The International

Movie review from The Movie Snob

The International (B-). I had kinda sorta wanted to see this movie just because it starred current cool dude Clive Owen (Children of Men) and cute little buck-toothed Naomi Watts (The Painted Veil). Well, it's really Clive's movie; Naomi is barely in it, and she has virtually nothing to do. But Clive does a good job as an Interpol agent who's trying to bust a shady Luxembourg bank that's dealing high-tech weapon systems to Third World countries. This is a bank that has an assassin on permanent retainer, so you definitely don't want to incur a lot of overdraft fees with them. The movie's message is clear--giant international banks control everything, and they keep assassins on retainer, so don't mess. Kind of a downer, don't you think? Still, Clive is a pro, and there's a massive shootout in the Guggenheim Museum that's kind of fun to watch.