![]() You get the feeling this guy wouldn't pass certain folks' patriot tests (he speaks fluent Arabic, too), though he suffers mightily over the course of two hours. Ferris does shoot terrorists when pressed, but he'd sooner talk to them. You couldn't ask for a more alarming declaration of noble intent than the authentically scraggly black beard Leonardo DiCaprio sports as Roger Ferris, CIA point man in Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Dubai and other spots in the Levant. Yes, there are a couple of chase scenes, but Scott rarely shifts into high gear. ![]() It's a high-tech but earnest spy thriller, which comes in roughly midway between the geopolitical pretensions of "Syriana" and the action-speaks-louder-than-words thrust of the "Bourne" movies.
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