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The Recruit Details

2003 Certificate 12 Certificate 12
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James Clayton is fired up. A bartender by night and computer hacker in the few hours of daylight for which he manages to leave his water bed, the kid is flying high, on a roll with a laid-back lifestyle that suits him just fine. Played by an agile Colin Farrell, Clayton is also a heartthrob with his five o'clock shadow and .. Read more

Starring Colin Farrell, Al Pacino, Bridget Moynahan, Gabriel Macht
Director Roger Donaldson
Genres Action/Adventure, Thriller

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The Recruit

James Clayton is fired up. A bartender by night and computer hacker in the few hours of daylight for which he manages to leave his water bed, the kid is flying high, on a roll with a laid-back lifestyle that suits him just fine. Played by an agile Colin Farrell, Clayton is also a heartthrob with his five o'clock shadow and chiseled pecks. A cushy job offer from Dell computers peaks his interest in securing a professional career, and at the same moment he meets Walter Burke (Al Pacino), a recruiter from the CIA. Though Clayton's better judgement tells him to stay away from the shady Burke, he is curious to learn whatever he can about his father, who was also a CIA agent, killed in the line of duty. Clayton is sent to an intensive CIA training camp called "The Farm," where he quickly learns the gravity of his decision as he undergoes gruelling tests of physical, mental, and psychological strength. His romantic interest in the gorgeous, tough-as-nails Layla (Bridget Moynahan), a fellow trainee, becomes a weakness as the pressure of the tests steadily increases. Finally, without warning, Clayton is thrown into action as he and Burke go head-to-head in a mission that is more dangerous than either of them realize. With top-notch performances from a sly Pacino and a pumped-up Farrell, THE RECRUIT's best moments come from the intensity resonating between its characters. In addition, the settings and training activities at "The Farm" give intriguing insights into CIA recruitment and initiation.

Starring Colin Farrell, Al Pacino, Bridget Moynahan, Gabriel Macht, Eugene Lipinski
Director Roger Donaldson
Studio TOUCHSTONE HOME VIDEO
Run time DVD: 1 hr 50 mins
Blu-ray: 1 hr 50 mins
LOVEFiLM Instant: 1 hr 50 mins
Certificate Certificate 12 DVD
Certificate 12 LOVEFiLM Instant
Collections 100 Top Thrillers
Genres Action/Adventure, Thriller
Language DVD: English
Blu-ray: English
LOVEFiLM Instant: English
Released Production year: 2003

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DVD: 18 Aug 2003
Blu-ray: 21 Jan 2008
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    • 1 stars out of 4  

      Despite an oft repeated mantra 'nothing is what it seems', a half-alert audience will be ahead of the agents in working out the villain of this paranoid thriller that begins well before succumbing to the usual conspiracy theories.

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    • Rated - 5.0 stars  

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      explosive thriller

      in an era where a countrys' first line of defence ,intelligence is most important,comes an explosive thriller staring al pacino and colin farrell.James ... read more »

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      blah blah

      blah blah blah blah blah blah overanalytcal self riteous rubbish blah lah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah

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    • Rated - 4.0 stars  

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      Twists good, errors not so.

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      Really enjoyed this - twists kept us interested throughout. There were a few errors in content so I don't think it'd been researched that well. (locked ... read more »

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      Better than we expected

      Really enjoyed this film, very intriguing, lots of twists and turns. It kept you on the edge of your seat. Al Pacino was brilliant as was Colin Farell. Well ... read more »

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    • 29 Sep 2008

    You wait years for a new Al Pacino movie – and then two turkeys come out back to back. The misleadingly titled 88 Minutes (it lasts 108 minutes and feels much longer) was filmed three years ago, before last week’s not-quite-so-terrible-in-retrospect Righteous Kill. The fact that Mr Pacino would agree to work with director Jon Avnet again after this is trashy, tacky, ridiculous thriller is quite mindboggling, but then Al hasn’t had a great millennium lately (S1m0ne, People I... Read more

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    • The Recruit - Blu-ray
      Computer genius, James Clayton, is one of the cleverest graduating seniors in the U.S. He is persuaded to try out for the CIA by enrolling in 'The Farm' - a secret training ground for new recruits. He soon makes a good impression and rises through the ranks. He is given one last mission in order to ...

    • The Recruit
      James Clayton is fired up. A bartender by night and computer hacker in the few hours of daylight for which he manages to leave his water bed, the kid is flying high, on a roll with a laid-back lifestyle that suits him just fine. Played by an agile Colin Farrell, Clayton is also a heartthrob with ...