Unfortunately, the "something different" that The International tries occasionally, kind of looks like a whole lot of plot that doesn't add up to a great deal of excitement.
Basically,
Lou Salinger (Clive Owen) is an Interpol agent investigating the evil
IBBC bank, which is more evil than your regular bank thanks to its
habit of making money by funding revolutions and murdering its
employees.
Currently they're looking to branch out into arms
deals, and only Lou and New York D.A. Ella (Naomi Watts) can stop them
from making some evil deal that is clearly going to be... well... evil.
Because if it wasn't, why would the bank be bribing the cops and having politicians killed?
Most of The International
is taken up with the kind of plot that you have to pay pretty close
attention to if you want to know why certain developments are
considered "Bad News".
Sadly, the reward doesn't really equal
the effort required unless you are a big fan of modern architecture -
because there are a heck of lot of pretty cool looking office blocks
here for Lou to storm out of after he gets stonewalled... yet again.
Fortunately,
Clive Owen gives another top performance as a "Stressed Out Guy Trying
To Do The Right Thing In A World That Does Not Care", and getting to
see him look haggard is almost enough fun to make up for the previously
mentioned "take notes" plot.
In the middle of the movie there
is an amazing ten minute shoot-out in New York's Guggenheim Gallery
that seems to function half as a wake-up call, half as reminder that if
they had felt like it they could have made another Bourne or Bond style
movie if they had really wanted to.
... And it totally would have kicked arse. DVD Special Features
If it's DVD Special Features you're after - it might pay to fork out
the extra cash and splash out on the Blu8 Ray edition. However, if it
doesn't bother you too much, then there is more than enough on offer on
the standard DVD edition.
Included here is a commentary with
director Tom Tykwer and Eric Singer, as well as some extended scenes,
and several featurettes including a "Making of" and "The Architecture
of The International".
Much like the movie - these are all a bit so-so as well...
Conclusion:
Movie 65% Extras: 60
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