Although the story’s three main characters – Ferris, Hoffman and Salaam – are supposed to be allies in the fight against terrorism and in the hunt for Al Salim, they spend more time in conflict against each other than against the story’s main antagonist. In the end, both Americans end up getting the surprises of their lives.ĭespite my initial misgivings that I had been deceived by the movie’s trailer, ”BODY OF LIES” turned out to be an intriguing and entertaining movie. Even Ferris got into the game when he failed to inform Salaam about the con job he and Hoffman had created to flush out Al Salim. Unfortunately, the deceptions used by Hoffman upon both Ferris and Salaam ended up affecting the careful alliance established between the latter two. It proved to be about the deceptions perpetrated by those in the intelligence community, dedicated to the ”war on terrorism”. He eventually falls in love with her – an act that proves to have consequences later in the movie.Īs I had stated earlier, ”BODY OF LIES” proved not to be about a clash between Ferris and Hoffman over a case. Meanwhile, Ferris meets a nurse named Aisha (Golshifteh Farahani), who treats his wound. Hani covers up the killing by passing it off as a robbery and Ferris accuses Hoffman of running "side operations”, telling Hoffman to lay off. Ferris chases him down and kills him by stabbing him, getting bitten by dogs in the process. The terrorist takes off running, intent on relaying information that the safe house is being watched. The other agent screws the operation up and blows his cover after saying something compromising to a terrorist from the safe house. Meanwhile, Hoffman organizes another operative to conduct an operation without Ferris' consent. Hoffman finds an Al Salim safe house in Jordan and tells Ferris to conduct a surveillance operation on it. There, Ferris makes contact with Hani Salaam (Mark Strong), head of the Jordanian General Intelligence Department, or GID. Upon following up a lead, Ferris' asset (who he has become good friends with) is killed in a car blast in a car chase and he is sent to Jordan. He is assigned by his handler, Ed Hoffman (Russell Crowe) to track down a terrorist by the name of Al Salim. Leonard DiCaprio portrayed a CIA operative named Roger Ferris. Despite Warner Brothers’ very misleading trailer. In the end, I had no choice but to sit back and see what the movie’s plot would lead me. As it turned out, the trailer ended up being misleading. When I first saw the trailer for ”BODY OF LIES” seven years ago, I thought it would be about a CIA operative in the Middle East that ends up clashing with his handler over an assignment.
Movie body of lies 2008 movie#
Directed by Ridley Scott, the movie stars Leonard DiCaprio and Russell Crowe.
Movie body of lies 2008 series#
Based upon David Ignatius’ 2007 novel, ”BODY OF LIES” tells the story of a CIA operative assigned to track down a Middle Eastern terrorist responsible for a series of bombings in Europe.
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