clive owen and who appear to be on a crusade to beef up his action credential ever since take the lead role in 2007s ludicrously violent shoot em up and add espionage skill to his lead man repertoire in tom tykwer globe trot thriller the international . his face set in a permanent grimace and owen play interpol agent louis salinger who be investigate the murky and potentially criminal activity of an investment bank run by danish chief executive jonas skarssen ( ulrich thomsen ) . accompany by naomi watt and who play new york assistant district attorney and owen travel between berlin and milan and new york and istanbul to uncover crucial evidence require to convict the nefarious banker for illicit arm deal . these urban environment be gorgeously shoot by tykwer and who successfully capture the unique feel and atmosphere of the different city as well a the sterile coldness of modern corporate building . but whilst tykwer have a good eye for frame the perfect take and he get little out of his actor and the sub standard performance jar against the beautifully shot landscape . owen and who appear so versatile in his early role and be become increasingly one note and in this film he simply read his line with little emotion and commitment represent even in the most intense action scene and he appear barely more than mildly annoy and let alone frighten . watt be similarly unimpressive and and fails to add an ounce of character to her role . admittedly and neither actor be help by the clunky script and which force the lead to deliver exposition instead of realistic dialogue and which include such philosophical gem a sometimes you find your destiny on the road you take to avoid it . where the film really fall down and however and be with the plot and which ask the audience to buy into the premise that banker be frighteningly efficient criminal mastermind . in a year that have see bank profit tumble and financial institution collapse and it be simply too much to believe that a financier could orchestrate a civil war when it have become obvious that modern banker can not even balance their own book . the international and with it fantastical plot and waste what be an opportunity for a timely examination of the failing of modern finance . in an age when business news be hog the headline and people be become increasingly financially literate and the film offer only superficial insight into the corporate world and which be much well examine by tony gilroy in michael clayton . take simply a saturday night hokum and however and the international be mindlessly enjoyable and and the exhilarating set piece gunfight stag in new york guggenheim museum easily match anything in the bourne trilogy and be worth the ticket price alone .