Body of Lies

CIA operative, Roger Ferris (Leonardo DiCaprio), is on the trail of a terrorist ring leader working out of Jordan. His attempts at running a successful espionage operation depend on the web of mistrust between him and his boss, Ed Hoffman (Russell Crowe) not to mention the head of Jordanian intelligence.

OK so as far as realistic spy movies go, this one is actually semi-decent, however at two hours and ten minutes, it is far too long and burns out in the end. Russell Crowe is fabulous as the man you love to hate--he is just delightfully despicable. DiCaprio is also great and fun to watch, but the late plot twists make the audience begin to doubt that the film will ever actually end. Surprisingly witty and full of sharp dialogue that got many a laughs, just wasn't tight enough in the story department and ended up being predictable.

** 1/2 Rentable

Rated R (for extreme violence and language)