En medio del fuego cruzado de la guerra civil, unos agentes de la CIA deben enviar a un exdiplomático de los Estados Unidos a negociar por la vida de un amigo al que dejó atrás.En medio del fuego cruzado de la guerra civil, unos agentes de la CIA deben enviar a un exdiplomático de los Estados Unidos a negociar por la vida de un amigo al que dejó atrás.En medio del fuego cruzado de la guerra civil, unos agentes de la CIA deben enviar a un exdiplomático de los Estados Unidos a negociar por la vida de un amigo al que dejó atrás.
- Dirección
- Guionista
- Elenco
- Premios
- 1 nominación en total
- Nadim
- (as Khalid Benchegra)
- Karim (13 Years Old)
- (as Yoav Sadian Rosenberg)
- Partygoer #3
- (as Abdesselam Abounouacha)
- Gunman
- (as Youssef El Hibaoui)
- Abu Rajal
- (as Hicham Ouraqa)
- Boston Cop
- (as Charles Broderick)
- Dirección
- Guionista
- Todo el elenco y el equipo
- Producción, taquilla y más en IMDbPro
Opiniones destacadas
This movie will be controversial because of its depictions of Beirut, as well as lack of agency of the Lebanese people. These criticisms are valid, but at the same time it is very hard for Hollywood, let alone a Western director and writer to get the right nuance and tension of the period AND make a successful movie. To the critics, you have a point, but this is a thriller, not a documentary.
If you are looking for a modern spy/espionage movie, this should be on your list. Plus I would love to see more Jon Hamm in these types of roles...well done.
Previous IMDb reviews of this exciting film either have been premature (of the "Gee, I can't wait to see it" non-review content) or ignorantly dismissive, as if fiction had to be judged by reality standards, or location hunting be abandoned in favor of merely using the practical "real" places from the script. I guess Matt Damon in "The Martian" was somehow exempt from that latter idiotic requirement.
Several hit films come to mind, clearly "Argo" the most relevant in terms of demonstrating box office potential, and Hamm is blessed with a talented and selfless co-star in a key yet subdued role by Rosamund Pike, coincidentally having risen to stardom in "Argo" maestro Ben Affleck's "Gone Girl". The director cites Peter Weir's "The Year of Living Dangerously" as a key influence, and that's a fine source to draw from.
I appoint Hamm as the next Bogie because in addition to his classic good looks as leading man he captures here and in "Mad Men" the uncanny ability to define a film noir hero -self-divided, prone to hitting the bottle, and winning over a viewer no matter how close he comes to betraying his best moral instincts in service of self-interest. Certainly he could handle a remake of "Casablanca" (perhaps with currently hot-hot Scandi star Alicia VIkander as co-star) without much of a stretch.
Though low-budget and closer to pulp than a major Hollywood blockbuster, "Beirut" succeeds because it is fun, not because it is giving us a history lesson. The cliches of its genre and the unfortunate real-life cliches of the Middle East as a quagmire work very well in the traditional roller-coaster ride that is what Hollywood does best. Quibbling over accuracy is absurd; rather Gilroy should be commended for fashioning, over a period of several decades, a tight script that makes its historical points while firmly inhabiting the fantasy land of movies.
For some reason, this picture is getting bad ratings from IMDb contributors. I don't know if here is a Hollywood conspiracy against it, but the bad reviewers are way off. "Beirut" needs to be seen by fans of edge-of-your-seat thriller fans. Just pay close attention as some info goes by quickly, which is in keeping with the complex plot and brisk pace of the movie.
My star rating is in the heading. The website no longer prints mine.
Engaging and dark picture , skill montage , magnificent acting , thrills , plot twists , emotion and intense drama . Concerning murky and dark issues , dealing with thorny themes of corruption and betrayal in which our protagonists become involved . Set in Beirut , Lebanon, when it was full of a lot of warlike organitations and militias , especially formed by Drusos , Christians , Maronits , Falangists , Palestinians of PLO , Chii of Hamas , Sunnies , among others . In the movie there is action filled , brief studio character , drama with turns , as well as moving chases . It was originally conceived as a tense as well as thrilling flick based on actual events well written by Tony Gilroy though diverting in an action thriller , at times . Gilroy's fictionalized portrayal of U.S.A, Israeli and PLO -Palestine Liberation Organization- scheming in 1982 Lebanon ultimately proved too hot to handle , resulting in a real Lebanon encroachment . Jon Hamm is pretty well as the former U.S. diplomat caught in the crossfires of civil war, then CIA operatives must send to negotiate for the life of a friend he abandoned . And Rosemund Pike is very good as brave and stubborn CIA agent who helps him to execute his purport to negotiate for the life of a friend he left behind. In addition , a frankly fine support cast , such as Shea Whigham , Mark Pellegrino , Leïla Bekhti , Kate Fleetwood , Larry Pine , Douglas Hodge and Dean Norris.
It contains an atmospheric and evocative photography by Cinematographer Bjorn Charpentier, this expert cameraman paid homage to the time period chronicled in Beirut by fitting his cameras with vintage lenses, in fact those lenses were built from that era . And shot on location in Rhode Island and Tangier . Being accompanied by a thrilling and stirring musical score by John Debney. The motion picture was competently and splendidly made by US director Brad Anderson , though it had limited success at box-office. Brad Anderson was born in Madison, Connecticut, USA and was graduate of Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, and member of the dramatic jury at the Sundance Film Festival . He is a notorious director and producer, known for Next Stop Wonderland (1998) , Session 9 (2001), The machinist (2004) , Transsiberian (2008) , The Call (2013) , Asylum (2014) , among others .
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- TriviaThe city of Tangier in Morocco proved to be especially suitable as a stand-in for Beirut because of a quirky chapter in the city's recent history. "Tangier had a building boom ten years ago and it all came from drug money," producer Monica Levinson explained. "When the government figured that out, they immediately put a stop to the construction, so you have a ton of buildings in Tangier that are just half-built shells. The government didn't want squatters to dwell in these buildings so they took sledge hammers and bulldozers and reduced the buildings to rubble. It was incredible to find all of that existing in Tangier."
- ErroresAlice returns to an apartment in which Cal has been staying that is said to be in a very unsafe area of the city. It is not realistic that a CIA operative in Beirut with responsibilities for supervising all Middle East operations would be domiciled in a very unsafe sector of any city in which his station was located.
- Citas
Mason Skiles: You're not hallucinating. It's me Mason.
Mason Skiles: [to sandy] I don't want to be anywhere near this murdering fuck
[to Abu Rajal in Arabic]
Mason Skiles: Today is you're lucky night... YOU SON OF A WHORE!
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Detalles
- Fecha de lanzamiento
- País de origen
- Sitios oficiales
- Idiomas
- También se conoce como
- High Wire Act
- Locaciones de filmación
- Tangier, Morocco(city: Beirut, environs: desert regions)
- Productoras
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Taquilla
- Total en EE. UU. y Canadá
- USD 5,019,226
- Fin de semana de estreno en EE. UU. y Canadá
- USD 1,734,497
- 15 abr 2018
- Total a nivel mundial
- USD 7,509,436
- Tiempo de ejecución
- 1h 49min(109 min)
- Color
- Relación de aspecto
- 2.39 : 1