The International

Clive Owen and Naomi Watts star in Run Lola Run director Tom Tykwer's action thriller concerning an ambitious Interpol agent who targets corruption at the top levels of the world's largest banking institutions. The world's most powerful banks have become hopelessly corrupt, prompting Interpol agent ...more

With a hopelessly generic title and nobody under 35 in the cast, The International looks at first glance like box-office poison. Those aren't the only things that give cause for commercial prospects concern. It's a paranoid conspiracy thriller about getting the goods on a bad bank. There is no comic relief. The leads not only keep their clothes on, they never even kiss. Also, there are no car chases, snappy one-liners, or pop songs. Granted, there is a huge shootout that Swiss-cheeses the ...more