Stayed on the dark side

Rating: 2/10 (24 December 2006)

On the conscious level, there was no real reason for releasing this movie. This was no spy thriller. A long movie with no character showing any positive qualities tests the patience of the most devoted movie fan. The characters were not even enjoyably evil, like in Sin City. They were just boring. The characters were created by someone writing from their shadow (Jungian), which is why they came out so unattractive.
This movie was more likely written at the unconscious level, and written there for a purpose. The CIA was portrayed as the source of evil and incompetence. They were selected to be the fall guy for America's foreign policy failures, particularly the Bay of Pigs. This strategy takes the politicians off the hook for bungling decisions about national security. I would imagine that leaders of both parties would support using the CIA as the fall guy for bad decisions. It is left to the observer to determine who will benefit most from a public who actually is influenced by this movie.