107 out of 109 people found the following review helpful:

Intense...ly Dull

GammaPulsar from , 10th March, 2009

I watched this in the cinema with a few friends. Please, I beg of you, don't go and see this movie. It's only redeeming feature is a shootout in the Guggenheim in New York. Admittedly, it was a fairly good shoot out, but it's conclusion and result are confusing and badly thought out. The ending is appalling and absolutely pointless. In fact, the entire movie is appalling and absolutely pointless and, at points, painfully obvious. I repeat, do NOT pay money to watch this.

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15 out of 15 people found the following review helpful:

The International

Eyesrsore from , 7th March, 2009

At a time when world banking institutions are in freefall, are we to believe that these same people are capable of conducting a worldwide conspiracy? Owen does his best with a predictable and plodding script heavy on dialogue and light on thrills. Despite comparisons to Jason Bourne, the unshaven and mac wearing Owen is closer to Columbo with a gun, than Bourne. The multi locations don’t save this from being consigned to distant memory shortly after the end credits.

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12 out of 12 people found the following review helpful:

Average fare

GaryI from , 14th April, 2009

Very very average. Almost an attempt to see what Clive Owen would have been like as 007 (not good by this standard). Naomi Watts is wasted, the plot is awful and often depends on unbelievable coincidences. It's an OK thriller with some gunplay and one average setpiece, but do not expect too much.

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10 out of 10 people found the following review helpful:

Wake me up someone

William Brown from Edinburgh, 15th July, 2009

A thriller about global banking and financial corruption? How good does that sound? Pretty crap to be honest and that initial judgement turned out to be true. Drags on for what seems like days and most of it is folk yapping incredibly boring drivel. The few bits of action are well done but don't make up for the tedium of the rest of it. Long before the end you are well past caring about any of it. Better than Horlicks.

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it was ok

A Customer from Hull, 20th March, 2010

I enjoyed the film. I thought that certain aspects weren't quite up to the hype. And I disliked the ending, I know things like that really happen, but that isn't why you watch movies for... if you want to see something that happens in real life, watch a documentary, or a film based on a true story. Me personally, I found it to be so full of loop holes and ridiculous settings that it was hard to keep track sometimes, and I found myself losing interest half way through... I like films that keep me thinking, but I prefer my action thriller films to be a little more... well.. to have more action in them.

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The International

A Customer from SW17, 14th March, 2010

A 'Bourne' wannabee, nicely photographed in some interesting locations. But oh dear, Clive Owen and the rest of the cast struggle with the kind of banal and trite dialogue usually found in an Arnie bloodfest. A couple of good action sequences interrupt a long snooze...

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the International

A Customer from Cardiff, 9th March, 2010

Yes, rubbish. Mild interest in the shootout but script by numbers and wooden acting. Might have been a bit prescient given the year it was made but just dull, dull, dull.

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