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Reviews Counted:192
Fresh:112
Rotten:80
Average Rating:5.8/10
Consensus: The International boasts some electric action sequences and picturesque locales, but is undone by its preposterous plot.
Australian Theatrical Release:
Feb 19, 2009 Wide
US Box Office: $25,450,527
Synopsis: Released in a post-globalization economy teetering on the brink of a depression, THE INTERNATIONAL admirably stays in step with its time. Screenwriter Eric Singer hangs this man-against-the-machine... [More]
Starring: Clive Owen, Naomi Watts, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Brian F. O'Byrne
Director: Tom Tykwer
Direction is superb, balancing action, story, character and something valuable to say in a compelling movie that you wish wouldn't end. And when the end does come, we wish all thrillers could be so genuine and real
Top CriticAt a time when the global financial crisis is being blamed, to a large extent, on the banking industry I suppose it's only to be expected that a bank will become the villain of a movie thriller.
Top CriticIf he has trouble making his characters very interesting, Tykwer comes into his own in staging the action.
Top CriticAs frustrating as the story's shallowness is, this shortcoming is very nearly negated by the sheer physical pleasure of the production.
Top CriticA timely yet cold drama that's exquisitely produced but mechanical and off-base in intent and execution. As for the plot? 'Terrorism, brought to you by Citibank'
Top CriticThere is considerable satisfaction in seeing these tyrants of high finance live up to their image as the new villains of modern cinema, but even more satisfying are Tykwer's superbly staged action set pieces.
Top CriticAn international bank with dubious morals and unethical practices is at the centre of this large-scale thriller which steamrolls its way through politics, big business, organised crime and weapons acquisition
Top CriticThe tepid script doesn't quite live up to Tykwer's taut direction.
Top CriticMessage to Clive Owen: Daniel Craig filled the James Bond vacancy a while back and is doing a great job, so you really should stop auditioning for the role.
The film seems to unfurl at a pace that by modern standards could be described as leisurely, and yet that works in its favour, even though it also allows us more time to contemplate some of the script's more implausible elements.
The International is far from being a Bourne or a Bond but it does pass muster for a Saturday night at the movies. Just.
The International isn’t top-form Tykwer, but it’s handsome and adamant, and now’s as good a time as any for some out-of-control greedy-banker-bashing.
No matter how slick the film looks -- every cool-toned frame could transform into a Lexus commercial -- the undercurrent is very, very real, by which I mean hopeless
Garbled at times, the movie still hums along with attractive, smooth efficiency.
Top CriticIt's reasonably efficient, passably entertaining, and strenuously playing catch-up with the Bourne movies: flat-footed Owen doesn't look as good as Matt Damon sprinting through city streets, and the editing doesn't match Paul Greengrass's whiplash pace.
A sleek conspiracy thriller from German director Tom Tykwer.
Boasts great location shots and an incredible gunfight at the Guggenheim Museum, but it's Clive Owen who earmed my most rapt attention here.
Real life aside, The International is a compelling and suspenseful thriller that features one of the best shootouts of the decade.
The pace is fast and the action, particularly a mind-boggling shoot-'em-up in the Guggenheim Museum, furious enough. But the less-conventional elements are in many ways even more effective.
Having made a bank their villain %u2014 a bank, mind you, not a banker %u2014 director Tom Tykwer and his screenwriters have pretty firmly captured the zeitgeist.
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