![]() They (of course) make common cause with a regional law enforcement agent (Mark Strong), who may or may not really be on their side. ![]() Hoffman is a callous cynic who declares, "Ain't nobody likes the Middle East" and "I don't have time for cultural sensitivity issues." I'll leave it to you to guess which is the good guy.įerris and Hoffman are (of course) closing in on a terrorist mastermind who's behind a series of bombings in Europe and plans to bring his pyrotechnic show to the U.S. Ferris is a jaded humanist who likes the Middle East and believes America's best hopes for defeating terrorism lie in open cooperation with our allies in the region. Roger Ferris (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a CIA field operative Ed Hoffman (Russell Crowe) is the stateside handler with whom he is in frequent disagreement. The result is a film that, while far less muddled, still doesn't have much new to say. Three years ago, Ridley Scott's ill-conceived epic Kingdom of Heaven implicitly asked the question, "What would a movie about the Crusades look like if everyone in it had a 21st-century ideological outlook?" (The unsurprising answer: It would look nothing at all like the Crusades.) With Body of Lies, Scott once again turns his eye to conflict in the Middle East, though this time he wisely keeps his moral and historical frames in present-day alignment.
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