The International

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The International

R,

2009,

1h 58m,

Mystery & Thriller/

Action/

Crime/

Drama

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56%

205 Reviews

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37%

100,000+ Ratings

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205 Reviews

37%

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Interpol agent Louis Salinger (Clive Owen) joins forces with New York prosecutor Eleanor Whitman (Naomi Watts) to put an end to a powerful bank's funding of terrorism. As they follow the money from Germany to Italy to New York to Turkey, Salinger and Whitman find their own lives are at risk from those who will stop at nothing to protect their interests.

Critics Consensus

The International boasts some electric action sequences and picturesque locales, but is undone by its preposterous plot.

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Shubhra Gupta

The Indian Express

Apr 26, 2019

Whatever happened to the old fashioned spy sagas which had breakneck chases, busty women and non-stop action? Now it's all brooding fellows with sad back-stories.

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Deborah Ross

The Spectator

Aug 29, 2018

The premise might be timely, but the execution is same old, same old.

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Samuel Wigley

Sight & Sound

Jul 6, 2018

A sure-footed and thrilling sidestep into cinema's mainstream.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Dec 6, 2023

2.5/4

The International is an occasionally cartoonish gut shot at the banking industry, its heroes white as white and its villains black as black.

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Sean Axmaker

Stream on Demand

Aug 19, 2023

This altogether self-serious thriller is a timely piece of conspiratorial intimation and multinational economic power and Tom Tykwer’s direction is both sleekly handsome and efficiently anonymous...

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

Nov 28, 2020

5/10

Assassins are no match for Clive Owen's powerful stare; it's all he ever brings to a gun-toting engagement, and it usually suffices.

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Ron R

Mar 17, 2019

The weakest point of the movie is the protagonist, who does not decide on what he has to do to defeat the villains. Problem that never gets over. I liked that it shows that the big banks move, many times, outside the law something that we have seen a lot in real life.

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Hagrid L

Feb 21, 2019

I really thought this movie had some truth in it when they talked about why the bank would want to purchase billions in weapons and other expertise to rebels in return for considerations and incentives should the rebels manage to accomplish a coup of their country. Meaning mineral rights or oil or some other commodity the bank can control. I thought it had a great script and I don't believe it's plot was out of the realm of possibility.

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Leia R

Apr 28, 2018

I'm kind of stunned by those who reviewed this unfavorably. It's a very well-done, intelligent thriller. Perhaps after the 2016 election, viewers will be less inclined to think that an international banking scandal is implausible. Great action and dialogue, excellent cast and performances, and an excellent score. And, Yes, the Guggenheim sequence is stunning.

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Rey S

Jul 22, 2017

Just a terrible waste of two hours.

Draco W

Apr 7, 2017

Good political thriller with a great gun battle in the Guggenheim Museum and I always love Clive Owen, Naomi Watts and Arrmin Meuller-Stahl. Suspenseful watch.

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Finn G

Oct 24, 2010

More political than action.

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Tom Tykwer

Director

Clive Owen

Louis Salinger

Naomi Watts

Eleanor Whitman

Armin Mueller-Stahl

Wilhelm Wexler

Ulrich Thomsen

Jonas Skarssen

Brian F. O'Byrne

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Synopsis

Interpol agent Louis Salinger (Clive Owen) joins forces with New York prosecutor Eleanor Whitman (Naomi Watts) to put an end to a powerful bank's funding of terrorism. As they follow the money from Germany to Italy to New York to Turkey, Salinger and Whitman find their own lives are at risk from those who will stop at nothing to protect their interests.

Director: Tom Tykwer
Producer: Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, Lloyd Phillips
Screenwriter: Eric Warren Singer
Distributor: Sony Pictures Entertainment
Production Co: Atlas Entertainment
Rating: R (Sequences of Violence|Language)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Action, Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 13, 2009, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 12, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $25.5M
Runtime: 1h 58m

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