I have spent the entire last week reading reviews from critics that would lead me to believe that this film was a big, over the top, action movie with some decent performances that ultimately takes us nowhere that we have not been before. i think of this film as comparable to 'hunt for red October.' … Expand other than that this film seemed fully convincing to me, and david ignatious (the writer of the novel), certainly knows the middle-east and the cia. the only superhuman act that Ferris manages is a medium range hip-shot/head-shot with a mac-11. bourne was a kind of James bond/superman type who pulls off stuff which demands suspension of disbelief. I've seen this film compared to bourne, which i don't really get. i really appreciated that there were sympathetic and powerful arab and persian characters, and hani pasha/mark strong gives me a particular thrill. i like the characters, i like the actors, and i'm very interested in the subject matter. i really appreciated that there were I've seen this movie numerous times on HBO lately, and it always grabs me and keeps me interested. I've seen this movie numerous times on HBO lately, and it always grabs me and keeps me interested. Worth seeing if you see a lot of movies, but if you're an occasional moviegoer, you may wish to skip it.

Movies like this have been done before, and this one doesn't exactly stand out from the bunch. Why not a higher score? While the film was well put together, I feel that it is ultimately a bit forgettable. Overall, Body of Lies intelligently combines the art of mind-games war drama with a cautious amount of exploding-in-your-face action. It is indeed cleverly executed and well acted specifically, my favorite performance was that of Mark Strong, as the Jordanian head of Intelligence. That said, Body of Lies is certainly worth the attention span required. In other words: This is a VERY complex film, with many subtleties and subplots, and one must be prepared to give it their undivided attention. In other words: This is a VERY complex film, with many subtleties and subplots, and one Something tells me that my rating would have been much lower had it not been for the fact that I got a good night's sleep before seeing this movie. Something tells me that my rating would have been much lower had it not been for the fact that I got a good night's sleep before seeing this movie.

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