Body of Lies

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Based on the novel by David Ignatius.
Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe, Mark Strong, Golshifteh Farahani, Alon Aboutboul.
CIA operative Roger Ferris is on a covert mission. He is working in Jordan and searching for terrorists who have been bombing civilian targets. Ferris uncovers information on the Islamist mastermind Al-Saleem. He devises a plan to infiltrate Al-Saleem's terrorist network with the help of his Langley boss, Ed Hoffman. Ferris enlists the help of the Chief of Jordanian Intelligence, Hani Salaam on this operation, but what he is not certain of is how far he can trust him without putting his life in danger. The uneasy alliance leads to a cultural and moral clash between the men.
DVD, widescreen (2.35:1); Dolby Digital.
Contents: Body of lies.

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TERRIBLE MOVIE! submitted by williamchen on October 22, 2010, 6:45pm I STRONGLY SUGGEST YOU NOT WATCH THIS AS IT IS VERY BAD AND SMELLS OF GREEN CHEESE! PEE-YEW!

Good movie submitted by Ilyjtwya on July 17, 2012, 1:42am This was an action packed movie, with some surprises. Roger Ferris's attempts to make nice with the local woman's family was interesting. There was also a lot of good tension between the characters.

maybe a somewhat accurate take on espionage submitted by hathaway1066 on August 3, 2013, 9:36pm (I'll try not to give any spoilers, but...)

DiCaprio is in the field, Crowe is his controller calling the shots from D.C.--their relationship and that of DiCaprio with those he works with conveys the duplicitous, exploitative, ruthless nature of espionage (at least as far as news stories and such seem to sometimes let slip through). Food for thought in that, even though you could watch this just as an action-thriller type movie and enjoy it on that level as well. It's a very gritty take on such, though--not the gadgety Mission Impossible stuff at all.