The International (2009)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.7/10   

Director:

Tom Tykwer

Guionista (WGA):

Eric Singer (written by)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

13 febrero 2009 (USA)

Género:

Crimen | Drama | Suspenso

Frase comercial:

They control your money. They control your government. They control your life. And everybody pays.

Plot:

An Interpol agent attempts to expose a high-profile financial institution's role in an international arms dealing ring.

Plot Keywords:

Bank | Interpol | Money Laundering | New York | Istanbul

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Great mystery/investigative thriller, beautifully shot by Tom Tykwer

Reparto

Clive Owen	...	Louis Salinger
Naomi Watts	...	Eleanor Whitman
Armin Mueller-Stahl	...	Wilhelm Wexler
Ulrich Thomsen	...	Jonas Skarssen
Brian F. O'Byrne	...	The Consultant
Michel Voletti	...	Viktor Haas
Patrick Baladi	...	Martin White
Jay Villiers	...	Francis Ehames
Fabrice Scott	...	Nicholai Yeshinski
Haluk Bilginer	...	Ahmet Sunay
Luca Barbareschi	...	Umberto Calvini (as Luca Giorgio Barbareschi)
Alessandro Fabrizi	...	Inspector Alberto Cerutti
Felix Solis	...	Detective Iggy Ornelas
Jack McGee	...	Detective Bernie Ward
Nilaja Sun	...	Detective Gloria Hubbard

También conocida como:

Agente internacional (Argentina) (Mexico) (Peru) [es]
Agente Internacional (Venezuela) [es]

MPAA:

Rated R for some sequences of violence and language.

Duración:

118 min

País:

USA | Alemania | UK

Idioma:

Inglés | Italiano | Francés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Clasificación:

USA:R (certificate #44264) | Germany:16 | UK:15 | South Korea:18 | Ireland:15A | Finland:K-15 | Australia:MA | Japan:PG-12 | Portugal:M/12 | Norway:15 | Sweden:15 | New Zealand:R16 | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Singapore:NC-16 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Singapore:PG (edited version) | India:A (cinema release) | Mexico:B15 | Argentina:13 | Netherlands:12 | Netherlands:16 | Canada:13+ (Quebec)

Locaciones de Filmación:

59th Street Bridge, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Compañía:

Relativity Media

Trivialidades:

During the movie, Eleanor (Naomi Watts) trades SMS text messages with a contact. The number which identifies the sender on her Blackberry is [phone]: the real phone number for the Luxembourg City Tourist Office.

Errores:

Continuidad: During the text messaging between ADA Whitman and Mrs. Clement, Ella's blackberry says the date as "November 23, 2008", yet when Whitman & Salinger land in NYC, the date stamp on the photograph of the assassin going through the airport says 11/24/2007.

Citas:

Louis Salinger: Sometimes the hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn... I'm the one you burn.

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en "At the Movies: (#6.2)" (2009)

Banda de Sonido:

Strange Brew

Great mystery/investigative thriller, beautifully shot by Tom Tykwer

I'm a fan of German director Tom Tykwer (Run Lola Run, The Princess And The Warrior, Heaven, Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer). The story seemed like a different direction for him, so this was a must see for me.

First, the only problem I had with the film is the screenplay, some contrived lines, especially in the third act, stick out. The dialogue really tries to force the theme down the viewers throat. Other than that, everything else was top notch. The way the story is set up and fleshed out was engrossing to me. I like a film that lets the viewer figure it out for themselves. It's got a classic mystery set up, where the viewer is in the shoes of the protagonist, we get to figure it out along with him as he unravels it.

Clive Owen and Naomi Watts were decent, but not really stretching there acting legs here. The cinematography and locations were beautiful, filmed in a neo-noirish blue/grey color palette with lots of wide angle shots of the characters dwarfed by the urban architecture. The shootout was very well done and more realistic and grittier than the usual action set piece.

It actually reminded me of a Michael Mann film.