Rating of
1/4
40%
CJP - wrote on 10/15/08
Action: 1.5 / 3, Comedy: 0 / 2, Good vs Evil: 0 / 1, Love/Sex: 0.5 / 1, Special Effects: 0.5 / 1, Plot: 1 /1, Music: 0.5 / 1 = 4/10 or 40%.
The theme and plot of Body of Lies is initially intriguing, but after the first fifteen minutes of the film one has seen everything. Thus, the overall effort is stillborn and Scott falls back on typical elements to force the weak story onward. These forced elements, namely a sudden love interest for the main character and manifestation of the Jordanian version of Crowe's CIA head, render the serious scope Scott sets up back to the over treaded territory of such films as the Saint.
