English (18PL) 03 January 2008Distributor: New Line Cinema
Director: Gavin Hood
Producer: Steve Golin, David Kanter, Keith Redmon, Michael Sugar, Marcus Viscidi
Writer: Kelly Sane
Casts: Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard, Alan Arkin
Casts: Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Peter Sarsgaard, Alan Arkin
Plot: When Egyptian-born chemical engineer Anwar El-Ibrahim (Omar Metwalley) disappears on a flight from South Africa to Washington DC, his American wife, Isabella (Reese Witherspoon) travels to Washington to try and learn the reason for his disappearance. Meanwhile, at a secret detention facility outside the US, CIA analyst Douglas Freeman (Jake Gyllenhaal) is forced to question his assignment as he becomes a party to the unorthodox interrogation of El-Ibrahim.
Our Verdict:
GreenTea says:
Bored and messy plot - 2.0 Stars