Movie Information
Overall Rank: 6010
Average Rating: 2.6/4
# of Ratings: 79
Theatrical Release Date: 02/13/2009
Blu-ray/DVD Release Date: 06/09/2009
Language: English
Genre: Drama, Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Tom Tykwer
Actors: Clive Owen, Naomi Watts, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Ulrich Thomsen, James Rebhorn, Jack McGee
Plot: 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 Kavan
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2.5/4
Chris Kavan - wrote on 12/03/2009
Plenty of action and a good story, but they try to squeeze too much into this package. It was like watching three movies all in one and the sum was never as good as its parts .I would recommend it, but I wouldn't push it too hard.
Rating of
4/4
PolRock - wrote on 11/10/2009
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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3/4
"The International" by Yojimbo
Yojimbo - wrote on 03/19/2012
Clive Owen plays an Interpol agent with a grudge, pursuing a multi-national banking corporation whose clients include terrorist states and organized crime. The International is very much in the mold of 60s and 70s Cold War movies, full of methodical investigations of shadowy conspiracies, listening devices and silenced sniper rifles appearing from hotel windows. In fact it was easy for me to imagine a young Michael Caine playing Owen's part; in this way it seemed unusual, almost old fashioned compared to the glut of super fast-paced, shaky-cammed action films we've all become so accustomed to of late. Clive Owen is his usual watchably intense and dour loose cannon, frustrated by bureaucratic superiors and Naomi Watts is decent if a little irrelevant plot-wise. There is no parcouring over …
Rating of
3/4
Better than I thought it would be..
mdtinney - wrote on 07/19/2009
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 …
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Too much gobbledegook about banks.
Gunneos - wrote on 05/04/2009
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 …
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