You won't be disappointed!

That was an excellent one.

Good concept, poorly executed.

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

This plot has enough twists and turns to throw a Formula 1 racing champion off course. And the acting, indescribably great.

I generally love Leo DiCaprio movies. Seems like he never takes a bad script. Add in Russell Crowe and you think it would be a slam dunk. Well, just ok. Watchable. But that's about it. It lost me when Leo falls for the Persian woman and then the plot goes where she gets taken hostage and he has to rescue her. THATS WHERE YOURE TAKING THIS? Ugh. Trust me. You'll wish you had watched a different Leo movie. Thumbs down on NFLX. Five stars on IMBD.

The movies was well made. I enjoyed it very much at the beginning then it starts to be dull. as an Arab who watched this movie I have some notes that I want to clarify, first it was stupid when leo said to the nurse are you Iranian and she didn't even talk enough Arabic so he could notice and even leo doesn't know that much of Arabic in the film. 2 there is no way to date an Arab girl as easy as shown in the film Arabs are so strict on their daughters especially when it comes to deal with men outside the family how about foreign man . 3 Arabs community = male-dominant community so how come at Aisha's house there is no men at all if there would be a chance to still see this American men will get involve for sure. 4 women dont sit in coffee shops even with girlfriends in front of men like that local and tiny coffe shops like that considered for men. 5 I don't buy that whole story with leo and Aisha and how in this short while of knowing Aisha he became willing to sacrifice himself for her I don't think that any agent in reality would do that it makes no sense . 6 they are keep saying koskos as a name of a meal but the meal koskos is actually Moroccan not from Jordan. 7 this one is very naive see the scene where leo was about to die the Arabic man said death for the non believer blah blah blah then he says (tashahad ala rouhk) that means say the shahada on yourself its an Islamic thing how u say that at him and he is a non beliver or christian or whatever. I hated these stupid yet important deatiles they should pay more attention after all the movie was very good but this semi ruined it.

Crowe got second billing and they gave the limelight to DiCaprio instead...that's a great idea. that means that, as usual, DiCaprio is going to shine doing his "this is how you become a different person" thing and Crowe is going to actually act and not just try to hog the limelight.The result is a tense and very well acted film.It should have been a Masterpiece but...it was released in 2008 and America wanted pure escapism then, not tense spy thrillers that reflect the reality of two long endless wars...and it was released a little too close to The Good Shepard.In fact, it felt a lot like the Good Shepard set in the modern era.It was the Good Shepard with more action.It was The Good Shepard with better acting, but only just.So, if it waited another 2 years, we would have had a great film in a time when we were slowly starting to relax a little again.If it waited 4 years, The Good Shepard would have been a distant memory and the shady CIA boss character would have seemed fresher.Don't misunderstand, Crowe actually acts again and DiCaprio shines as usual, you will totally enjoy this movie.The flaws are not its own, but rather a result of bad timing, pure and simple.It should have been more, but the zietgiest wasn't there yet.