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The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

The International stars Clive Owen as Louis Salinger, an Interpol agent with a chequered past who investigates a powerful private bank that plays a sinister role in the sale of illegal arms, money laundering and even destabilising governments. A bank that is so powerful it will kill anyone that will get in its way or even threatens to be a liability.Salinger is assisted by Manhattan assistant District Attorney Eleanor Whitman (Naomi Watts). Together they globe-trot looking for evidence to take down this powerful organisation while their bosses pile pressure on them to shut their investigation down.It is a solid but lukewarm thriller which should had powerful things to say about the dog eat dog arena of global finance and destabilisation of developing countries but then realises it needs some action scenes, the best of which is the shootout at the Guggenheim museum in New York.The trouble is the fox was shot a few months earlier with the release of the James Bond film, Quantum of Solace which also dealt with a shadowy organisation. In fact both movies have a fixer called Mr White.On its own it is not a bad thriller, it is helped by its multi location shooting but apart from the Guggenheim scenes it is never going to be memorable.

Clive Owen is excellent in this gripping tale of political intrigue. An exciting suspense story centering around Owen's attempt to unravel a puzzle of financial misdeed. Owen delivers a gritty performance while Naomi Watts is along for the ride as his vague love interest. Well-directed by Tom Tykwer with an 'edge-of-your-seat' musical score to which Tykwer contributed. Best scenes include an extensive array of gunfire between warring parties at the Guggenheim Institute, and the final chase scene conducted on foot.Clive Owen is the breakout star of the decade -- he makes Tom Cruise look like cheap American dog food.

When I watched this film, I gotta say first, it was past midnight, I had to wake up early and I was tired. So, it means that I was not paying attention to all the details and the story. But overall, it's a good movie. Not some crap action movie with bad shooting scenes. This one is intelligent, well made and has some "meat around the bone" (no idea if that expression is used in English...). For me, the key scene is the shooting scene in the hall with all the white floors in the middle of the film. That was awesome! The level of violence we see in that part is so intense comparing to the rest of the film and I think that's a good way to "surprise" the audience. And it works! Definitely one of the best shooting scene ever. The rest of the film is good but I think that depends of the mood you are when you watch it. Actually you must be pretty awake if you want to follow what's happening on the screen. Another good point, NAOMI WATTS!!! Beautiful actress and...Am I the only one who noticed Francis Ford Coppola when they follow the guy in the street just before the shooting scene???!!! Anyway, for fans of spy, thrillers, action movies but still with true story and lots of politics and stuff are gonna like it.

The International involves an investigation into a powerful bank that is doing many terrible things and will destroy anyone who gets in its way. I didn't find this totally convincing. Corporations do many terrible things, but normally they don't instigate violence on a mass scale in first world countries, and this made the movie feel about as realistic as cop films in which mobsters blithely kill off large number of cops and politicians.But if you overlook that, this is a pretty good movie. The first half is essentially an investigative drama. Once again, there's a little bit of cliché involved in the way you've got a couple of smart investigators determined to find the truth while being hamstrung by their bosses. But it is interesting to watch the investigation proceed.The second half of the movie is livelier, most notably in a big shootout at the Guggenheim Museum that is pretty entertaining.But while this was well done, I didn't connect strongly with the movie. The leads were professional but a bit bland, the story, as I've said, seemed a little unrealistic, and the look was often a bit too monochromatic for me as so much of it took place in offices.I was torn between giving this a 6 or a 7. I feel it is a 7 in quality, but I think in terms of enjoyment I'm closer to 6.