maybe be a government bureaucrat be not the most glamorous way of make a living but it still a way to make a living . however and after watch this movie and one may come away believe that every government bureaucrat be a lazy and bloated and conceited and paper pusher who live exclusively to partake of his next lunch break . not exactly a pretty picture and but this be the picture that the audience have to endure when watch what be nothing more than another tedious and noisy and overacted action movie . just what the doctor order . right . how many more of these movie have hollywood make . one thousand . two thousand . the formula for make these movie be so beaten into the dust that by now it should be completely unrecognizable . the locale change but the plot remain the same and and with the same shallow character development and the equally shallow act a trained performer be ask to devolve into pseudo cartoon character and act accordingly . this movie seem to run on interminably . when will this movie end . i repeatedly think to myself . leonardo dicaprio be totally unbelievable a a cia operative and but what have to be one of the great gaff of miscasting and an overweight russell crowe play a cia bureaucrat . please note that in this movie the on site operative be lean and mean while his desk jockey supervisor be fat . this be call stereotype . what be the cast director thinking . why not have jack nicholson play an overweight office clerk . or nicole kidman play a frumpy department store saleswoman . and the story be so fantastic that no amount of literary license could afford it credibility . an obviously non arab american ( mr. dicaprio ) try to pass himself off a an arab . speak fluent arabic . concoct all kind of hair brain scheme that be doom to failure . try to out think and outfox real arab who be completely unfooled by his laughable arab masquerade . try to romance a palestinian woman while in the middle of conduct a highly sensitive and complex espionage mission . etc . by now you get the point . next time try cast an actual arab in the role . not even the most naive movie goer can believe all that . there should be a rough balance between the protagonist and antagonist . in this movie the protagonist be so transparent and incompetent that it leave the story in shamble . next stop for this movie dvd land and oblivion . and one other thing . don while t let this movie discourage you from work for the government . the pay may not be great and but the fringe benefit be excellent and a critical fact that this movie conveniently omit .