Body of Lies (2008) (Blu Ray) - 8/10

After work and the gym, I strapped in early this evening to check out Body of Lies on Blu Ray. This is definitely a movie made in direct response to the current world situation of terrorism and should be a reality check to anyone who doesn't think we're in WWIII right now with the Middle East. Leo and Ruselle Crowe are some of my favorite current actors and they really bounce off eachother well as CIA operatives communicating across the world to gather intel and turn the locals into informants using high tech satellite technology. It's funny how Russel Crowe represents our government as lying, impatient assholes who have no idea what it takes to defeat the terrorists while Leo gets to be the Jack Bauer over there on the ground doing all the dirty work. It's not filled with action but left me impressed as always by Ridley Scott and the commentary on the disc explainng the research they gathered on the middle east and how they interpretted the steps you need to use the locals undercover to infiltrate the bad guys. We need to catch Osama Bin Laden so they can make a movie about it!