The International

An international bank gets into the weapons trade business as a means to destabilize countries as a means of drumming up new lending business. Everyone is involved (U.S., Israel, Iran, Hezbollah, Drug Cartel's, China, Russia, etc.) so all efforts to investigate and bring to justice this corporate behemoth are thwarted. Enter Clive Owen, Interpol agent and Naomi Watts, Manhattan assistant D.A. There are inherent justice issues, an implicit rage against capitalistic excess and an over the top gun battle at the Guggenheim in New York. In the end, we just end the movie. No satisfaction is given. Perhaps this is intentional as the emotion most often associated with revenge achieved, or with the capitalist machine that is bigger than any justice issue. If the feeling I had walking out was intentional, it was a bold move by the filmmaker and will likely result in a poor showing at the box office. There will be no great word-of-mouth on this. I can't really stoop to 2-stars on this one because I was engaged the whole time, but "flat" is a pretty good descriptor and I'll give it a "just all-right"
3-stars