Danzel Washington, Liev Schreiber and Meryl Streep, watching their performances is really nothing to fault. The script is suspenseful enough and exciting enough, a typical political thriller. Even if you look at it as an entertainment movie, it's quite guaranteed.
The first point of this movie's more nasty taste is the Oedipus complex of the mother and son (mainly from the mother). No way, the mother is a woman who is disappointed in her husband, but ambitious and unwilling to grow old; and the son happens to be a long, good-looking, good-looking man.
The second bad taste is the setting of Raymond Shaw smiling towards the altar. I call this the Jesus complex. Whoever plays such a pleasing role is the dream lover of the play. Paramount’s boss, Sherry Lansing, a wealthy old woman hand-picked Liev Schreiber, a handsome German-style man, to play this role. Does it count as flipping his brand?
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