Clive Owen plays Louis Salinger, an Interpol agent who suspects The International Bank of involvement in a string of murders. Naomi Watts is Eleanor Whitman, a New York City Assistant DA who has the same suspicions; why the Manhattan DA’s office is interested in the activities, legal or otherwise, of a bank that is headquartered in Luxembourg isn’t exactly clear. But, if you decide to spend your Friday evening with an escapist thriller, logic shouldn’t be high on your list of priorities.
As capers go, this one is pretty entertaining. There are some good action sequences (including an elaborate shoot out at the Guggenheim) and Clive Owen brings great intensity and earnestness to his role. There are times when he seems nearly unhinged in his determination to get the bad guys. There are plot twists and shifting alliances and surprise developments and some Jack Bauer style disregard for the law. There is also a lot of stuff that doesn’t make any sense; you won’t have trouble coming up with plot holes on the ride home. The International is getting middling reviews from critics, which is pretty good for this particular bunch of February releases – most everyone, in other words, thinks it’s better than Shopaholic and Friday the 13th. Faint praise. Currently playing just about everywhere.
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