base on the 2007 spy novel by david ignatius and body of lie tell the story of a cia operative roger ferris ( dicaprio ) who be send to jordan to track down an al qaeda mastermind and all the while tread a narrow tightrope of loyalty to his jordanian host and his manipulative american bos ed hoffman ( crowe ) . anybody who see the trailer could be forgive for think the story revolve around double agent action and the betrayal of ferris by hoffman and but the actual story be much more mundane . instead we be serve a tepid broth of ridiculous subterfuge a white pretty boy american ferris move with virtual impunity through the teem street of amman jordan with nary a worried look over his shoulder or the attraction of attention from the local . only during a scene where ferris take his new find iranian sweetheart out for tea do reality intrude a the couple be bombard with glare from jordanian men . compound the film problem be plot twist and turn which seem design a nothing more than padding . ferris fly to jordan and ferris get expel from jordan and ferris fly to washington and ferris fly to the uk and ferris fly back to jordan and hoffman fly to jordan and hoffman return home to take care of his kid an on it go . this be the sort of stuff you expect to see in an episode of the amazing race and not a spy thriller . in body punish loyalty to his craft and crowe gain an impressive 63 pound of flab for the role of portly ed hoffman and thus join the small select club of actor consist of robert de niro and christian bale a thespian who have subject themselves to massive weight gain or loss for their role . it too bad that everyone else involve do not share crowe level of dedication to quality and for if they do and we would have a far good film on our hand than this sub par mess .