Review of Body of Lies (2008) by Lincolnh. — 28 Sep 2008

I am kind of disappointed with this movie. I mean, Ridley Scott did pretty good in American Gangster. But seriously, I'm not sure if this will be a highly critically raved film. That's just because this movie really falls short.

It has the style and kick of The Kingdom, but this is actually not as exploit but as loud. The script from William Monahan is excellent, almost every line is impressive and great. But Russell Crowe, like I've seen much better from him.

Leo, he looks tired and with his accent, it sounds like it's an effortless accomplishment. But it's flawed. The editing is really good, but the movies execution is poor. Some moments are very predictable and boring.

It just feels way too familiar. And I'm letdown by this disgrace. It shows no purpose or point of the film's based reason, it sends no message. It's just a huge action-clunker. It works as a good action movie, with great intensity.

But the movie overall was as disappointing as Burn After Reading. So far, The Dark Knight is still the #1 film of 2008. Like come on, whens a there gonna be an actually good-solid movie this year.