Fresh
The International is strewn with wild improbability, but that hardly deters from its appeal.
Jonathan F. Richards, Film.com
The International
They control your money. They control your government. They control your life. And everybody pays.
2009 · 1h 58m · R
Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
Tom Tykwer
Overview
An interpol agent and an attorney are determined to bring one of the world's most powerful banks to justice. Uncovering money laundering, arms trading, and conspiracy to destabilize world governments, their investigation takes them from Berlin, Milan, New York and Istanbul. Finding themselves in a chase across the globe, their relentless tenacity puts their own lives at risk.
Director and cast
- Tom Tykwer Director
- Clive Owen as Louis Salinger
- Naomi Watts as Eleanor Whitman
- Armin Mueller-Stahl as Wilhelm Wexler
- Ulrich Thomsen as Jonas Skarssen
- Brían F. O'Byrne as The Consultant
- Patrick Baladi as Martin White
- Jay Villiers as Francis Ehames
- James Rebhorn as New York D.A.
- Michel Voletti as Viktor Haas
- Jack McGee as Detective Bernie Ward
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
57%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Eventually, you just let the tangled double-crossing take care of itself and enjoy the way the film defiantly bucks the contemporary thriller trend for shaky-cam coverage and lightning cuts.
Trevor Johnston, Time Out
Rotten
Killer banks may be new to the movies, but there's nothing else original in this if-it's-Tuesday-this-must-be-Istanbul thriller, with its portentous globe-hopping and racing through colorful street bazaars.
David Denby, New Yorker
Fresh
A sleek conspiracy thriller from German director Tom Tykwer.
Ben Mankiewicz, At the Movies
Rotten
A slow road to nowhere, less clunky than The Interpreter but bogged down by its own cynicism.
David Edelstein, New York Magazine/Vulture
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