The Icelandic/German conspiracy thriller “Operation Napoleon” would be as comforting as its airport thriller plot if it weren’t also baggy, joyless, and spiritually depleting.

The film’s main problem... is that it has all the hallmarks of a tight 90-minute thriller, but takes its sweet time. At nearly two hours, “Operation Napoleon” feels like too little cargo packed into too big a plane.

Frigid B-film that has the visuals right but not the story.

... A thriller of classical edges with a feverish and tenacious pace, along the lines of '80s espionage intrigues that marked the end of the Cold War. [Full review in Spanish]