Richard Gere still looks good! He is retired from his CIA job and now paired up with a younger FBI agent and put onto the trail of a murdered senator's killer. Is it the same Soviet assassin that Gere's character, Paul Shepherdson had been hounding for decades? But he was killed years ago… or was he? he trailer shows there are plenty of twists and turns here and it's going to be challenging to solve the mystery before its conclusion but we do know that Richard Gere is dedicated to completing his task of solving this mystery, once and for all.ritten and directed by Michael Brandt (2 Fast 2 Furious, 3:10 to Yuma) knows how to put out a fast paced script that takes us for a wild ride! Richard Gere, who has played cops (Brooklyn's Finest), dancers (Shall We Dance), and doctors (Nights in Rodanthe), is on top of his game in The Double as a worn out former employee with the CIA. He sees one last chance to take down the Soviet killer he'd been after most of his career. Teamed up with a young agent with the FBI Ben Geary (Topher Grace from Take Me Home Tonight, Predators) who has studied Shepherdson and his career for a Master Thesis and seems to know the man as well as anyone could. Martin Sheen (The West Wing, Apocalypse Now).artin Sheen is Tom Highland, CIA director and friend of Gere's Shepherdson who may be more involved than the movie displays in the beginning. Watch for Sheen's character to throw some surprised into the mix.