Body of Lies
Body of Lies
R | 10 October 2008 (USA)
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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.

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Hellen

I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

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Lovesusti

The Worst Film Ever

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Vashirdfel

Simply A Masterpiece

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Janae Milner

Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

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hatlad

This plot has enough twists and turns to throw a Formula 1 racing champion off course. And the acting, indescribably great.

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Robert J. Maxwell

In this convoluted story of Leonardo DiCaprio as an anti-terrorism agent doing the wet work for the CIA in Jordan and elsewhere in the Middle East, the chief distinction is between DiCaprio on the one hand, getting his hands dirty among the dust and squalor of cities like Aman, Jordan, and Russel Crowe, the savvy and dispassionate controller back in Washington, playing with his kids in the backyard and doing the laundry while issuing orders over his phone headset. They're friends, in a frosty kind of way, but part company, so to speak, at the end. That's after Crowe's promise of protection fails, DiCaprio is kidnapped by the jihadists, has a couple of fingers turned into road kill with a ball peen hammer, and falls in love with a nurse in Jordan, Golshifteh Farahan.Now, first of all, it's easy to see how DiCaprio would be captivated by Golshifteh Farahani. She is very appealing. The actress was born in Iran and has lived in Paris. Her native Farsi is overlaid with French harmonies and it turns her euphonious English into a melody. It's not an inept trope since Farahani is also a practiced musician and has performed with professional bands. DiCaprio is like one of those anthropologists who has "gone native" and refuses to come home. He grows to like the Middle East, represented by his girl friend, but I would have been turned off by her once she began administering the traditional course of treatment for rabies -- shots right into the abdominal cavity. I'd rather have the rabies.There has been a spate of movies about gathering intelligence and operating against jihadists or war lords in the Middle East lately. Surprisingly, most of them are pretty good -- especially "Blackhawk Down" and the two directed by Katherine Bigelow, "The Hurt Locker" and "Zero Dark Thirty." This one is more cynical than most. It has a modicum of action and is filled with suspense.Worth seeing.

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Python Hyena

Body of Lies (2008): Dir: Ridley Scott / Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe, Mark Strong, Golshifteh Farahani, Oscar Isaac: Excellent spy action thriller about deceit. Leonardo DiCaprio plays an undercover CIA agent who feels torn in two directions as instructions from his boss, played by Russell Crowe nearly result in his death. It is a hunt for terrorist activity in Iraq and director Ridley Scott supplies the difference between an agent on the field and an agent observing. Scott is a skilled filmmaker who has made such classic fare as Blade Runner and Alien. Like American Gangster the previous year he proves that he is just as effective in action as he is in science fiction. Strong performances from DiCaprio as a frustrated agent who feels surrounded by deceit and unable to gain a handle on his circumstance. Crowe is great in this role because he believes that he is doing the right thing but he is in constant debate with DiCaprio who is on the field. Crowe is also an agent who is oblivious balancing family time with work. Fine supporting work by Mark Strong who steals every scene he is in as another agent. Golshifteh Farahani plays a nurse whom DiCaprio has relations with but she may become a bargaining chip. Oscar Isaac plays DiCaprio's CIA associate on the field in search of a safe house. Action filled demonstration of the duties on and off site for the CIA. Score: 10 / 10

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Brigid O Sullivan (wisewebwoman)

Let me count the ways I hated it.Racist. USA the good guys catching the bad guys forever and ever amen.Leonard Di Caprio playing Ferris throws the credibility metre on high alert. Why on earth would he think his Iranian gf would not be a target for whatever enemy.Hard to track all those enemies wearing "towels" as per the CIA running all these operations from a bunker somewhere USA, it must look like a video game.I skipped a lot of scenes.The racism was rampant all through it. Crude, rude and hateful.Russell Crowe as the big cheese mouthed his hate and disconnect while dealing with his small children, kinda priceless watching that.All in all a waste of time, all the scenes looked like a movie set in the back of beyond, falling down in pieces with poverty everywhere. Except for Dubai.And script? Was done better in many other movies before it. They're all the same, it depends on the writers. And these failed.2 out of 10

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