Echelon Conspiracy (2009)
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Cast
as Max Peterson
as John Reed
as Agent Dave Grant
as Raymond Burke
as Mueller
as Kamila
as Yuri Malanin
as Russian General
as Russian General
Critic Reviews for Echelon Conspiracy
All Critics (12) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (0) | Rotten (12) | 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.
A by-the-numbers international thriller in the Bourne vein.
Echelon Conspiracy is a more evocative title than a movie this stupid deserves.
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.
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.
The movie isn't so much outright bad as it is simply flat and routine.
Audience Reviews for Echelon Conspiracy
For the first 40 minutes, I was mesmerized by this film. The beginning was as thrilling and intriguing as any film I'd seen all year, but after that, the big secret is revealed and it became almost a shot for shot remake of Eagle Eye. It was seriously ridiculous how the two stories became almost exactly alike. Realizing this, the writers decided to throw in a big twist at the end, that might have saved the film had it made even a single bit of sense. Echelon Conspiracy begins with computer programer, Max Petersen (Shane West), anonymously receiving a brand new, state of the art, cell phone in the mail. The phone gives him instructions which lead to him winning a lot of money. Everything is going great for Max, until he disobeys the phones wishes and the FBI shows up. Shane West was fantastic in this film, it really makes me wonder why he doesn't do more stuff like this. West seems to prefer romantic dramas, but is clearly missing his true calling. After seeing a performance like this, I'd easily put him at the top of the list for any major action film. West was paired in this film with Edward Burns who was terrific and Ving Rhames who was Ving Rhames. I say that, because sometimes he's the perfect fit for a role and other times, he couldn't be more out of place, a perfect example of which is his role in this film. As I said, this movie starts out great, but becomes exactly like Eagle Eye, I would venture to say that the two films are so much a like that the producers of Eagle Eye have a case for copyright infringement, it really was that close. Besides that, the film was a decent action film, with some nice performances. Had I not seen Eagle Eye, I may have thought more of this film, but as it stands, Echelon Conspiracy is just another low budget rip off of a semi-decent major motion picture and not much else.
Super Reviewer
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 attention much more so that the Eagle Eye "heroin"!
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.
Super Reviewer
Echelon Conspiracy Quotes
| Mueller: | It is the seemingly harmless traces we leave behind that later can be used to destroy us. |
| Yuri Malanin: | It seems we were able to help the Americans make the right decision. At least for now. |
| Raymond Burke: | You now the three most important words in politics? Don't get caught. |
| Raymond Burke: | You know the three most important words in politics? Don't get caught. |