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IMDb OverviewBody of Lies
Release Date: October 10, 2008 | Runtime: 2 hr. 8 min.
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Trailer
CIA agent Roger Ferris (Leonardo DiCaprio) hatches a bold but dangerous plan to capture terrorist Al-Saleem. With the help of Ed Hoffman (Russell Crowe) who is a master of subterfuge, Ferris creates a fake terrorist organization to prompt Al-Saleem out of hiding. At the same time, Ferris must keep his plan secret from Hani (Mark Strong), the head of Jordanian intelligence, because Ferris will lose his own life if Hani finds out.
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio as "Roger Ferris" Russell Crowe as "Ed Hoffman" Mark Strong as "Hani" Golshifteh Farahani as "Aisha" Oscar Isaac as "Bassam" Ali Suliman as "Omar Sadiki" Alon Aboutboul as "Al-Saleem" Vince Colosimo as "Skip" Simon McBurney as "Garland" Mehdi Nebbou as "Nizar" Michael Gaston as "Holiday" Kais Nashif as "Mustafa Karami" Jameel Khoury as "Marwan"
Director: Ridley Scott
Genres: Action, Drama, Thriller
Reviews
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The Hollywood Reporter 1 year ago
To be sure, the film retains familiar genre elements: It has double crosses and plot twists, a romance -- an improbable one -- chases, gunfights and last-minute rescues. But the fiction is rooted in a Middle Eastern reality that is always grim and unsettling.
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The Hollywood Reporter 1 year ago
To be sure, the film retains familiar genre elements: It has double crosses and plot twists, a romance -- an improbable one -- chases, gunfights and last-minute rescues. But the fiction is rooted in a Middle Eastern reality that is always grim and unsettling.
