with mo
however a random man over the bridge
almost kills werner when suddenly marty
nucci kills him first
shocked moe and werner look in marty
nutsy's direction after watching the man
falls through the water
then in the end mo finds out that werner
is not a traitor because he never builds
a german bomb in the first place
technically moe never kills werner and
separates his ways with him
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