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The Recruit

starring: Conrad Bergschneider, Tony Craig, Colin Farrell, Ron Lea, Chris Owens

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Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: PACINO,AL
EAN: 0786936207996
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Touchstone / Disney
Manufacturer: Touchstone / Disney
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Touchstone / Disney
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 27, 2003
Running Time: 115 minutes
Sales Rank: 5541
Studio: Touchstone / Disney
Theatrical Release Date: 2003



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Description:
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.

Amazon.com:
'Nothing is as it seems' in The Recruit, a guessing-game thriller that employs plot twists and conflicting loyalties as its primary raison d'être. Surrounded by potential deception, a newly recruited CIA officer (Colin Farrell) must determine if his manipulative instructor (Al Pacino) is being honest when he identifies Farrell's fellow recruit and love interest (Bridget Moynihan) as an enemy 'mole' assigned to steal a dangerous computer virus from CIA headquarters. While claiming to offer an insider's look at CIA training methods, this engrossing yet ultimately predictable plot is pure Hollywood fantasy; any resemblance to reality is purely coincidental, leaving the perpetually unshaven and scruffily coiffed Farrell to fend for himself in Pacino's cynical arena while tracing his familial roots in the spy game. Wearing its cleverness on its sleeve, The Recruit is an adequately elaborate puzzle of perceptions. 'Everything is a test,' as Farrell soon realizes, and attentive viewers will enjoy piecing it all together. --Jeff Shannon



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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - 2.5 stars out of 4
The Bottom Line:

The Recruit is an acceptable way to kill two hours--although almost ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Good movie
This movie got mixed reviews from wonderful to horrible. I watched this movie on TV tonight and loved ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Colin Farrell~BUY IT!
Colin Farrel & Al Pacino could make any script work. They are magnificent in this cat & mouse game. ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Great plot twists
Not many movies hold my attention for the full run time, while I did eventually guess the ending it was a well ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Doesn't Make Sense
If Al Pacino's character already has Bridget Moynahan stealing the program for him why does he have to have Colin ... Read More

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