The Recruit PG-13
Trust. Betrayal. Deception. In the C.I.A. nothing is what it seems.
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DVD Details
- Rated: PG-13
- Run Time: 1 hours, 55 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: May 27, 2003
- Originally Released: 2003
- Label: Touchstone / Disney
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Colin Farrell & Al Pacino | |
Performer: | Bridget Moynahan & Gabriel Macht | |
Directed by | Roger Donaldson | |
Screenwriting by | Kurt Wimmer, Mitch Glazer & Roger Towne | |
Produced by | Gary Barber, Roger Birnbaum & Jeff Apple | |
Director of Photography: | Stuart Dryburgh | |
Executive Production by | Jonathan Glickman & Richard Kidney |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 3/4 --
Director Roger Donaldson ... again shows a knack for creating intrigue and paranoia.
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Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)
A standard-issue spy game with all the layered complexity of Ludo.
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Daily Telegraph (UK)
Rating: 2/4 --
Watchable only for its star power and scarce caffeine kicks...awfully predictable. [Blu-Ray]
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Groucho Reviews
Rating: 3/4 --
The film still makes a diverting entertainment in spite of its obviousness.
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TheMovieReport.com
The Recruit weighs in like a porous brick of recycled polypropylene.
Village Voice
...Colin Farrell's roguish recruit is the principal reason to watch, matching Al Pacino's wily old pro play for play, scene for scene...
Total Film
Rating: 3/5 --
Above-average thriller, but not very memorable.
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Common Sense Media
Product Description:
James Clayton is fired up. A bartender by night and computer hacker in the few hours of daylight for which he manages to leave his water bed, the kid is flying high, on a roll with a laid-back lifestyle that suits him just fine. Played by an agile Colin Farrell, Clayton is also a heartthrob with his five o'clock shadow and chiseled pecks. A cushy job offer from Dell computers peaks his interest in securing a professional career, and at the same moment he meets Walter Burke (Al Pacino), a recruiter from the CIA. Though Clayton's better judgement tells him to stay away from the shady Burke, he is curious to learn whatever he can about his father, who was also a CIA agent, killed in the line of duty. Clayton is sent to an intensive CIA training camp called "The Farm," where he quickly learns the gravity of his decision as he undergoes gruelling tests of physical, mental, and psychological strength. His romantic interest in the gorgeous, tough-as-nails Layla (Bridget Moynahan), a fellow trainee, becomes a weakness as the pressure of the tests steadily increases. Finally, without warning, Clayton is thrown into action as he and Burke go head-to-head in a mission that is more dangerous than either of them realize. With top-notch performances from a sly Pacino and a pumped-up Farrell, THE RECRUIT's best moments come from the intensity resonating between its characters. In addition, the settings and training activities at "The Farm" give intriguing insights into CIA recruitment and initiation.
Description by Buena Vista Home Entertainment.:
The Recruit
Academy Award(R)-Winner Al Pacino (Best Actor, SCENT OF A WOMAN, 1991) and Colin Farrell (MINORITY REPORT) take you deeper into the CIA than you've ever been before in this action-packed psychological thriller. James Clayton (Farrell), one of the smartest graduates in the country, is just the person Walter Burke (Pacino) wants in the Agency. James quickly rises through the ranks and falls for Layla (Bridget Moynahan, THE SUM OF ALL FEARS), 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 to root out a mole. As the suspense builds in a maze of gripping twists and turns, there are only two things James can count on -- he can't trust anyone and nothing is as it seems. It's the ultimate CIA thriller with so many surprise plot twists, you'll want to watch it again and again.
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