Title: The International
Year: 2009
Starring: Clive Owen, Naomi Watts
Genres: Thriller, Action, Drama
MPAA: R for some sequences of violence and language
Kids-In-Mind.com: 3.8.5
My Rating: 6.7
IMDb Rating: 6.6
Synopsis: Agent Lou Salinger (Owen) is an Interpol agent attempting to expose the criminal activities of the International Bank of Business and Credit with the help of New York City Assistant District Attorney Eleanor Whitman (Watts). As they uncover the IBBC's plots to control multiple world governments, launder money, and broker large international arms deals, Salinger eventually hunts down the Bank's Chair Jonas Skarssen and kills him.
My Take: Yeah, this movie wasn't as good as it could've been. I don't know what urged them to make this as gory and violent as it was, but with a few less "f-words" and a bit less gore, this movie could've easily been a PG-13. Clive Owen did a fine job, but Naomi Watts, whose King Kong (2005) I quite enjoyed, was subpar and just not good. Overall, this movie should've been made a drama rather than an action/thriller; the story was pretty cool, but this film was just not very well done.
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Friday, August 7, 2009
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