Echelon Conspiracy (2009)

Réalisateur:

Greg Marcks

Scénaristes (WGA):

Michael Nitsberg (screenplay) and
Kevin Elders (screenplay) ...

Date de sortie:

12 mars 2009 (Kazakhstan)

Genre:

Action | Mystère | Thriller

Accroche:

Security comes at a price...

Intrigue:

At first, the strange phone messages promised great wealth. Soon, though, government agents pursue the young engineer receiving them around the world.

Plot Keywords:

Casino | Czech Republic | Security Camera | Echelon | Standoff

Avis des utilisateurs:

Film was better than I expected after reading the negative reviews

Ensemble

Shane West	...	Max Peterson
Edward Burns	...	John Reed
Ving Rhames	...	Agent Dave Grant
Jonathan Pryce	...	Mueller
Tamara Feldman	...	Kamila
Yuriy Kutsenko	...	Russian General
Sergey Gubanov	...	Yuri Malanin
Martin Sheen	...	Raymond Burke
Ilan Goodman	...	Dennis
Todd Jensen	...	Agent Fletcher
Steven Elder	...	Charles
Sandra De Sousa	...	Female Casino Tech
Greg Donaldson	...	Casino Tech
Andrea Enright	...	NSA Tech #2
Trevor White	...	Paul Spencer

Autre(s) titre(s):

The Gift (Australia) (DVD title) (USA) (working title)
The Conspiracy (Singapore: English title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sequences of intense violence and action, some sexuality and brief language.

Durée:

105 min

Pays:

USA

Couleur:

Couleur

Rapport de forme:

2,35 : 1

Son:

Dolby Digital

Classification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #44815) | South Korea:15 | Singapore:PG | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Netherlands:16 | Germany:16

Lieux de tournage:

Bangkok, Thailand

Société:

After Dark Films

Goofs:

Continuité: (At 01:03:15) When Max and John are talking (after the scene when they met in Moscow) the time on the clock in the back keeps on changing. Its 1100 in the start, then switches between 1045, 1500, 1830 and 1100.

Connexions De Film:

Référencé sur "The Rotten Tomatoes Show: Miss March/Race to Witch Mountain/Sunshine Cleaning (#1.3)" (2009)

Film was better than I expected after reading the negative reviews

This film got a 5 out of me, because in the end I realized this movie is a lower budget, straight to DVD version of other movies in its genre and subject matter. The film itself seemed hastily put together with what scenes they shot to muster up a simple and digestible, even if disagreeable film.

The Pros: I'll name these first to be kind. -Story and characters make sense... more on this later. -It's international, but mostly American. They travel around the world (or so they say in the film but mostly in Prague, Moscow and somewhere in the US).

The Cons: -Too many holes and unanswered questions in the script and story line. -The main character lacks intelligent initiative. -The script itself is lacking in many areas and just assumes things without presenting them to the audience. -They give too much credit to the computer and to the characters without establishing any premise.

Straight to DVD in my opinion and not worth a watch in the theater. However the premise and subject matter is somewhat realistic with the findings of Ghostnet and other information gathering computer attacks found by Canadian and US university researchers.