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Clive Owen
Naomi Watts
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Ulrich Thomsen
James Rebhorn
Jack McGee

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An Interpol agent and an assistant DA find themselves on a globe-spanning missions and fight for survival after uncovering a massive bank's illegal activities to destabilize governments and finance terrorism. -- Chris aka Tarkin

11/10/2009 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

A fairly strong thriller with an outstanding plot

The International is a thinker for many. The strong plot will take some studying over time. To add, this is Clive Owen's best performance. He seems fit for thrillers. The ending is the most questionable to many, but I think it's neccessary due to the fact that the banking system can be controlled by the corrupt.

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4/4 

07/19/2009 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Better than I thought it would be..

The International is a gripping espionage/conspiracy thriller directed by German director Tom Tykwer who made Run Lola Run and Perfume. The first part of the film is deliberately paced with a slowly unfolding investigation but this slower pace makes the action scenes resonate all the more when they arrive, and we have seen enough to feel the characters peril. The movie has, for a thriller, quite a European sensibility and I wonder if some American audiences might take umbrage at it's anti-capitalist stance or struggle with the relative lack of action, romance and humour. Clive Owen turns in a great performance as a driven, serious man and is complemented by good performances from the rest of the cast. If you like conspiracy/spy movies or enjoy John Le Carre type novels you will really enj...

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3/4 

05/04/2009 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Too much gobbledegook about banks.

The International is the kind of movie where everyone’s afraid to admit what they don’t understand, because it’s supposed to be this extra-smart thriller about bank corruption and greedy CEOs. Don’t fall for it - chances are the confusion is probably a result of the movie’s ultra-convoluted plot, not your own lack of neurons.

The movie stars Clive Owen and Naomi Watts who investigate a bank they suspect is eyebrow-deep in illegal activities after Owen witnesses the sudden and unnatural death of his partner. I don’t know what “illegal activities” they are, and if the movie mentioned them they didn’t make it easy enough for ordinary people like you and I to understand. Someone else is assassinated, again who I can’t recall because the movie has a hobby of introducing too many characters ...

03/09/2009 (1 of 1 found this helpful)

Internationally Driven

Naomi Watts must have been 3-4 months pregnant in this. It was okay. She was good, but I was hoping for a British or Australian accent in this one. No such luck (American). Clive Owen was hot and so was the scene in the Guggenheim Museum (which this poster alludes to). However, Naomi wasn't in the Guggenheim scene like she is in this poster.

It started out good, then got a little boring, then there was the Guggenheim scene. My friend said she would have liked a little more background on what Clive Owen and Naomi Watts' relationship was supposed to be. The writer claimed he wrote scenes with sexual tension between Clive & Naomi but they didn't make enough sense or have enough purpose, so they were cut. I was satisfied with their relationship, as they worked together, and she had a fami...

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3/4