The Recruit

A brilliant young man is tapped to join the elite branch of American intelligence, only to discover how complex and dangerous the job can really be in this suspense-drama. James Clayton (Colin Farrell) recently completed his studies at MIT, where he graduated at the top of his class and is pondering ...more

The Recruit is a reasonably entertaining popcorn movie that suffers from ill-conceived plot twists. The best part of the film is when Clayton (Colin Farrell) is being trained by Walter Burke (Al Pacino) at the "Farm" to become a CIA agent. It's unlikely that this is a totally accurate depiction of the training process, despite the CIA's cooperation with the making of this film, but it's entertaining to watch anyway. The scenes are somewhat predictable, but that problem gets worse as the film ...more