The International: Credit and Mayhem

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Director(s): Tom Tykwer
Writer(s): Eric Singer
Producer(s): Lloyd Phillips, Lloyd Phillips, and Richard Suckle

Starring: Clive Owen, Naomi Watts, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Ulrich Thomsen, Felix Solis, and
Jack McGee (IMDb). Rated-R. 118 minutes.

Louis Salinger (Owen)has been investigating the lending practices of the International Bank of Business and Credit; he realized, anyone who has been on the brink of exposing the bank's illegal activities has died. And his current efforts involving possible revelations from a high ranking executive from the bank has resulted in two deaths, the executive himself and Louis's partner. Affected by indignation, Louis is more determined than ever to expose the bank.

I was excited about seeing this film, but admittedly, I was on the precipice of boredom as I waited for a defining and poignant scene to indicate the alluring controversial aspects of banking in general. Thankfully that scene occurred during the meeting between Louis( Owen), Eleanor ( Watts), and Umberto Calvini. Although that scene was significant, however, the focus of the plot was to expose the bank's activities through Louis and Eleanor's adamant investigations of the murders connected to the bank.

Although there is some action in this film, it is not an action movie, but it certainly is a good investigative thriller with the Guggenheim scene being the most exciting part. The ending was logical but anticlimactic while being satisfactory. According to metacritic.com, the film received generally mixed reviews, and rottentomatoes.com granted the film 70 fresh tomatoes to 64 rotten ones. Good stuff, I' ll score it a 76. Stay tuned, movieporium.blogspot.com.

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