Cast: Robert Redford, Meryl Streep, Tom Cruise, Michael Peña
Director: Robert Redford
Rating:
Enetertainment Quotient: 30%
Genre: Political / War
Runtime: 92 min
MPAA rating: R

Synopsis:
This film has three interwoven subplots involving six people (two for each plot). The story is narrated in real time and woven around an incident that happens in few hours.

Subplot 1: Senator Jasper Irving (Tom Cruise) gives an exclusive story about US government’s military tactics in Afghanistan to a senior TV journalist Janine Roth (Meryl Streep). But Janine is the kind of lady who does not want her work to promote the sinister plans of Government.

Subplot 2: Professor Stephen Malley (Robert Redford) is a political science professor at California University. He calls his brilliant student who got distracted and stopped attending classes. Professor tries to re-engage the student and cajole him to accept the offer he is giving.

Subplot 3: Two idealistic students (a black and a Mexican) of the professor join army of USA. They go to Afghanistan to fight for USA. The choppers that carrying them is stuck and these two guys are caught.

What I liked in the film?
It is a pure conversation and dialogue based film. You can understand the entire movie even if you listened to the audio. Two third of the film is dedicated to the conversations between four people sitting across a desk. They debate about the foreign policies of USA. This film gives an insight into the USA perception about third-world countries.

What I did not like in the film?
The climax of the film is abrupt and abstract.

Tailpiece:
This film is more like a political documentary than a movie. Big names such as Robert Redford, Meryl Streep and Tom Cruise would invariably seduce us to watch this movie.