Top billed cast

1. 

   Leonardo DiCaprio

   Roger Ferris

2. 

   Russell Crowe

   Ed Hoffman

3. 

   Golshifteh Farahani

   Aisha

4. 

   Mark Strong

   Hani

5. 

   Ali Suliman

   Omar Sadiki

6. 

   Oscar Isaac

   Bassam

7. 

   Simon McBurney

   Garland

8. 

   Lubna Azabal

   Aisha's Sister Cala

9. 

   Michael Stuhlbarg

   Ferris' Attorney

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Reviews

A review by GenerationofSwine

Written by GenerationofSwine on 2023-01-14

Crowe got second billing and they gave the limelight to DiCaprio instead...that's a great idea. that means that, as usual, DiCaprio is going to shine doing his "this is how you become a different person" thing and Crowe is going to actually act and not just try to hog the limelight.

The result is a tense and very well acted film.

It should have been a Masterpiece but...it was released in 2008 and America wanted pure escapism then, not tense spy thrillers that reflect the reality of two long endless wars...and it was released a little too close to The Good Shepard.

In fact, it felt a l...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$70,000,000.00

Revenue
$113,280,098.00

Keywords

• dying and death
• journalist
• based on novel or book
• spy
• falsely accused
• jordan
• dubai
• intelligence agency
• beating
• terrorism
• secrecy