Body of Lies
When CIA agent Roger ferris is tasked with catching terrorist Al-Saleem, he devices a dangerous plan that he must keep hidden yo stay alive as he becomes unsure of what is to come after his mission us complete.
17 February 1963, Palo Alto, California, USA
12 June 1978, Tayibe, Israel
9 November 1977, San Diego, California, USA
September 25, 1975 in Hampshire, England, UK
21 November 1973, Monroe, Louisiana, USA
December 24, 2009
It doesn't help that those action scenes all blend together, relying overmuch on speeding convoys of big black SUVs and surveillance planes that can see you picking your nose from miles up.
October 18, 2008
DiCaprio's solid, though I wonder if a real CIA agent could get away with looking so earnest every second. Crowe has the right idea, in addition to all the fun: Just throw it away, throw it away and pretty soon you build yourself a clever characterization
November 21, 2008
Perhaps Scott's ever-restless shooting style doesn't quite differentiate between the peaks and troughs of the narrative, yet it's still an engrossing account of the intersection between process and ethics.
August 15, 2011
It has none of the sweep of, say, Syriana, as if that mattered to the audience it's gunning for.
November 10, 2008
Just because it's really dense and layered doesn't mean it's good.
March 24, 2011
Russell Crowe has finally realised he's just an ordinary fat guy now, and taken a role he can accurately portray.
October 18, 2008
Yes, there are a couple of chase scenes, but Scott rarely shifts into high gear.
July 07, 2010
Body of Lies is an extremely well paced, tightly wound, and intensely violent thriller. There is no damnation or congratulations here. As Russell Crowe muses as the end: "No one is innocent"
November 10, 2008
A complicated movie about the war on terror with two terrific performances and a terrific director.
February 21, 2010
...[Ridley] Scott's most entertaining and involving effort since 2001's Black Hawk Down.
January 16, 2013
A compelling, nail-biting spy thriller.
November 10, 2008
Good solid far-fetched multiplex action-adventure fare in the Bondian mode, with awe-inspiring technology and just enough moral philosophizing laced through it to give the mind a little something to chew on.
