An interpol agent and an attorney are determined to bring one of the world's most powerful banks to justice. Uncovering money laundering, arms trading, and conspiracy to destabilize world governments, their investigation takes them from Berlin, Milan, New York and Istanbul. Finding themselves in a chase across the globe, their relentless tenacity puts their own lives at risk.
A slow road to nowhere, less clunky than The Interpreter but bogged down by its own cynicism.
– David Edelstein,
New York Magazine/Vulture,
17 Feb 2009
fresh:
A sleek conspiracy thriller from German director Tom Tykwer.
– Ben Mankiewicz,
At the Movies,
17 Feb 2009
rotten:
Killer banks may be new to the movies, but there's nothing else original in this if-it's-Tuesday-this-must-be-Istanbul thriller, with its portentous globe-hopping and racing through colorful street bazaars.
– David Denby,
New Yorker,
23 Feb 2009
fresh:
Eventually, you just let the tangled double-crossing take care of itself and enjoy the way the film defiantly bucks the contemporary thriller trend for shaky-cam coverage and lightning cuts.
– Trevor Johnston,
Time Out,
27 Feb 2009
fresh:
The International is strewn with wild improbability, but that hardly deters from its appeal.