There are many reasons why people pretend to be someone they are not. Most of them do it for the greater good, or good in general, and those are the people I’m focusing on today for Wandering Through the Shelves’s Thursday Movie Picks as we are asked to pick films where a character, or more than one, goes undercover.
Apostle (2018) - Review
Former missionary Thomas Richardson (Dan Stevens) travels to a remote Welsh island to rescue his sister, Jennifer (Elen Rhys), who has been kidnapped by a mysterious cult demanding a ransom for her return. In order to find her, he pretends to be a follower of the cult leader, Prophet Malcolm Howe (Michael Sheen). I’m not into period movies and yet I really enjoyed this Netflix original. You should check it out if you haven’t seen it yet.
BlacKkKlansman (2018) - Review
African American police officer Ron Stallworth (John David Washington) infiltrates the local chapter of the Ku Klux Klan with the help of his Jewish colleague, Detective Flip Zimmerman (Adam Driver), who he convinces to go undercover as a white supremacist. It was a little underwhelming considering Spike Lee made it but it’s not a bad film. It’s pretty enjoyable and I can’t believe the two leads were completely ignored during award season.
Miss Congeniality (2000)
FBI agent Gracie Hart (Sandra Bullock), who shows no signs of femininity, goes undercover in the Miss United States beauty pageant to prevent a killer from bombing the event. I don’t know how many times I’ve seen this film but I loved it every one of them. It’s been years though so I might feel differently about it today.
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