RECRUIT (2003)

In a time when terrorism has taken over  instead of the threat of the previous cold war, the CIA is again in need of young vigorous intelligent people and a CIA recruiter, Walter Burke (Al Pacino), finds a young computer programmer by the name James Clayton (Colin Farrell).  The hook that catches James is that his father disappeared under unexplained circumstances and it seems like his father was a CIA agent.  At the Farm, which is what the CIA calls the school where they educate their future agents, James finds out that everything at the Farm is a test.  During his schooling by the CIA, he builds strong feelings for one of the other students and this seems to be very dangerous and he questions whether this is a test or reality.  The Recruit is a suspenseful thriller that keeps the audience engaged with the film from the beginning to the end, which provides a solid experience with a few holes.

DIRECTED BY

Roger Donaldson

COUNTRY

USA
REVIEWED
2/12/2003
GRADE


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