MOVIE - THE RECRUIT - Review Rating $$$$$ (OUT OF 10)
STARRING - Al Pacino, Colin Farrell (Minority Report), Bridget Moynahan (Layla), Gabriel Macht , Mike Realba & Dom Fiore (Instructor No. 1)
DIRECTOR - Roger Donaldson (No Way Out, Cocktail, Thirteen Days, Dante's Peak, Species)
The Recruit is the story of a young CIA agent's induction into the world of international intrigue.
You know a movie's in trouble when it announces, early on, that its whole premise is absurd. Burke (Pacino), who is an instructor at the CIA's training facility "the farm", takes time off work to personally recruit Jim Clayton (Colin Farrell). During this initial phase of the recruitment Burke tells Clayton that the CIA doesn't actually recruit candidates in this manner. Its at this stage you have to decide, as an audience member, whether you will be sufficiently able to suspend disbelief to enjoy the rest of the movie.
The probability of enjoying the movie is further reduced in direct proportion to the number of times you had to sit through the previews for the film. The Recruit is a classic case of 'if you've seen the preview...you've seen the film'.
The only reason I can think of to see The Recruit is the opportunity to see Pacino in action. His performance infuses an otherwise incredulous story with a modicum of credibility.
Pacino's character is fond of reminding us that "nothing is as it seems". Unfortunately, if you have seen the previews of The Recruit the movie is exactly as it seems, predictable and uninspired.
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