A dry run for North By Northwest. It lacks the wit, but it has the grand scope and paranoid elements. Plus a kick-ass ending. Maybe a little ridiculous in the middle section, but the acting, while I’d never call it good, is so oddly stylized (both the villans and the hero) that watching this just a delight. Another one about sleeper cells ready to destroy us because they hate our freedom.
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Jordan Hoffman is a New York-based writer and film critic working for The Guardian, Vanity Fair, Thrillist, Times of Israel, NY Daily News and elsewhere.
He is the host of ENGAGE: The Official Star Trek Podcast, a member of the New York Film Critics Circle and challenges you to a game of backgammon.