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Rating: 8/10 (20 February 2013)

Argo
A great way to make a fortune in the Middle East is to sell Zippos and American flags during anti-US protests.
However, the American in this thriller opted for saving hostages instead.
When embassy workers (Tate Donovan, Christopher Denham, Clea DuVall) take refuge at the Canadian delegation during the 1979 Iran Hostage Crisis, CIA extrication agent Tony Mendez (Ben Affleck) heads up the rescue mission.
Flummoxed by the lack of believable cover stories, Mendez sees the operation as a wash until he watches a sci-fi show that inspires him to use Tehran's terrain as camouflage.
With help from Hollywood heavy weights (Alan Arkin, John Goodman), Mendez hopes to exit Tehran with the hostages masquerading as film crew-members.
Based on actual events, Argo is an exhilarating extraction anecdote with solid performances, intrepid direction and dark witticisms.
Nevertheless, it would be easier to smuggle the hostages back to America disguised as opium.
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