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Colin Farrell is James Clayton, a good-looking, laid-back, popular computer geek (as I�m sure there are many of in this world). He�s being scouted out by Walter Burke (Al Pacino) to be recruited into the CIA. He accepts, and soon has to help Burke find a mole that�s evident even before viewing the movie.
Long and incoherent, The Recruit is not a movie to just mindlessly watch. The ending ten minutes are full of confusing things, you just stop caring. I actually did that around halfway through. I just didn�t understand it, and, looking back, don�t understand how anyone could. It wasn�t thrilling, which, considering it�s a thriller, is a major downer. There was only around one good action scene, in the train station, and even that wasn�t as played out as it should have.
Pacino was quite good, but Farrell didn�t put in as quality as a job as Minority Report. He better redeem himself for Phone Booth.
One of the only good points was the technical music that I always enjoy. Even though one of the senses was caressed, the opening credit sequence destroyed my eyesight. I didn�t bring my notebook, so I don�t remember much more, but I wouldn�t recommend The Recruit at all, since it�s a waste of $8.00 or however much your theater charges, and its thudding predictability makes it worthless to see.
Rated PG-13 for violence, sexuality, and language.
Review Date: February 28, 2003
