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2008 Certificate 15
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RUN LOLA RUN and PERFUME director Tom Tykwer assembles a fine international cast for this thriller that spans continents. Clive Owen (CHILDREN OF MEN, SHOOT 'EM UP) and Naomi Watts (FUNNY GAMES, EASTERN PROMISES) stars as a besieged pair who encounter many obstacles as they try to expose a bank's criminal activities to the world. Read more

Starring Clive Owen, Naomi Watts, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Ulrich Thomsen
Director Tom Tykwer
Genres Audio Descriptive, Drama, Thriller

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The International

RUN LOLA RUN and PERFUME director Tom Tykwer assembles a fine international cast for this thriller that spans continents. Clive Owen (CHILDREN OF MEN, SHOOT 'EM UP) and Naomi Watts (FUNNY GAMES, EASTERN PROMISES) stars as a besieged pair who encounter many obstacles as they try to expose a bank's criminal activities to the world.

Starring Clive Owen, Naomi Watts, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Ulrich Thomsen, Brian F. O'Byrne, Victor Slezak, Luca Calvani
Director Tom Tykwer
Studio SONY PICTURES
Run time Blu-ray: 1 hr 58 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Audio Descriptive, Drama, Thriller
Language DVD: English, English Audio Description
Blu-ray: English, English Audio Description
Subtitles Blu-ray: Dutch, Hindi, Norwegian, Finnish, Italian, English, Danish, Swedish
Released DVD: 06 Jul 2009
Blu-ray: 06 Jul 2009
Production year: 2008
Format DVD

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    They fund regime change in unstable African nations and sell weapons to Israeli and Arab counterparts. Their financial... read more on Time Out

    • Trevor Johnston, 
    • Time Out
    • Posted 11 Feb 2009

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    Rated - 1 star [Highly rated reviewer]

    Intense...ly Dull

    I watched this in the cinema with a few friends. Please, I beg of you, don't go and see this movie. It's only redeeming feature is a shootout in the Guggenheim in New York. Admittedly, it was a fairly good shoot out, but it's conclusion and result are confusing and badly thought out. The ending is appalling and absolutely pointless. In fact, the entire movie is appalling and absolutely pointless and, at points, painfully obvious. I repeat, do NOT pay money to watch this.

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  • 14 out of 14 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 2 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    The International

    At a time when world banking institutions are in freefall, are we to believe that these same people are capable of conducting a worldwide conspiracy? Owen does his best with a predictable and plodding script heavy on dialogue and light on thrills. Despite comparisons to Jason Bourne, the unshaven and mac wearing Owen is closer to Columbo with a gun, than Bourne. The multi locations don’t save this from being consigned to distant memory shortly after the end credits.

      • Eyesrsore from Glasgow
      • Posted 07 Mar 2009 10:49

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    • 23 Feb 2009

    Clive Owen and Naomi Watts get heavy on rogue banks. It’s a lot sexier than Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling, especially as Clive’s brand of punishment means jail terms and broken noses, not bail-outs and bonus caps. The International is hardly the first film to make arrogant capitalists the heavies, but the timing could hardly be better. (At the Berlin Film Festival recently Watts joked the global recession was a publicity stunt.) In fact Tom Tykwer’s thriller is inspired... Read more

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