The Recruit (2003)

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Walter Burke	Al Pacino
James Douglas Clayton	Colin Farrell
Layla Moore	Bridget Moynahan
Zack	Gabriel Macht	½
Alan	Kenneth Mitchell
Robbie Gibson	Mike Realba
Dennis Slayne	Karl Pruner

Review

Action-director Roger Donaldson pairs up with the unknown Towne brother in this overplotted meta-spy-thriller starring a mildly inspired Al Pacino and a confused Colin Farrell. I suspect people with inside information from CIA's HQ in Langley will pluck this story apart when it comes to credibility, but the film's real problem is that it does little to hide the wiring under the board of the plot, which twists and turns until you become so conscious about it that you start caring less about the characters. With that said, the final scene is clever and to a degree makes up for the constrained feel of the movie's final third.