3 stars***
Written by Steve Martin (story) and Jeffrey Nachmanoff (screenplay) this slow moving, almost two hour movie, takes us on a ride from a terrorist’s view of making and delivering suicide bombs. With a twist of course and that’s given away by the title.
I can’t help but wonder if they’d kept the twist a secret until late in the film, whether we’d have been on the edge of our seats rather than just expecting it.
Of course, Don Cheadle, who also has an hand in the production of this movie, is just dazzling. Whatever role he touches, he adds so much. You don’t notice he’s acting, which proves his high qualities. He set high standards in both Crash and Hotel Rawanda, he just continues along those lines.
You can’t help but notice that as a black guy, he stands out amongst the Arab terroists, but who’s counting.
They take locations in the Yemen, London, Toronto, Washington, Los Angeles, France and other places to add to the movie’s budget.
The pace of the movie is only slightly racked up towards the end, just as you’d expect. Surely it was just a matter of time before the Arabs found out that their friend was their enemy?
It’s just a shame we knew the ending before the film started. Film makings should take us on a journey where at least some of the ending is held in a twist or a surprise, not exactly as we had anticipated.
The journey, however, was compelling watching. Don Cheadle didn’t need the supporting cast except to take him from scene to scene.
The crew wasn’t noticed; so that means they did a good job in filming, editing and sound. If there was any music, I can’t remember it at all.
Popularity: 6% [?]
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