Review of Body of Lies (2008) by Dave F — 21 Feb 2010

This is an entertaining film, worth your time. The acting is good as is the action and pace. There are flaws, however, starting with the writing. The writers run the audience down too many plots lines and don't fully develop any of them enough to be great.

Any one of a half dozen themes could be an entire stand alone entertaining movie - the rogue CIA agent theme, the good Muslim/bad Muslim theme, the love interest between a Muslim woman and a western non-Muslim man, and so on.

I found that unsatisfying.