Beirut

2018
R
1h 49m

IMDb RATING

6.5/10

25K

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Jon Hamm and Rosamund Pike in Beirut (2018)

Caught in the crossfires of civil war, CIA operatives must send a former U.S. diplomat to negotiate for the life of a friend he left behind.

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Caught in the crossfires of civil war, CIA operatives must send a former U.S. diplomat to negotiate for the life of a friend he left behind.Caught in the crossfires of civil war, CIA operatives must send a former U.S. diplomat to negotiate for the life of a friend he left behind.Caught in the crossfires of civil war, CIA operatives must send a former U.S. diplomat to negotiate for the life of a friend he left behind.

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IMDb RATING

6.5/10

25K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination total

Nadim
(as Khalid Benchegra)

Ania Josse

Partygoer #1

Angus John Crisford Pritchard-Gordon

Partygoer #2

Yoav Sadian

Karim (13 Years Old)
(as Yoav Sadian Rosenberg)

Leïla Bekhti

Nadia Skiles

Kate Fleetwood

Alice Riley

Mark Pellegrino

Cal Riley

Abdeslam Bounouacha

Partygoer #3
(as Abdesselam Abounouacha)

Colin Stinton

Mr. Jones

Mustapha Touki

Gunman

Youssef El Hibaqui

Gunman
(as Youssef El Hibaoui)

Aziz Attougui

Gunman

Hichame Ouraqa

Abu Rajal
(as Hicham Ouraqa)

Charley Broderick

Boston Cop
(as Charles Broderick)

Ian Porter

Jerry

Nick Holder

Dennis

Director
- Brad Anderson
Writer
- Tony Gilroy
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Storyline

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Trivia
The 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."

Goofs
Alice 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.

Quotes
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!

Connections
Featured in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Jon Hamm/Emily Ratajkowski/Patrick Reed/Khalid & Normani (2018)

Soundtracks
Brooklyn
Written & Performed by Robert Hermel & Henri Renaud
Courtesy of De Wolfe Ltd.

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Featured review

8/10

A Solid Thriller, Enjoyable, Should be on Your List

As a movie this is a solid, dependable thriller with a really solid performance by Jon Hamm, as well as by a range of supporting players who turn in good, taunt performances. The one exception is Rosamund Pike whom is a great actor, but is ill-used. I suspect there were a number of scenes left on the editing floor.

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.