A former journalist injured in the Iraq war is hired by the CIA to track down an Al Qaeda leader in Jordan. Based on Washington Post columnist David Ignatius’ 2007 novel about a CIA operative, Roger Ferris (Leonardo DiCaprio), who uncovers a lead on a major terrorist leader suspected to be operating out of Jordan. When Ferris devises a plan to infiltrate his network, he must first win the backing of cunning CIA veteran Ed Hoffman (Russell Crowe) and the collegial, but perhaps suspect, head of Jordanian intelligence. Although ostensibly his allies, Ferris questions how far he can really trust these men without putting his entire operation - and his life - on the line.
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"Is a James Bond plot inserted into today's headlines. (...) Body of Lies contains enough you can believe, or almost believe, that you wish so much of it weren't sensationally implausible. (...) Rating: *** (out of four)." (Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times)
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"Neither the location-based verisimilitude of Scott's shooting style nor the estimable Middle East expertise of source-material author David Ignatius can disguise "Body of Lies" as anything other than the contrived phony-baloney it is. (...) a conventional climax" (Todd McCarthy: Variety)
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"The movie is a hodgepodge of borrowings and half-cooked ideas, flung together into a feverishly edited jet-setting exercise in purposeless intensity." (A.O. Scott: The New York Times)
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US release date: october 10th, 2008.
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Body of Lies
