Spare, sleek and coolly entertaining, even if there's less to this game of true lies than meets the eye. MIT computer cryptography genius James Clayton (Colin Farrell) is a hotshot with a future and a flaw. The mysterious death of James's father, a globe-trotting Shell Oil executive, left a gaping hole in his psyche that he tries to plug with manly signifiers like boxing, tattoos, two-fisted drinking and show-offy feats of technical prowess: James's senior programming project has corporate recruiters scrambling to sign him up. But beneath the bluster, James is a lost boy who's dangerously vulnerable to surrogate father figures like enigmatic Walter Burke (Al Pacino),...
Released:
2003
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
105 mins