The International boasts some electric action sequences and picturesque locales, but is undone by its preposterous plot. Read critic reviews
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The International: Official Clip - Can't Fight the Bank
The International: Official Clip - Bugged House
The International: Official Clip - Two Snipers
The International: Official Clip - Museum Ambush
The International: Official Clip - Market Chase
The International: Official Clip - Museum Shootout
The International: Official Clip - Hunting the Killer
The International: Official Clip - Assassin Detectives
The International: Official Clip - Cyanide Poisoning
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Interpol agent Louis Salinger (Clive Owen) joins forces with New York prosecutor Eleanor Whitman (Naomi Watts) to put an end to a powerful bank's funding of terrorism. As they follow the money from Germany to Italy to New York to Turkey, Salinger and Whitman find their own lives are at risk from those who will stop at nothing to protect their interests.
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Rating: R (Sequences of Violence|Language)
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Genre: Mystery & thriller, Drama
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Original Language: English
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Director: Tom Tykwer
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Producer: Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, Lloyd Phillips
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Writer: Eric Warren Singer
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Release Date (Theaters): wide
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Release Date (Streaming):
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Box Office (Gross USA): $25.5M
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Runtime:
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Distributor: Sony Pictures Entertainment
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Production Co: Atlas Entertainment
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An Interpol agent and an NYC District Attorney investigate mob-like dealings by an international bank. Sometimes one's best assets are one's greatest weakness. <i>The International</i> implies that banks benefit from political corruption and turmoil, and thus, this particular "evil bank" fans the flames of countries' internal strife and even involves themselves in arms trafficking. To foment the flames of discord so widely, the bank has to be huge, and representatives of the bank make this point in the film. But in order to satisfactorily end the film, the bank either has to win or be completely defeated, and since the point all along was about the bank's far-reaching effects, the latter option doesn't work within the film's construct. Without giving away the ending, neither happens, so the ending isn't satisfying; it leaves the audience hanging in the balance, trying to walk a kind of middle road. I like the fact that the film chose a system and a systemic problem as its villain - this is the film's strength - but this strength leads to the film's inability to end well. Also, I didn't understand Clive Owen's character. We get a little background, but this man is obsessed with this case, and we're never privy to why. What personally drives him to solve this case? Is he always this crazed and intense? His behavior is often irrationally angry, and more backstory - one that avoids cliche - would have been welcome. The shoot-out at the Guggenheim was well-choreographed on the positive side. Overall, the idea behind <i>The International</i> - choosing a systemic villain - is a good one, but it ultimately leads to the film's collapse.
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Clive Owen's one of the few actors that have caught me off guard through his performances in "Inside Man", "Children of Men", and "Sin City" and his performance in "The International" delivers, but what a horribly convoluted screenplay. "The International" suffers from a narrow, one-dimensional plot with no heart, at all. As you can imagine, this movie is super forgettable for characters go from point A to point B with no mention of any sort of motivation. Don't get me wrong -- cinematography is cutting edge and the action set-pieces are engaging but there is absolutely no substance.
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A pretty decent conspiracy thriller with Clive Owen and Naomi Watts as globetrotting investigators eyeballing some curiously pleased-with-themselves rich CEO types. They have a fun uninterrupted shootout at a famous New York art museum as a cool action centerpiece of the film for what seems like days! I laffed so hard!
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