When straight arrow FBI agent Roy Clayton heads up the investigation into a dangerous international conspiracy, all clues seem to lead back to former U.S. Special Operations officer Samir Horn.
Promising premise devolves into a by-the-numbers espionage thriller.
– Joanne Kaufman,
Wall Street Journal,
29 Aug 2008
fresh:
Let's just say this is a well paced thriller with a strong cast -- it's good to see Guy Pearce on screen -- but the terrorist threat which obsessed the recent Bush administration has been dwarfed by a couple of things...
– Ruth Hessey,
MovieTime, ABC Radio National,
7 Nov 2008
rotten:
It was complicated but ultimately it failed in that attempt to deliver a complicated message.
– Ben Mankiewicz,
At the Movies,
7 Nov 2008
fresh:
A good political action movie that makes you use your brain a little bit.
– Ben Lyons,
At the Movies,
7 Nov 2008
fresh:
Once the pieces fall into place, it loses momentum, meandering towards a contrived climax in which all ambiguity is swept aside and the forces of righteous democracy prove reassuringly triumphant.