Rainbow Warrior Review
The bizarre story of French secret agents blowing up a Greenpeace ship in New Zealand is rivetingly retold by the eco-veterans – revealing an increasingly unhinged litany of lies, denials and James Bond-style antics
TL;DR
- The documentary "Rainbow Warrior" recounts the 1985 sinking of the Greenpeace flagship by French intelligence.
- The mission was a secret operation, Opération Satanique, by France's DGSE to stop Greenpeace from monitoring nuclear tests in the South Pacific.
- French agents Dominique Prieur and Alain Mafart posed as honeymooners in New Zealand to carry out the bombing.
- The bombing destroyed the Rainbow Warrior and killed photographer Fernando Pereira.
- The French government engaged in a cover-up, denying involvement and attempting to dismiss the incident.
- Detective Terry Batchelor was on the verge of eating a pie when he received the call about the suspects' location in Auckland.
- The film features interviews with Greenpeace veterans and retired law enforcement officials involved in the case.
- The operatives' actions are described as mid-period Bond-esque, with elements of espionage and seemingly outlandish cover stories.