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The Operative

DramaThriller

Directed by Yuval Adler

A young Western woman is recruited by the Mossad to go undercover in Tehran where she becomes entangled in a complex triangle with her handler and her subject. From TMDB

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The Operative is a 2019 drama thriller film, directed by Yuval Adler, starring Diane Kruger, Martin Freeman and Cas Anvar.

  • 20 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, TMDB reviews
  • posts span Nov 20, 2019 to Sep 28, 2026

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  • "Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 24, 2025

    There's a scene in the movie Serenity where 'the Operative' comments to another character something like, "in some cultures, a man who failed as completely as you have, would fall on his sword, rather than bear the same of it." Not sure why that just came to mind.

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  • Andrew Fray Helps Automate Video Games @andrewfray.devBluesky · Sep 28, 2026

    The Operative in Serenity, the Firefly movie. Utterly convinced he's right, and that what he does is evil but necessary for the greater good. Thanos could never.

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  • Boo London @cmdrsue.bsky.socialBluesky · May 3, 2026

    The SFF actor connections are fun in the movie. "Oh, it's the Operative!" "Oh, it's Boromir!"

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  • MrMky @mrmky.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 16, 2025

    From the movie “Serenity” The Operative: You know, in certain older civilized cultures, when men failed as entirely as you have, they would throw themselves on their swords This is how I feel about every Republican in Congress.

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  • MorShadi🔜DragonsteelNexus @morshadiplays.gamesBluesky · Mar 22, 2025

    The Operative from the Firefly movie, Serenity

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  • M. Velez @thunderstick.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 20, 2026

    Again... Nothing but gut to go on but my suspicion has always been Whedon was going to get to that, opening up the story to something more than the simplistic black and white the Operative points out in the movie when Mal goes to get Inara.

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  • Chet Scareville @chesterscoville.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 10, 2025

    I sometimes think about the Operative in the movie “Serenity.” He commits mass murder and just admits that yes, what he does is evil but he thinks it must be done for a bigger cause.

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  • Movies • TV Shows & Physical Bluray Media 🍿 @movies-on-sale.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 26, 2025

    The (movie) The Operative (HD) is available today on (Amazon)(US) for $5.00 Cast: Diane Kruger, Martin Freeman, Cas Anvar, Rotem Keinan, Lana Ettinger, Yoav Levi Genre: (Drama) Trailer & Reviews : www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_operat...

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  • KidzBoptotenlieder @theodramatist.comBluesky · May 10, 2025

    Absolutely. Much more of a V character than anything else, or kind of the film negative of The Operative from Serenity.

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  • Michael Hogan @michaelhogan100.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 28, 2025

    Film-wise: at 6.05, western Decision At Sundown on Film4+1. At 9pm, The Operative on Great Action or Out Of The Furnace on Legend. At 10, This Is Spinal Tap on Com Central or Rambo: First Blood Pt2 on ITV4. At 10.50, Overlord on Film4. At 11.15, Snatch on 4Seven. At 1am, Another Year on Film4 #telly

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  • Buffy the Vagina Displayer @tibbittz.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 25, 2026

    Having watched Serenity's deleted scenes on the blu-ray, I'd stitch some back into the film. Especially the one where Mal falls down when Inara accelerates the shuttle to escape The Operative. Someone was worried it would make Mal look "weak", but it's firmly established Mal scrapes by half on luck.

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  • thomas irvine @ahermitsvino.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 1, 2025

    The best Bond movie is The Operative: No One Lives Forever (2000)

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  • Bill McCormick @billmccormickpm.bsky.socialBluesky · May 21, 2025

    Great reference. Also. Loved that movie and The Operative

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  • Matt Seay @mattseay91.bsky.socialBluesky · May 13, 2025

    We don't need another Austin Powers movie (as much as my nostalgia would want want that), we need a live action adaptation of The Operative: No One Lives Forever. A quirky little first person shooter from 2000 that was just as good a spoof and send up to 1960s spy movies as Austin Powers.

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  • Steve Mullis @stevemullis.netBluesky · May 5, 2025

    Make a movie a national security threat The Phantom of the Operative

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  • WowBobWow @wowbobwowx.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 14, 2025

    Some of the best dialog in any movie! Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: I don't murder children. The Operative: I do. If I have to.

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  • Adam R Houston @healthlawadamh.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 16, 2025

    Interesting story, even if it overlooks the building's crucial interim period as the main setting for the not particularly good Brian Bosworth movie The Operative (as visible multiple times in the trailer www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssve...).

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  • Brookston @brookston.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 10, 2024

    A.I. Pop 7.11: Robert I, a.k.a. Robert the Bruce (July 11, 1274 – June 7, 1329). He “is a British actor. At 19, Ejiofor's 1st film was in Amistad (1997). Ejiofor portrayed the Peter in Love Actually, Lola in Kinky Boots, The Operative in Serenity, Karl Mordo in Dr Strange & For 12 Years a Slave."

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  • 202_WFO4FW @202wfo4fw.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 6, 2024

    Using the scene between the Operative and Malcolm in the movie Serenity,You (and I, along with others) are working to create a better world that is not for us. he things we have to do are our sacrifices for the others and the generations to follow. I took liberties with the discussion because ... 2/

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  • SWITCH. @maketheSWITCHTMDB reviews · Nov 20, 2019

    Still, if you’re after a character-focused espionage drama with an emphasis on real people and human drama rather than a James Bond-style spy caper featuring indestructible action heroes, ‘The Operative’ is worth checking out. - Jake Watt Read Jake's full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-the-operative-finding-the-humanity-in-espionage

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