Unfortunately Ferris not only doesn't know how far he can trust Salaam, but cannot trust Hoffman either - both of which could put his life in danger. Ferris takes over the local CIA office and engages the help of the Chief of Jordanian Intelligence, Hani Salaam (Mark Strong) on the operation.

Ferris devises a plan to infiltrate Al-Saleem's terrorist network with the help of his boss back in Washington D.C., Ed Hoffman (Russell Crowe).

In Jordan he uncovers information about Islamist radical leader Al-Saleem (Alon Aboutboul). He works in the Middle East and ends up in Jordan searching for terrorists who have been bombing European civilian targets. In Body of Lies, Leonardo DiCaprio plays Roger Ferris, a CIA covert operative whose background is never divulged. Some of it was based on my personal views, but some of it was not. In that regard I was not disappointed, but while it was quite riveting - some aspects of the story did bug me. I’m not saying this movie was as good as The Departed by any means, but what I am saying is that it’s no that far from it.My impression of Body of Lies based on the commercials and trailers was that it was going to be a taught, intense thriller - much more grounded in reality than your typical spy movie. Body of Lies sort of reminds me of a Global version of the movie The Departed. Everyone in the film is on the top of their game especially Crowe, who plays a very different character, as he plays a fat arrogant prick who you can’t stand at times.īody of Lies is a very realistic and intelligent movie that deals with topics that are political, technological, and most of all deceptive. Don’t get me wrong though, Hoffman isn’t the villain of the film, he’s just a good man he sometimes does bad things. Ed Hoffman (Crowe) is a senior member whose so full of himself that he thinks he can play god and toy with the lives of others, and sometimes does, but only “for the good of the country”. Roger Ferris (Dicaprio) is a rising member who knows the score, hates all the deception, but at the same time knows he has to accept it. Body of Lies was a fictional story about two CIA agents attempting to end a rising terrorist group. When watching Body of Lies, you realize that what your watching is an intricately plotted drama with a lot of entertaining action thrown into the mix. I agreed with that thought the second the movie ended. For me that point was car/helicopter chase about 20 minutes in.

While watching Body of Lies, there will be a point where you will think to yourself, wow, this is a great movie.

Body of lies movie review