A decent, cautiously idealistic policeman watches his life unravel as he pursues a lethal terrorist in John Malkovich's ambitious directing debut, adapted from the novel by Nicholas Shakespeare. In an unnamed South American country sometime in the recent past, soft-spoken lawman Agustin Rejas (Javier Bardem) is handed a volatile case. The capitol has been rocked by bombings and dead dogs appear hanging from street lamps, dynamite in their mouths and hand-lettered political slogans around their necks, including references to a leader named "Ezekial." Rejas and his partner (Juan Diego Botto) are charged with finding Ezekial — who styles himself as the "fourth flam...
Released:
2003
Rated:
R
Length:
128 mins