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From the director of The Bourne Identity comes this riveting thriller inspired by the experiences of real-life CIA officer Valerie Plame (Academy Award® nominee Naomi Watts). When Plame's retired ambassador husband Joe Wilson (played by Academy Award® winner Sean Penn) writes a newspaper article challenging the basis for the U.S. war on Iraq, the White House leaks Plame's undercover status leaving her international contacts vulnerable, her career in shambles and her life in danger. Crackling with sharp dialogue, gripping intrigue and heart-pounding suspense, Fair Game is the adventure that's so unbelievable, it can only be real.
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As the US prepares for war in Iraq, CIA agent Valerie Plame (Academy Award® nominee Naomi Watts) gets into political crossfire due to her husband Joe (two times Academy Award® winner Sean Penn) and his public stand against the invasion. While involved in undercover operations in the field, Plame s secret status gets leaked by the White House as deterrent and punishment. With everyone out to get her, a grueling race against time and government begins to save her exposed contacts, her family and herself
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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I found this film to be very watchable as I quite like political thrillers. I have no idea how accurate the story is but it made for 2 hours of entertainment. Sean Penn is engaging as ever even though his character isn't always likeable. Naomi Watts is also very convincing. The strength of the film lies in watching their lives ripped apart by the accusations aimed at them. You can genuinely feel their frustration as they become victims of a government propaganda machine. If you don't like politics or you disagree with what the film is trying to say then this is best avoided. If you believe it or you just like political thrillers then it's definitely worth watching.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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The Bourne-esque marketing for "Fair Game" doesn't do it any favours...this is a thought provoking movie that anyone with an interest in why we went into Iraq should see. I must confess I only half-remembered the controversy over the "yellow cake" intelligence and this movie helps explain why...giving a remarkable insight into the machinations of the White House machine and it's attempts to draw the focus away from the charge that they abused the intelligence for their own ends. Maybe I'm making it sound rather worthy but the human drama at the core is hugely compelling and Sean Penn gives a performance up there with his best. Oh...and Doug Liman manages to redeem himself after the dog's breakfast that was Mr and Mrs.Smith (so that's really saying something).
21 of 25 people found the following review helpful
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"Fair Game" is not what you would call an exciting film, nor a nail biting thriller, however it is a worthy film that exposes the lies behind the second Gulf War against Iraq in the early "Noughties". The film is based on a true story where an important female CIA agent was exposed by White House officials after her ex diplomat husband wrote a newspaper article accusing the US government of lying about Iraq's nuclear weapons programme in order to justify the war against Saddam Hussein. The always excellent Naomi Watts (from the never to be forgotten "Mulholland Drive" ) plays the CIA agent while Sean Penn plays her husband. The film goes behind the scenes of CIA operations in the Middle East and reveals that there was no nuclear programme in Iraq and that the US and UK governments were aware of that , but told lies to the public nonetheless, something which I found to be unacceptable. In the US we had the Valerie Plame affair , while in the UK we saw the murder of David Kelly and "sexed up" dossiers to justify an unjustifiable war. Of course the public still mostly labour under the illusion that world leaders are somehow good and trustworthy and wouldn't engage in a sinister conspiracy against their own subjects.Better to adopt the maxim "If they're at the top, they're bad" instead in my opinion. As I said , "Fair Game" is not an exciting, action packed thriller; it is more like a documentary at times and it is a bit of a throwback to some 1970's political thrillers I can remember which had anti establishment themes.
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A very good film about a true story.The naming of an active spy by her own government.A disgusting act of Betrayal by some of Bush very junior's cronies. Read more
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I found "Fair Game" was excellent. [Other movies I have liked before have included "Enemy of the State", All the Bourne trilogy of movies and similar. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Bozza
fair game
very good dvd great story line that holds you to the end a film that i would watch over again
Published 3 months ago by Mr. Antony Byron
Dull Sean Penn film
This film was intensely dull and is not helped by the wooden performance of Sean Penn. I made the mistake of selecting it as my film to watch on a long flight. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Lee Hanley
Potentially good thriller spoilt by gimmicky directing
A political thriller based on fact is always an attractive proposition and at the outset promises much. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mr. Ben J. Murray
Good movie
I enjoyed this film, well worth watching the acting was good and the story line was intriguing although the ending was predictable.
Published 4 months ago by Mr. Peter Ryan
Fair Game - Fair Play
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Published 4 months ago by U. Flanagan
Watts and Penn are great
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Published 5 months ago by BPR
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