The Veil
Drama Crime English
Two women play a deadly game of truth and lies on the road from Istanbul to Paris and London. One woman has a secret, the other a mission to reveal it before thousands of lives are lost. In the shadows, mission controllers at the CIA and French DGSE must put differences aside and work together to avert potential disaster.
| Cast: | Elisabeth Moss, Yumna Marwan, Dali Benssalah, Thibault de Montalembert, Josh Charles, |
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All Guild Reviews of "The Veil"
Nothing Special
Elisabeth Moss and Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight deliver a spy show stretching across Europe and three intelligence agencies grappling with a terrorist threat. But it’s not as thrilling as it needs to be, and the commentary rarely hits the right beats.
Deep into its six-episode run, The Veil—the new Elisabeth Moss-led spy thriller miniseries from Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight—showcases the best version of itself. The Veil hits at the double standards of the West through a conversation between a British intelligence operative (Moss) and a suspected ISIS commander (Yumna Marwan, from Little Birds). The former accuses the latter of being a terrorist, as she’s been covertly planning to blow up thousands of people, and that she’s choosing to do it willingly, not being coerced into it as she might have her believe. In response, Marwan’s character rightly points out how the West does the same—and continues to do so—in the East, occupying, razing, killing, and destroying. But that it’s only a tragedy when it happens on their land.
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