


The commanding officer is Ed Hoffman (Russell Crowe). agent in the homeland, who organizes covert operations halfway around the world via cell phone, and the crackerjack field agent he commands and monitors. It is an excruciatingly tense scene that would have gone a lot farther without the obvious shot at the current political landscape. Welcome to Guantanamo, Al-Saleem says to Roger Ferris before he crushes his fingers with a hammer.
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That's because the film is divided between a C.I.A. Movie Review: Body of Lies (2008) General Disdain. It feels as if half of Body of Lies is viewed through the lenses of high-tech surveillance equipment. And in this contemporary context, Ridley demonstrates the same delicacy in portraying culture clashes that he showed in 2006's Kingdom of Heaven. But it's actually the bigger brother at the controls. On first glance, Body of Lies looks like a Tony Scott film, with its the super-slick style, ubiquitous cutting-edge technology, and spy-game conventions.

If you see helicopters, explosions, and a lot of high-tech gadgetry, chances are you're watching Tony's work. He's more of a stylist than a storyteller. Ridley's brother Tony is known for flashy commercial thrillers and action pics-solid genre movies like Déjà Vu, Man on Fire, Spy Games, Enemy of the State, and Top Gun. Sumptuous cinematography and strong performances distinguish his grand epics about power, corruption, and conscience. Best known for directing Alien and Blade Runner, two of the most influential sci-fi films ever made, he also delivered such classics as Thelma and Louise, Black Hawk Down, and Gladiator. Sir Ridley Scott is not only one of the world's most popular filmmakers-he's also a visionary.
