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Chris Cooper, Jamie Foxx, Jason Bateman, Jennifer Garner, Jeremy Piven
A team of U.S. government agents is sent to investigate the bombing of an American facility in the Middle East.
Id: 10890013
this is a powerful and haunting film. it started a little slow but the final 30 minutes is heart pounding, and the message of the film was profound. character development is important in film and this movie had relatively none to the point that the characters barely mattered. ...( read more)
It felt like just another action/war film for the first half, I was still watching but I was a little disappointed in the preachy and one sided politics. So I was very happy and surprised at the end. That last line was fantastic, it really made the film for me!
[before breaking open a door in terrorist apartment]
Ronald Fleury: Which side do you think Allah's on?
Colonel Faris Al Ghazi: We are about to find out!
A well made crime drama taking place in Saudi Arabia, with some great action and a little political drama thrown in. It...( read more)
This is a good well made film but its one hot potatoe. Almost all of it is just talking and FBI proceedures...very dull, but the last 20mins is fast gun filled action, which is very cool but totally Hollywood. The problem is..the film is like a computer game and brainwashes viewe...( read more)
I missed the start but expect it was a gripping action sequence. Then came a load of old nonsense, capped off with another gripping action sequence.
Pretty well acted and a few decent action scenes. What I would call a sleeper movie. Little hokey and sappy at the end but, definitely enjoyed it.
Imagine a combination of police and political procedurals that can't even imagine the color gray and you have this misfire. Doesn't bear further description.
Halfway decent action scene toward the end, tho.
