The Recruit

The Recruit

  • Director: Roger Donaldson
  • Writer: Roger Towne,Kurt Wimmer,Mitch Glazer
  • Countries of origin: United States, Switzerland
  • Language: English, Persian, Russian
  • Release date: January 31, 2003
  • Runtime: 1h 55min
  • Sound mix: DTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS
  • Aspect ratio: 2.39 : 1
  • Also known as: The Farm
  • "The Recruit" is an American suspense film released by Broadway Studios, directed by Roger Donaldson and starring Al Pacino and Colin Farrell . It was released on January 31, 2003.
    The film tells the story of how the CIA recruits students, how to conduct spy training, and how to survive in that mysterious environment. 

    Details

    • Release date January 31, 2003
    • Filming locations Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
    • Production companies Touchstone Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment, Epsilon Motion Pictures

    Box office

    Budget

    $46,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $52,802,140

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $16,302,063

    Gross worldwide

    $101,191,884

    Movie reviews

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    • By Gertrude 2022-03-25 09:01:08

      Don't worry about the plot, just look at Farrell

      The old film from 2003, the plot is protracted, and there is no excitement. Although the ending is bad, it has not been bad to the limit, and there are small ups and downs.

      I have to mention Farrell's good looks at the time. The promotional posters were too ugly, but he was so handsome and puppy eyes in the movie. Five stars are for Farrell's looks.

      I don't like Grandpa Pacino's performance. He always shows off his acting skills. I feel that if I can finish it in one minute,...

    • By Micheal 2022-03-25 09:01:08

      Don't worry about the plot, just look at Farrell

      The old film from 2003, the plot is protracted, and there is no excitement. Although the ending is bad, it has not been bad to the limit, and there are small ups and downs.

      I have to mention Farrell's good looks at the time. The promotional posters were too ugly, but he was so handsome and puppy eyes in the movie. Five stars are for Farrell's looks.

      I don't like Grandpa Pacino's performance. He always shows off his acting skills. I feel that if I can finish it in one minute,...

    • By Elias 2022-03-25 09:01:08

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      A typical Hollywood spy film, it's not sloppy, it's very enjoyable and fast-paced, and it's full of suspense at any time, and what solves this suspense is the next suspense.
      The story between geniuses burst out with dazzling sparks, and the audience didn't realize until the end that it was not Bole who took the Maxima to roam the rivers and lakes, but the game between the shepherd and the lamb to be slaughtered. And this time the self-righteous shepherd was kicked over by the most valuable...

    • By Ellen 2022-03-25 09:01:08

      camouflage

      A typical Hollywood spy film, it's not sloppy, it's very enjoyable and fast-paced, and it's full of suspense at any time, and what solves this suspense is the next suspense.
      The story between geniuses burst out with dazzling sparks, and the audience didn't realize until the end that it was not Bole who took the Maxima to roam the rivers and lakes, but the game between the shepherd and the lamb to be slaughtered. And this time the self-righteous shepherd was kicked over by the most valuable...

    • By Conner 2022-03-24 09:01:40

      Too many netizens didn't understand this movie, so anxious! Watch movies to watch important dialogues, don't guess, be a thinking and wise person

      Many netizens didn't understand it at all. The story is actually very simple. The old trainer is dissatisfied with the status quo and wants to make huge profits. He approached James to induce him to join the CIA. In training, James failed the final test and was eliminated. The old trainer tricked him into doing it on purpose, actually to make him a secret agent. The old trainer asked him to get Laura's Ice No. 9, and James succeeded, but doubted the old trainer. When James confronted the old...

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    • By Aida 2022-04-24 07:01:05

      Today's spy movies really have nothing new at all, and they have to confuse people with chicken and egg, and Pacino is in...

    • By Annetta 2022-04-24 07:01:05

      believe in yourself. It feels like a series of games that were designed. In the end, the person who played the game believed it to be true, and was completely...

    • By Franz 2022-04-24 07:01:05

      Personally, I think it looks better than Mission Impossible~~~ Han, I watched it with my...

    • By Keyshawn 2022-04-24 07:01:05

      It's been around from start to finish, without freshness and ambiguity. It's a pity that the sturdy cast is only assigned a pitiful martial arts...

    • By Bernhard 2022-04-24 07:01:05

      It's a suspense movie, but the plot is still very clean and simple. So, from accusing the heroine of being a spy, I probably guessed the result. They won't fight each other to death in this kind of movie, it must be the finale of kissing each other. The story as a whole is simple and the plot is not strong. Bridge section in general. Tension and relaxation are average. Basically, it's up to the actors to support it. It is normal for someone inside Langley to cover the sky with one hand, but...

    Movie plot

    James Clayton (Clin Farrell) is the latest recruit of the CIA. He is the quickest and smartest of all recruits who receive special training. Excellent intelligence ability and outstanding personality made him quickly attracted the attention of senior agent Walter Burke (Al Pacino) . Walter Burke often coaches and trains James Clayton privately, and teaches James many skills and rules of spy games. After a series of arduous tests, James...
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    Behind the scenes gags

    The abandoned warehouse in the ending scene of the film was shot at the same location as the prison scene in Chicago in 2002.
    The photo of James and his father that appeared in the opening of the film is indeed a photo of Colin Farrell and his father in his childhood.
    In the film, James tells the girl in the bar that he just escaped from prison is the idea of ​​Colin Farrell, and he did the same in the....
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    Background creation

    Director Roger Donaldson pays great attention to details. When the film was shot in a farmhouse outside Toronto, the meticulous preparations had been in progress for several weeks. Production designer Andrew McElpine and photographer Stuart Ribo agreed with the director very much. Strive to create the idea of ​​real texture. To get design inspiration, McEl Pine studied a lot of movies and photos, because there is no precedent for the...
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    Evaluation action

    In addition to the wonderful interpretation of Al Pacino and Colin Farrell and the exciting and suspenseful plot of the film, another selling point worth paying attention to is that this is the first film to expose the inside story of the CIA. In the film, you can see the personal experience of spies, involving many mysterious areas that have never been shown. (Yangzhou Evening News Review) 
    The film is a super thrilling film starring...
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    Movie quotes

    • Walter Burke: Nothing... is... what it seems.

    • Dennis Slayne: [shouting at Burke] Walter!

      Walter Burke: [stops in his tracks, blinded by the lights] Well, will you look at this? Twenty seven years, I'm finally in the spotlight, huh? What do you know. What do we do now? Come get my gun? Or do you just want to hang me? Hang the traitor!

      [shouts at Slayne]

      Walter Burke: You ready for that, Slayne? I hear you. "Why'd you sell us out, Burke?" I sold you out? No way!

      Dennis Slayne: [realizes what is happening] Jesus Christ.

      Walter Burke: [raving] Twenty seven years, neck deep in shit! Sell you out? Did I do my job? I ask you: you do your job? I hand you the target, I tell you who and where. All you got to do is act. What do you do? Do you do your job? No!

      [screams]

      Walter Burke: I'm obsolete! I'm irrelevant! Me! Shame on you! You yank me home, you shove me out in the woods! Some Ivy League prick who's afraid of having dinner in DC because of street crime is judging my worth!

      Dennis Slayne: The target is Burke, I repeat, the target is Burke!

      Walter Burke: [breaks off as he sees the laser sights on his chest] ... shoving me in the fucking woods...

      Dennis Slayne: Put it down, Walter.

      Walter Burke: [stunned, to James] They came for you.

      James Clayton: [distraught] Yeah.

      Walter Burke: The line to the CIA was a fake. You never told them.

      James Clayton: [upset] No, you did. Nothing is what it seems.

      Dennis Slayne: God dammit, Walter.

      Walter Burke: [smiles ruefully] You got me, hand in the cookie jar.

      [grins]

      Walter Burke: You got to give me one thing. I'm a scary judge of talent. Here goes nothing.

      [cocks empty pistol]

      James Clayton: No!

      Walter Burke: Bye bye.

      James Clayton: [screams at CIA] No bullets!

      [Burke is shot dead in front of him]

    • Walter Burke: You gotta give me one thing. I'm a scary judge of talent.