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The Recruit (2003)

Rate: 6
Viewed: 8/05, 8/23

Recruit
8/23: I was thinking of giving The Recruit an '8' or a '9' for a while.

Then, the last thirty minutes happened, causing it to go completely south. What went wrong? At first, the twists and turns were nice. Then, the more they came, the harder it was for my brain to resist the strain. Finally, I had enough of the convolution.

Funnily enough, Al Pacino kept saying, "Nothing is what it seems." I wanted to correct him on the spot: "Nothing makes sense." Anyway, he and Colin Farrell are fine, but I don't care for Bridget Moynahan. The best part is the CIA training stuff while the back-and-forth between what's real and what's not is fun.

I thought the plot was heading in a certain direction, and James Clayton planned to expose Layla by finding out that she's working for Iran because she spoke Farsi earlier. But noooo...they had to make up a stupid twist to throw me off which forced Al Pacino to make a fool out of himself.

All in all, Roger Donaldson did it so much better in No Way Out with Kevin Costner and Gene Hackman.