Body of Lies (2008)

User Rating:

8.0/10   

Director:

Ridley Scott

Writers (WGA):

William Monahan (screenplay)
David Ignatius (novel)

Release Date:

10 October 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

Trust no one. Deceive everyone.

Plot:

Based on Washington Post columnist David Ignatius's 2007 novel about a CIA operative, Roger Ferris, who uncovers a lead on a major terrorist leader suspected to be operating out of Jordan. |

Plot Keywords:

Torture | Jihad | Terrorism | Suv | Construction Site

US Showtimes:

(register to personalize)

Cast

Leonardo DiCaprio	...	Roger Ferris
Russell Crowe	...	Ed Hoffman
Mark Strong	...	Hani
Golshifteh Farahani	...	Aisha
Oscar Isaac	...	Bassam
Ali Suliman	...	Omar Sadiki
Alon Abutbul	...	Al-Saleem (as Alon Aboutboul)
Vince Colosimo	...	Skip
Simon McBurney	...	Garland
Mehdi Nebbou	...	Nizar
Michael Gaston	...	Holiday
Kais Nashif	...	Mustafa Karami
Jamil Khoury	...	Marwan (as Jameel Khoury)
Lubna Azabal	...	Aisha's Sister Cala
Ghali Benlafkih	...	Aisha's Nephew Rowley

Also Known As:

Chatter (USA) (working title)
House of Lies (USA) (working title)
Penetration (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence including some torture, and for language throughout.

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Arabic

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS | SDDS

Certification:

USA:R | Ireland:15A | Finland:K-15

Filming Locations:

Annapolis, Maryland, USA

Company:

De Line Pictures

Trivia:

A key scene's spectacular explosion is not a digital effect ; it was a real (though controlled and safe) pyrotechnic blast --much to the delight (or, in some cases, surprise) of neighborhood onlookers.

Quotes:

[from trailer]
Ed Hoffman: Our world as we know it is much simpler...to put to an end than you might think.

Soundtrack:

If The World

where's the beef?

This is so far the leading action-thriller in the tradition of ODESSA FILE, IPCRESS FILE movies of the Cold War. This is also reminiscent of tag wrestling: our good guy and their good guy versus their bad guy and our bad guy. There is fast pace action propelled by both high-tech and low-tech, low-touch and high-touch combinations. The current brutality by terrorism and counter-terrorism kill or be-killed environment spiced by religious under- and over- tones makes for a primal conflict and realistic firefight.

The protagonists and supporting characters go in and out of the civilian forest/stage that guerrilla warfare thrives in. For most of the viewers who are remote from the places where this conflict is waged are well served by these simulations.