One of the year's best!

Rating: Null/10 (24 October 2012)

How to judge a film like this? Every film features arbitrary factors on what makes it enjoyable or not. Films based on real life situations carry certain baggage but none of that baggage weighed this gem down at all. I honestly can't think of a way to make the movie better. Thus, it merits a 10/10 in my book. It's so very well acted and constructed. I was captivated all the way through and Affleck made it suspenseful to the max. Politically, there are some modern parallels to what's happening today but that texture isn't even relevant to enjoying the effort as a pure thriller.
One of the top three films made this year to date. Excellence all the way around.