Argo (2012)

In 1979, Iranians take the American embassy in Iran, holding several people hostage. Six of them escape from the building and take shelter in the Canadian ambassador's house. The CIA engineers a rescue plan which consists of faking a movie production which will use Iran as a shooting location.

Mediocre thriller. Most of the dramatic licenses it takes result in poor, 30s-serial-like dramatics, and are detectable by a moderately experienced viewer who knows nothing of the real events. Most of the additional dramatic filling suck even more, relying on the always reliable man-separated-from-wife-who-needs-to-connect-with-son thing, which not only is boring but adds nothing to the story. Anyway, parts of it are not so bad, and it is an eventful movie.

Rating: 35