Storyline
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.
Directors
Cast
Russell Crowe, Giannina Facio, Mark Strong, Leonardo DiCaprio, Annabelle Wallis, Simon McBurney, Michael Stuhlbarg, Ali Suliman, Oscar Isaac, Vince Colosimo, Mehdi Nebbou, Lubna Azabal, Michael Gaston, Golshifteh Farahani, Alon Aboutboul, Kais Nashif, Jamil Khoury, Ghali Benlafkih, Clara Khoury, Xanthe Elbrick
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Reviews
88
Body of Lies neither panders nor condescends. It involves current events and has a political viewpoint, but it overplays neither.
80
Village Voice
Its generic attributes (and title) notwithstanding, Scott's film may be the sharpest of all the post-9/11 thrillers--and also the most purely entertaining--in the way it maps the vectors and currents of the modern intelligence-gathering game without losing us in its dense narrative thicket.
75
Body of Lies is a James Bond plot inserted into today's headlines. The film wants to be persuasive in its expertise about modern spycraft, terrorism, the CIA and Middle East politics. But its hero is a lone ranger who operates in three countries, single-handedly creates a fictitious terrorist organization, and survives explosions, gunfights, and brutal torture.
75
Rolling Stone
The result is commendably non-West-centric, but no less sentimentally conceived.
70
It may not be as much fun as old spy movies starring Cary Grant or more recent entertainments such as "Spy Game," directed by Ridley's brother Tony, but it feels all too accurate.
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