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Rating: 7 stars

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iraq syria terrorism cia covert operations treachery

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Seen on: 06/12/2012 (rewatch)

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Body of Lies (2008)

Directed by Ridley Scott

Action | Drama | Thriller

Most recently watched by sensoria

Overview

The CIA’s hunt is on for the mastermind of a wave of terrorist attacks. Roger Ferris is the agency’s man on the ground, moving from place to place, scrambling to stay ahead of ever-shifting events. An eye in the sky – a satellite link – watches Ferris.  At the other end of that real-time link is the CIA’s Ed Hoffman, strategizing events from thousands of miles away. And as Ferris nears the target, he discovers trust can be just as dangerous as it is necessary for survival.

Rated R | Length 128 minutes

Actors

Ali Suliman | Russell Crowe | Mark Strong | Leonardo DiCaprio | Simon McBurney | Alon Aboutboul | Oscar Isaac | Kais Nashif | Michael Gaston | Clara Khoury | Mehdi Nebbou | Giannina Facio | Michael Stuhlbarg | Vince Colosimo | Lubna Azabal | Annabelle Wallis | Golshifteh Farahani | Ghali Benlafkih | Xanthe Elbrick | Jameel Khoury | Aaron lee Wright

Viewing Notes

Not Ridley Scott’s best movie, but still an interesting watch. This is based on a book I read a few years ago. The book was more layered of course, but the movie does a pretty decent job of laying out the double and triple crosses and the layers of intrigue in the intelligence community during the Iraq war.

The action scenes, though few in number, are pretty intense. I also noticed for the first time that it looks like Scott borrowed some leftover footage from Blackhawk Down and used it here.

Russell Crowe does a damn fine job of playing a pretty vile, hate-able character. Hats off to him.

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