Body of Lies

This is a serious film where the stakes are high, where any of the characters can be killed at any moment from the lead to supporting players, like Russell Crowe channeling the late actor J. T Walsh. Don't worry I'm not giving anything away, if fact if anything I'm putting out disinformation in an attempt to cloud the issue, just like the characters in Body of Lies.
As helmed by Ridley Scott the film firmly observes the gaze of people from above whether it's spy satellites looking down from miles in the air or people looking down on their relatives from the balcony. The plot concerns CIA relations with foreign governments in the current Middle East conflict. Leonardo DiCaprio headlines as CIA operative Roger Ferris whose various missions wind up in such violent conclusions that he endures more injuries and pain than Mel Gibson in all the Lethal Weapons movies. While we're name dropping Warner Brothers film, Crowe's character Ed Hoffman mentions that he watched Poseidon on the flight overseas from Maryland to Amman, Jordan.
Crowe and DiCaprio are so intense and immersed in their characters it's surprising that Mark Strong, as Hani the head of Jordanian intelligence, steals the movie away from them in his supporting turn. Golshifteh Farahani scores points as a Muslim nurse Ferris chats up. She's got a mysterious presence and should be in more American films and it reminds the viewer that Scott similarly used French actress Marion Cotillard (A Good Year) before most audiences heard of her from La Vie en Rose.
Ferris feels betrayed by some of the decisions of his superior Hoffman and forms a bond with Hani but as the title indicates it's a tangled web we weave when first we seek to deceive.