By Brian Thomas
Cardinal Staff
The critically acclaimed film Argo starring Ben Affleck (The Town),
Bryan Cranston (Emmy Award winning actor from AMC’s Breaking Bad) and John
Goodman (The Artist) manages to please its audience without complicating its
plot.
Based on actual events, Argo is the amazing story about a CIA mission to
rescue six Americans held captive during a conflict with Iran and the people
who were brave enough to make it happen.
In true Hollywood fashion, a CIA operative played by Affleck hatches a
plan to film a movie in order to disguise the hostages as the production crew
and safely transport them out of the country. The film’s best moments come
during the planning and setup of the mission in hilarious exchanges between
veteran actors John Goodman and Alan Arkin. They both portray Hollywood big
shots that use their connections to assist the CIA.
If a movie is being made about a CIA mission, it is a success. The
overall execution of the plotline and script accompanied by superbly acting by
the all-star cast. Affleck, who stars and directs this spy-thriller, manages to
display the key roles of a real event and capture the raw emotions of each
character. He once again shows that he belongs in the same conversation with
Hollywood’s elite directors with his other films, especially his The Town in
2012.
The very fact that the CIA approved a mission like this may raise some
eyebrows of the American people, but the film itself will warm the hearts of
moviegoers around the nation. With a certified fresh rating of 95 percent
approval from the movie critic site RottenTomatoes.com, audiences are guaranteed
to enjoy it.
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