In 1980s Beirut, Mason Skiles is a former U.S. diplomat who is called back into service to save a colleague from the group that is possibly responsible for his own family's death. Meanwhile, a CIA field agent who is working under cover at the American embassy is tasked with keeping Mason alive and ensuring that the mission is a success.
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Plenty to Like, Plenty to Dislike
Memorable, crazy movie
If you don't like this, we can't be friends.
Great Film overall
I was a US Marine stationed at the US Embassy Beirut during the period that this movie covers. Aside from the terrible production values, virtually everything shown in this film is not remotely the way it was. Such a disappointment, as I was hoping to see some of my military years reflected in the crazy place that Beirut was during the civil war. SKIP THIS.
State Dept Diplomat and Mid-East Negotiator Mason Skiles (John Hamm) had mentored young Karim with wife Nadia (Leila Bekhti) and learns from Cal Riley (Mark Pellegrinn) that Karim, now 12-yrs old, is the brother of Abu Rajal (Hicham Ourraqa) who is responsible for the murder of Jews at the Munich Olympics. Then Karim is kidnapped. Ten years later Skiles learns that his colleague Cal Riley has been kidnapped and now the adult Karim (Idar Chenbder) wants his brother back from the Israelis and he turns to Skiles to negotiate the transfer of Cal for Abu Rajal. There is so much talking that it is hard to know who are the good guys and who are not. There is a bad guy in here and it is NOT the reason that Cal was kidnapped as he was about to whistle blow on someone. Of course, the Israelis say they don 't have Abu Rajal and Skiles turns to the PLO who say they don't have him either. As long as you follow Skiles and what he is trying to do you can almost not pay too much attention to the rest of the CIA agents and State Department people. They can be a confusing bunch. Notables: Rosamund Pike as Sandy, a State Dept person who eventually lets Skiles run with a plan that may or may not work. Many darkened scenes don't help listening to characters and we are never sure if they are on the up and up. Both John Hamm and Rosamund Pike more or less control this story and the chemistry between them is good. It was fun to watch Skiles use some bargaining chips to both the Israelis and the PLO. (7/10)Violence: Yes. Sex: No. Nudity: No. Humor: Not really. Language: Yes. Rating: B
Like the actors, solid story, well told. Overall very enjoyable.
You want to make a whole film that takes place in a city, well first thing first: move your ass to that city otherwise just call it Tangier. Might also work! Next time try to make a film called New York that filmed in Singapore!
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