Tia Texada, Derek Luke, Val Kilmer
The investigation into a kidnapping of the daughter of a high-ranking US government official.
DVD Release Date: June 15, 2004
Stats: 614 reviews
Solid action adventure with val kilmer.This being hes last big screen film before driving into direct to video trash!!This is gripping to the end with excellant performance thru out.
Worth checking out.
i'm really starting to like val kilmer, well, when he plays these kinda hard faced roles. a solid thriller with a good script!
The beginning is nothing but confusion. Sure, the agent Val Kilmer is playing is introduced while training recruits and then gets thrown into his most dangerous case. From here on the audience is introduced to a lot of nameless characters doing a lot of random things until things...( read more)
"It's all in the mind, sergeant. That's where the battle's won."
The title of David Mamet's military thriller, Spartan, refers to no single character, bit of dialogue, or plot point. It's probably the first film in history named after its directorial style - clean...( read more)
Scott: In the city there is always a reflection, in the woods always a sound.
Curtis: What about the desert?
Scott: You don't wanna go to the desert.
A thriller involving a special agent assigned to find the kidnapped daughter of the president, written and directed by snappy, t...( read more)
Mamet's super-spy thriller plays like a braniac's '24: The Movie', but it's so much better. It moves at a mile a second, never stopping to tell you what's happening. The mark of a great film? That you always know regardless. Kilmer pushes the thing forward with a compelling perfo...( read more)
took about the first 1/2 hour to really get an understanding of what was happening with Mamet's direction/character development....but was interesting as the story developed. Ed O'Neil was impressive with his bit part, first time I've seen him in a serious role
Val Kilmer's acting took a nosedive in this film. Derek Luke was alright. The movie is about secret service agents trying to rescue a kidnapped American girl. If you are extremely bored...watch this movie.
ridiculously unlikely storyline... coincidence galore... terrible script and acting to boot
Action and suspense from David Mamet. Also a good performance from the versitle Kristen Bell.
Spartan is the same old stuff, but now it's been thoroughly Mametized, like a spray-on treatment you could spritz out of a can. full review
The first hour of Spartan can make you sick with dread, like the first season of the TV series 24 ... The last half-hour of Spartan is still entertaining, but it's laughable. full review
A cold piece, mechanistic and only intermittently involving. full review
The particular pleasure of Spartan is to watch the characters gradually define themselves and the plot gradually emerge like your face in a steamy mirror. full review
David Mamet's political thriller manages the difficult trick of being both logically meticulous and genuinely surprising. full review
Imagine David Mamet rewriting his political satire Wag the Dog as a joke-free kidnap drama. Or don't imagine, just pony up for the glum spectacle of Spartan. full review
Mamet creates a narrative so complex that it's scarcely worth the effort to unravel it. full review
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