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Able Danger

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Able Danger (2008)

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Reviews Counted:5

Fresh:2

Rotten:3

Average Rating:5/10

Rated: Not Rated

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Sep 12, 2008 Limited

Synopsis: Thomas Flynn is just a guy who runs a cafe in Brooklyn; but his insistence that 9/11 was a government conspiracy turns his world upside down. When he's implicated in the death of a friend, Flynn is... Thomas Flynn is just a guy who runs a cafe in Brooklyn; but his insistence that 9/11 was a government conspiracy turns his world upside down. When he's implicated in the death of a friend, Flynn is flung on a calamitous journey full of mortal dangers, shocking secrets, and government agents hot on his trail. Can he reveal the truth before it's too late? [More]

Starring: Adam Nee, Elina Löwensohn, Michael J. Burg, David Coburn

Starring: Adam Nee, Elina Löwensohn, Michael J. Burg, David Coburn, Tamarra Knausz, Greg Martin, Frank Deal, Jamie Ward

Director: Paul Krik

Director: Paul Krik
Producer: Paul Krik, Katharina Lang, Ari Krepostman
Composer: Michael Montes, John Roome, Alexander Schiebel

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More than just a self-referential lark, Able Danger tells a smart, inventive story.

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11/27/08
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10/18/08
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Paul Krik's stylish, darkly comic conspiracy thriller takes its title from a classified military program alleged to have identified four 9/11 hijackers prior to the terrorist attacks, and borrows its gleaming B&W look from The Maltese Falcon.

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09/17/08
Ken Fox
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Modeled on noir and executed on acid, Able Danger is a paranoid fantasy of geek superheroics that lunges desperately for political relevance.

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09/10/08
Jeannette Catsoulis
Jeannette Catsoulis
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Able Danger's various generic elements and ambitions, while successful on their own, resist melding into a successful pastiche.

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09/10/08
Michelle Orange
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Director Paul Krik would prefer if we all compared his feature-length debut to the practically minimalist The Parallax View, but Able Danger is really a hipster version of Soderbergh's inane The Good German.

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09/07/08
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