Review of Body of Lies (2008) by Marko — 28 Jan 2010

I've seen this movie numerous times on HBO lately, and it always grabs me and keeps me interested. I like the characters, I like the actors, and i'm very interested in the subject matter. I really appreciated that there were sympathetic and powerful arab and persian characters, and hani pasha/mark strong gives me a particular thrill.

I've seen this film compared to bourne, which I don't really get. bourne was a kind of James bond/superman type who pulls off stuff which demands suspension of disbelief. the only superhuman act that Ferris manages is a medium range hip-shot/head-shot with a mac-11.

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. I think of this film as comparable to "hunt for red October.