Body of Lies

Trust no one. Deceive everyone.

Set in the midst of America's war on terror in the Middle East, our hero is a top agent with the CIA. He is after the leader of a terrorist group, but is having trouble finding him since the terrs stopped using modern technology. He decides to target the man's ego, setting up a fictitious rival terror leader, in the hope of drawing out his target. However this plan has several complications, including a balancing act obeying his boss back in the US, and maintaining the trust of the Syrian intelligence chief. Throw in a pretty nurse, and you can be sure that all is not what it seems.

126 minutes.
No persons under 16 (Language, Violence).
Action, Drama, Thriller.

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

I'm sorry, I don't do ''follow that cab'' stuff...

Credits

Cast	Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe, Mark Strong, Golshifteh Farahani, Oscar Isaac, Ali Suliman, Alon Abutbul, Vince Colosimo
Director	Ridley Scott
Screenplay	William Monahan, from the novel by David Ignatius
Music	Marc Streitenfeld
Cinematography	Alexander Witt
Editing	Pietro Scalia
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2008
Produced by	De Line Pictures, Scott Free Productions

Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Action, thriller
Language	Strong
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	Strong
Prejudice	none
Blasphemy	Some
Drug abuse	None
Comments	Tense and complex spy thriller with some disturbing psychological threat as well as violence in torture scenes.
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ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus / The Star Theresa Smith	10
Die Burger Jeanne Calitz	15
Cape Times Kenneth Turan	5
iAfrica.com Nils van der Linden	15
The Citizen Bruce Dennill	15
24.com Ivan Sadler	10
Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert The bottom line: Body of Lies contains enough you can believe, or almost believe, that you wish so much of it weren't sensationally implausible.	15
eye Weekly Adam Nayman There’s absolutely nothing to see here: no new angle on the intricacies of the war on terror, no fresh insight into the moral quandaries of espionage, and certainly no innovative ideas about how to frame such cinematic spy games.	5
ReelViews James Berardinelli Body of Lies is an adult thriller with such a high narrative density that even a brief trip to the restroom may result in key plot points being lost. The film is the antithesis of a slick, superficial feature like Eagle Eye. It both demands and rewards thought. It engages the mind instead of punishing those who use it for reasoning.	18
ScreenIt C. Fuchs I only wish it engaged me on more of an emotional level, one element (along with the removal of the nurse subplot) that could have potentially turned this from a good dramatic thriller into a great one.	12
Metacritic.com 36 critics	12
Rottentomatoes critics 155 critics	12
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Body of Lies relies on the performances of Russell Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio to elevate it beyond the conventional espionage thriller.	10
What the People say
Internet 6457 Netizens Better than the trailers.	15
Average .. 60%	12