The Recruit (2003)

	Directed by: Roger Donaldson	COUNTRY USA GENRE Thriller/Mystery NORWEGIAN TITLE - RUNNING TIME 115 minutes
	Produced by: Jeff Apple Gary Barber Roger Birnbaum
	Written by: Roger Towne Kurt Wimmer Mitch Glazer

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 the CIA's HQ in Langley will pluck this story's credibility apart, but the film's real problem is that it does little to hide the wiring under the boards of the plot, which twists and turns until you become so conscious of it that you stop caring 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.

Copyright © 13.10.2010 Fredrik Gunerius Fevang

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