a5c7b9f00b A brilliant young CIA trainee is asked by his mentor to help find a mole in the Agency. In an era when the country's first line of defense, intelligence, is more important than ever, this story opens the CIA's infamous closed doors and gives an insider's view into the Agency: how trainees are recruited, how they are prepared for the spy game, and what they learn to survive. James Clayton might not have the attitude of a typical recruit, but he is one of the smartest graduating seniors in the country - and he's just the person that Walter Burke wants in the Agency. James regards the CIA's missionan intriguing alternative to an ordinary life, but before he becomes an Ops Officer, James has to survive the Agency's secret training ground, where green recruits are molded into seasoned veterans. As Burke teaches him the ropes and the rules of the game, James quickly rises through the ranks and falls for Layla, one of his fellow recruits. But just when James starts to question his role and his cat-and-mouse relationship with his mentor, Burke taps him for a special assignment to root out a mole. As the suspense builds toward a gripping climax, it soon becomes clear that the CIA's old maxims are true: "trust no one" and "nothing is what it seems." I enjoyed this film despite some obvious flaws. Pacino over played it a bit, and the script gave him another few of those sermon from the mountain moments (boring), but he was good overall. The plot had a few holes, and it turned out to be pretty easy to predict the twists and turns, but that didn't stop the movie from being entertaining. I particularly liked the work of Farrell and Moynahan. THE RECRUIT (2003) ** Colin Farrell, Al Pacino, Bridget Moynahan, Gabriel Macht. Listless action thriller with towheaded computer whiz Farrellthe eponymous CIA enlistee who finds himself embroiled in a complicated world of mind games and manipulation courtesy of his suspicious recruiter (Pacino) while falling for his sexy fellow recruit Moynahan. Boring in its execution with little to offer to a hit-and-miss genre with Farrell in the more-or-less father issue role Tom Cruise would be pitched for. (Dir: Roger Donaldson) It's the kind of movie you can sit back and enjoy,longyou don't make the mistake of thinking too much.
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