Loses it the Last Fifth of Runtime

Rating: 6/10 (1 February 2013)

"Argo" directed and starring Ben Affleck is a fairly well done movie for much of its runtime. However, the piled on tension and suspense begins to get silly, contrived, and poorly clichéd towards the last bit of the movie . (spoilers) For me the whole airport scene became comical starting with tickets coming through at just the right time, an incredulous security guard questioning in both Farsi and then English, accomplices getting to the phone a split sec in time, a clutch not working in a vehicle, and to top it off in a really bad way, Iranian cop-cars and a military van racing a 747 on the runway. This stuff all while bland, filler music is thrown together. Could this be anymore "tense"?! There's no subtlety here and its boldly appalling. What'll be next(?), the Swiss Air 747 dodging RPGs over Tehran! No, too many liberties taken with a "based on a true story" script, and so doesn't finish well....