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Rating: Null/10 (22 August 2011)

"That is it?" That was my reaction at the end of this movie. Where to begin? Well, the movie does give a promising start. But that's all it gives. It got me well interested, even though I thought that I have seen this type of movie a hundred times. But somehow, that type of scenario (falsely accused - one against all - twist in the story - the good guy clears his name at the end) just can't get boring. This is a rare case where the writers tried to do something different, but failed miserably. There are so many twists from the very beginning that one can get quite tired at the middle of the movie. The finale of the movie is interesting but a bit annoying, because of the twists before it. That is what the whole movie is about: twists. The movie would have been much better if set in the time of the cold war, or even in the time of McCarthy's witch hunt. But due to the environment it was actually set in (present day), we're just not able to say that the scenario is possible. The rapid infiltration of characters that have, very little, or no role at all, is just confusing. The paranoia that the movie gives makes one feel as thou everybody in the movie could be the enemy (and that is the only thing why I gave the movie a passing grade). The movie ends abruptly and without much idea of what could come next. Jolie is great, but I did get the feeling she, at some point, understood that the script is terrible and did a routine job (which is not half of what she is capable of). The movie is interesting, a one night-action flick that evaporates from your head after two days. Watch it without much expectation and you just might have a good time.