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Colin Farrell is impressive. From Minority Report to Daredevil to The Recruit, he�s been great to watch. Al Pacino looks old and considerably worn out since his Godfather days but still has commanding screen presence.
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The story of an MIT grad who chooses to attempt to join the CIA where he gets neither sex nor money nor fame rather than DELL where he�ll probably gets all of the above is just a wee bit lame in that the poor kid�s quest to find out more about his missing father is somewhat left in the lurch as he reads too much into what�s said to him by senior CIA agents.
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The training itself at what they affectionately call �The Farm� is gripping, though you somewhat lose track of when they move from The Farm into the real life world of Langley, where everything may be just another test or a sinister plot � you�re never sure.
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Not much action though the characters are interesting and you tend to get a bit cynical when you see so much espionage happening within the Pentagon itself, but on the whole a good watchable summer flick about joining the CIA because we �believe� in right over wrong, good over evil � yada yada yada �
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The moral of the story that you finally come away with is that you should never really do any work unless you have it officially (preferably in writing) from a reliable source even if you have an unparalleled desire to please your instructor who�s like a father figure to you.
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