Fast, Fun, Funny, Smart, Powerful, Colorful, Political, Caper

Rating: 9/10 (10 January 2007)

I loved this movie so much I could type a period right here and end my review, after saying, "See it!" But you have to type ten lines ...
Denzel Washington -- alternately befuddled, crafty, heroic, but always gorgeous, integral, charismatic.
Any movie with Clive Owen is worth seeing, and here he is at his most Clive Owen-y. Jodie Foster is the perfect spider woman.
Supporting cast: everyone is pitch perfect. I loved the guy who said, "That's one hundred percent Albanian!" The plot kept me guessing.
I loved the score, from the Hindi cinema music over the credits to the 1950s black and white throwback orchestral score.
The only thing I wish the movie had had that it didn't was more of a sexual frisson between beautiful-but-evil Jodie Foster and handsome-and-noble-but-no-stranger-to-the-dark-side Denzel Washington. Maybe in a sequel.
Really, see this movie. It's expert, it's fun, it's engrossing. It's just a great flick.