There’s been a dearth of good scripts in Hollywood.

Maybe that’s because of the sheer volume of shows and movies coming out on streaming. For whatever reason, screenplays that should be in the bottom of the trash heap have been getting greenlit.

That was certainly the case for Steven Soderbergh’s spy thriller “Black Bag.” Soderbergh is usually an excellent director and this film has an all-star cast that includes Michael Fassbender, Cate Blanchett and Pierce Brosnan. It even has a Skarsgard brother (Gustaf). But none of it was enough to make David Koepp’s awful writing work.

Koepp has a checkered track record as a screenwriter. Once known for penning some of the most successful films in the world, like the original Sam Raimi “Spider-Man” film, the first “Mission: Impossible” and the first two “Jurassic Park” entrees, “Black Bag” is the latest in an impressive losing streak that includes 2017’s reboot of “The Mummy” and “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” both of which were flops at the box office.

“Black Bag” delves into the office politics of a clandestine British spy agency in which husband-and-wife duo George Woodhouse (Fassbender) and Kathryn St. Jean (Blanchett) must decipher which one of their coworkers is trying to frame them for leaking a top secret weapon to Russia.

That could have been interesting, especially if it took inspiration from other notable films in the genre. But it’s as bland as office politics in any other profession and is almost completely devoid of any action that would keep viewers from drifting off to sleep.

Its excellent cast, which also includes Marisa Abela, Tom Burke, Naomie Harris, Rege-Jean Page, Kae Alexander and Amika Mod, could have bailed it out had Koepp given them anything to work with. But alas, the cupboard is painfully bare, with Koepp’s dialogue only slightly more interesting than the infamously wooden dialogue of the “Star Wars” prequels.

I can’t blame anyone for wanting to work with the director behind the “Ocean’s” trilogy. On paper, this should have been a slam dunk. But more attention should have been paid to Koepp’s more recent work and when it turned out his script this film was a loser, all involved should have changed gears.

I can’t recommend this film, even for streaming audiences. If you have a choice between watching this film and nothing, take the latter option.

“Black Bag” gets a 4/10