The International - Movies Reviews

What's it about: Louis Salinger works with Interpol. While on an assignment with his partner in Berlin getting an informant to come clean on a rogue bank called the International Bank Of Business and Credit (IBBC) that launders money for all the bad people (despots, warmongers, terrorist outfits et al), his partner froths at the mouth and collapses and in a bid to reach him, Salinger takes a hit from an oncoming car.

When he comes to, he is told that his partner is dead from a fatal heart attack. Salinger doesn't buy it. Of course, when you're spying on a firm with their greedy fingers drowned in cash, why would you?u00a0

What's hot: The cat-and-mouse game gets quite exciting when a great deal of money is at stake.
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Assassinations (shootouts to be precise) are the calling cards of this action flick that relies more on brain than brawn. The film directed by Run Lola Run director Tykwer isn't as impressive in the chase department as you'd expect. Of course, the film is entertaining but only in scenes, few and far between.

What's not: Do the makers actually expect us to take this movie seriously? C'mon the usual suspects are people you'd expect walking clichu00e9s in such spy flicks. And what has Naomi Watts done to herself? We expect hotter-looking DAs after watching shows like Boston Legal and The Practice. And since when did DAs get involved in espionage?

What to do: Watch it for the gunfights. Duck and hide it out, if you wanna wait till it's out on DVD, though.

The International

U/A; Action
Dir: Tom Tykwer
Cast: Clive Owen, Naomi Watts
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