THE TWO FACES OF JANUARY (2014)

Chester Macfarland (Viggo Mortensen) and his wife, Collette (Kirsten Dunst) are vacationing in Greece when they run into Rydal (Oscar Isaac), a youthful small time grifter who uses his multiple languages to scam tourists. But Chester is a big-time stock swindler who's confronted by a private detective hired by his victims to recoup their money. They get into a scuffle, the private eye is killed, and Chester enlists Rydal to get fake passports for Collette and him, drawing Rydal ever-deeper into a desperate effort to escape. Chester's no master criminal, but Mortensen, always good, imbues him with a nasty, ruthless and dangerous persona. This movie is from a Patricia Highsmith novel, and the twisty plot does her credit (as in "The Talented Mr. Ripley"). Worthwhile.