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Echelon Conspiracy

Echelon Conspiracy (2009)

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A young American engineer comes into possession of a cell phone that bestows unlimited wealth upon him, never realizing the danger posed to him by the device until security agents close in and start shooting to kill. Now, as a frantic chase across the continents gets under way, the stability of the entire world hangs in the balance. Shane West stars in a globe-trotting action thriller featuring Ving Rhames, Jonathan Pryce, and Martin Sheen. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Jul 21, 2009

$0.5M

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All Critics (12) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (0) | Rotten (16) | DVD (5)

Combines a righteous message about out-of-control government surveillance with the old computer-gone-haywire plot to make - well, not very much, actually.

November 24, 2011 Full Review Source: Boston Globe | Comment
Boston Globe
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Echelon Conspiracy is a more evocative title than a movie this stupid deserves.

March 2, 2009 Full Review Source: ReelViews | Comment
ReelViews
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There's a great movie to be born from the alarming premise that the world's most powerful countries may be listening to or watching our electronic conversations or public movements at this very moment... But unfortunately we'll have to wait for the film

August 24, 2010 Full Review Source: Frank's Reel Reviews | Comment
Frank's Reel Reviews

Paramount's release of this movie on standard DVD and blu-ray is pretty bare bones.

September 28, 2009 Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | Comment
Apollo Guide

In the right hands, this premise might a good movie make -- a fable like Aladdin's lamp updated for the iPhone era. This convoluted and half-baked conspiracy thriller does not.

September 28, 2009 Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | Comment
Apollo Guide

The only surprise to this by-the-numbers action thriller is that it didn't go straight to video--and that it doesn't star Jon Voight.

July 17, 2009 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | Comment
Slant Magazine

When the only elements that could be called professional are the photography and the poster art, you can consider this a movie only the producer's mother could love.

July 15, 2009 Full Review Source: Cinema Signals | Comments (2)
Cinema Signals

The second half of the film turns from implausible to just plain silly. (Blu-ray Edition)

July 15, 2009 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis | Comment
Movie Metropolis

The movie isn't so much outright bad as it is simply flat and routine.

July 8, 2009 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis | Comment
Movie Metropolis

Simply a case of we've-seen-this-before-and-better (at least Sandra Bullock's The Net had camp value), Conspiracy flimsily masquerades as a ticking bomb but is ultimately sans heart-pounding jolts.

March 13, 2009 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | Comment
Slant Magazine

Of all the pejorative words that could be used to describe this film, perhaps the most apt is amateurish.

March 7, 2009 Full Review Source: Tolucan Times | Comment

The biggest mystery is how this high-tech whodunit-gone-awry got a theatrical release and didn't go directly to dvd.

March 4, 2009 Full Review | Comment
SSG Syndicate

A by-the-numbers international thriller in the Bourne vein.

March 2, 2009 Full Review Source: AV Club | Comment
AV Club

Presumably it was the fact that the DVD release schedule for the week was already filled that explains the escape of this picture to theatres--it really belongs on a video store shelf or a late-night slot on a non-premium cable network.

March 1, 2009 Full Review Source: One Guy's Opinion | Comment
One Guy's Opinion

Echelon Conspiracy is a pale imitation of Eagle Eye, not exactly a good movie to begin with.

February 28, 2009 Full Review Source: Houston Community Newspapers | Comment
Houston Community Newspapers

This latest take on Bush-era paranoia and cell phone alarm might arrive in theaters somewhat dramatically moldy and short-sheeted in the budget department, yet it's actually a more rewarding sit than Eagle Eye if viewed with minimal attention paid

February 27, 2009 Full Review Source: BrianOrndorf.com | Comment
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Audience Reviews for Echelon Conspiracy

I actually like this movie more than the similar plotted Eagle Eye. The acting was much better. In general a world setting is more believable than an U.S. only setting like in Eagle Eye and more interesting. The threat was more believable also. I am gay and will say Tamara Feldman was HOT in her role and kept my

February 9, 2009
Tomassgringo

Super Reviewer

What starts as an intriguing thriller quickly devolves into just another movie where suddenly everybody is some sort of covert spy and things blow up. That's okay but if you're looking for anything the least bit original look elsewhere.

May 4, 2009
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    1. Yuri Malanin: It seems we were able to help the Americans make the right decision. At least for now.
    – Submitted by Chris P (13 months ago)
    1. Raymond Burke: You know the three most important words in politics? Don't get caught.
    – Submitted by Chris P (13 months ago)

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