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Dominican Rep. Spartan
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Thriller. Mystery
Robert Scott (VAL KILMER) is a career military officer working in a highly secretive special operations force. A man hardened by years of brutal service, he is respected by his peers and elders in the world of espionage. When Scott is recruited to find Laura Newton (KRISTEN BELL), the daughter of a high-ranking government official, he is paired with novice Curtis (DEREK LUKE), who becomes his protégé. Working with a special task force ... [+]
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"Both technically accomplished and moderately entertaining." | POS |
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"The first hour of Spartan can make you sick with dread, like the first season of the TV series 24 ... The last half-hour of Spartan is still entertaining, but it's laughable." | NEU |
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"Not one character makes sense, there is no shred of craft, and the script sounds like it was written by a 6-year-old who has accidentally swallowed a microchip." | NEG |
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United States |
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"Is Spartan a perfect, or even a great, movie? Probably not. But in its prickly irascibility and deeply unsettling intelligence, it makes for a very, very good one." | POS |
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"Starts out promisingly, but quickly sinks under the weight of its own plot twists, ponderous pacing and Val Kilmer's monotonous performance" | NEG |
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United States |
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"The particular pleasure of Spartan is to watch the characters gradually define themselves and the plot gradually emerge like your face in a steamy mirror (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)" | POS |
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"When Spartan is good, it's surprisingly gripping and fresh, and when it's bad, it's just another overcooked Hollywood paranoid thriller." | NEU |
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"David Mamet's political thriller manages the difficult trick of being both logically meticulous and genuinely surprising." | POS |
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"Like many of the works he directs, Spartan does not feel like Mamet at the top of his game." | NEU |
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