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Body of Lies

Trust no one. Deceive everyone.

I'm sorry, I don't do ''follow that cab'' stuff...

Set in the midst of America's war on terror in the Middle East, our hero is a top agent with the CIA. He is after the leader of a terrorist group, but is having trouble finding him since the terrs stopped using modern technology. He decides to target the man's ego, setting up a fictitious rival terror leader, in the hope of drawing out his target. However this plan has several complications, including a balancing act obeying his boss back in the US, and maintaining the trust of the Syrian intelligence chief. Throw in a pretty nurse, and you can be sure that all is not what it seems.

126 minutes, No persons under 16 (Language, Violence)
Action, Drama, Thriller.

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Credits
Cast	Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe, Mark Strong, Golshifteh Farahani, Oscar Isaac, Ali Suliman, Alon Abutbul, Vince Colosimo
Director	Ridley Scott
Screenplay	William Monahan, from the novel by David Ignatius
Music	Marc Streitenfeld
Cinematography	Alexander Witt
Editing	Pietro Scalia
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2008
Produced by	De Line Pictures, Scott Free Productions
SA Distributor	Nu Metro

FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Action, thriller
Language	Strong
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	Strong
Prejudice	none
Blasphemy	Some
Drug abuse	None
Comments	Tense and complex spy thriller with some disturbing psychological threat as well as violence in torture scenes.
These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines.

ScreenIt Report (USA)
Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross	Guns / Weapons	Profanity

Alcohol / Drugs	Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour	Frightening / Tense Scenes

Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes	Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
South African Media
Cape Argus/The StarTheresa Smith	10
Die BurgerJeanne Calitz	15
Cape TimesKenneth Turan	5
iAfrica.comNils van der Linden	15
The CitizenBruce Dennill	15
24.comIvan Sadler	10
International Media
Chicago Sunday TimesRoger Ebert	15
eye Weekly (Canada)Adam Nayman	5
ReelViews (USA)James Berardinelli	18
ScreenIt (USA)C. Fuchs	12
Metacritic.com36 critics	12
RottenTomatoes.com155 critics	12
RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer	10
Internet (IMDB)6457 Netizens	15

Average .. 60%	12

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