Thrilling to the end

Rating: 9/10 (19 November 2013)

The best suspense drama of the year. The films plot, and suspense takes hold of you right in the beginning of the film and that grip is there till the end credits. Not a big fan of Ben Affleck but he was alright here, but he has directed and made an amazing movie. Highly Recommend!!!!
Films main plot : Iranian activists storm the United States embassy in Tehran on November 4, 1979, in retaliation for President Jimmy Carter giving the Shah asylum in the U.S. during the Iranian Revolution. More than 50 of the embassy staff are taken as hostages, but six escape and hide in the home of the Canadian ambassador Ken Taylor. With the escapees' situation kept secret, the U.S. State Department begins to explore options for exfiltrating them from Iran. Tony Mendez, a U.S. Central Intelligence Agency exfiltration specialist is brought in for consultation.