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Starring Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner, Chris Cooper, and Jason Bateman
I netflixed this movie for a change of pace. It was MUCH better than I thought it would be.
It's filmed somewhat like a documentary (hand held cameras 98% of the time) and incredibly intense. It's NOT relaxing to say the least.
The plot centers around an anti-terrorist group going to Saudi Arabia to investigate an attack on Americans at a complex where families working for an oil company reside.
The Americans have to work with the Saudi police effectively to get anything done and of course there are MANY issues here.
The two main Saudi actors are fantastic especially Ashraf Barhom. He's a colonel assigned to babysit Foxx and company and ends up being a big help.
The violence is appropriate and realistic but frequent through out the movie. I turned my head a few times.
There is a good fight scene where Jennifer rescues someone and it's brutal -- and while she's FBI and highly trained they don't make it look easy for her to take down a man almost twice her size.
I liked it. It was different from a typical "Middle Eastern vs. America movie" with action. It was much more intellectual than I thought it would be. There are so many layers it addresses but then lets the audience make judgements -- NOT the movie or the characters. I didn't find it preachy at all.
DH didn't want to watch it -- he thought the cast was a little cheesy at first glance but he was on the edge of his seat.
It's worth renting if you'd like an action movie mixed it with a history lesson and an ethics/theology seminar.
I netflixed this movie for a change of pace. It was MUCH better than I thought it would be.
It's filmed somewhat like a documentary (hand held cameras 98% of the time) and incredibly intense. It's NOT relaxing to say the least.
The plot centers around an anti-terrorist group going to Saudi Arabia to investigate an attack on Americans at a complex where families working for an oil company reside.
The Americans have to work with the Saudi police effectively to get anything done and of course there are MANY issues here.
The two main Saudi actors are fantastic especially Ashraf Barhom. He's a colonel assigned to babysit Foxx and company and ends up being a big help.
The violence is appropriate and realistic but frequent through out the movie. I turned my head a few times.
There is a good fight scene where Jennifer rescues someone and it's brutal -- and while she's FBI and highly trained they don't make it look easy for her to take down a man almost twice her size. I liked it. It was different from a typical "Middle Eastern vs. America movie" with action. It was much more intellectual than I thought it would be. There are so many layers it addresses but then lets the audience make judgements -- NOT the movie or the characters. I didn't find it preachy at all.
DH didn't want to watch it -- he thought the cast was a little cheesy at first glance but he was on the edge of his seat.
It's worth renting if you'd like an action movie mixed it with a history lesson and an ethics/theology seminar.
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