The Numbers Station
The code has never been compromised. Until now.
The code has never been compromised. Until now.
Action, Thriller
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2013
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When the moral values of a longtime wetwork black ops agent is tested during his last operation, he receives an unfavorable psych evaluation. Now he is given a break and a seemingly uncomplicated assignment of simply protecting the security of a young female code announcer, code resources and remote station they are assigned to. After an ambush and one phone call later, it becomes a complicated fight for their survival.
Director:
Cast:
Same Director
Details
Rated:
R
Runtime:
90 min
Release date:
18 Apr 2013
Country:
GB, US, BE
Languages:
English
Budget:
$10,000,000
Revenue:
$3,107,646
Awards:
1 nomination total
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
John Cusack replays his role as a lethal operative with occupational angst for a routine thriller with a female cryptographer at secret CIA site. Dire workplace issues ensue.
– Bill Stamets,
Chicago Sun-Times,
11 May 2013
rotten:
A predictable hodgepodge of uninteresting psychological cat-and-mouse, dimly lighted action filmed by director Kasper Barfoed in standard-operating shaky-cam ...
– Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr 2013
fresh:
With Cusack's help, Barfoed holds your interest without resorting to car chases, a rarity in a contemporary thriller.
– Lou Lumenick,
New York Post,
26 Apr 2013
rotten:
This dreary spy drama is as flat and airless as the concrete bunker in which it unfolds.
– Jeannette Catsoulis,
New York Times,
25 Apr 2013
rotten:
Akerman does work hard to keep up the energy level. Cusack, though, seems bored by the superficial proceedings, which don't even offer the distraction of a real romantic connection or a suspenseful confrontation.
– Elizabeth Weitzman,
New York Daily News,
25 Apr 2013