At first, the strange phone messages promised great wealth. Soon, though, government agents pursue the young engineer receiving them around the world.At first, the strange phone messages promised great wealth. Soon, though, government agents pursue the young engineer receiving them around the world.At first, the strange phone messages promised great wealth. Soon, though, government agents pursue the young engineer receiving them around the world.
Amara Zaragoza
- Kamila
- (as Tamara Feldman)
Storyline
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- TriviaIn some global markets "Echelon Conspiracy" was released with the title "The Gift."
- GoofsIn the end, Max discusses with Reed that no charges are pressed against him, yet he has been bailed out by Kamilla, which would not be necessary as he is a free man.
- Quotes
computer: Echelon is a threat to freedom.
- SoundtracksHelicopter
Written by Russell Lissack (uncredited), Gordon Moakes (uncredited), Kele Okereke (uncredited) and Matt Tong (uncredited)
Performed by Bloc Party
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Firstly, let me say that the reviewers giving this film one star can't possibly have seen a truly bad movie. This is by no means mind-blowing, but is a OK attempt at the spy-thriller genre. It brings in some new aspects with regards to storyline, but ultimately coming of cliché'd and slightly cheesy.
The acting as OK, but i never base a film on it's acting unless it is visibly terrible, which this isn't. However, the scripting could have been massively improved just by taking out the attempted humour, which ultimately fails and leaves the film looking childish. The storyline starts off fairly strongly, and is fairly enjoyable to watch. However, it is clearly a copy of Eagle Eye/other similar films, but with a lower budget.
It's only let down is when the conspiracy is uncovered, leading to an ending that is resolved in a very cliché manor, which is a shame, as it could have made the movie more enjoyable if new aspects were brought in, giving it a better twist. Also, some of the characters play seemingly, very confused roles, switching sides from 'good' to 'bad' with no real explanation as such.
However, if you enjoyed films like Eagle Eye, Minority Report, The Island etc etc, then definitely give this a try. It isn't quite as good, but well worth the look if you fancy an easy to watch tech-based film. 6/10
The acting as OK, but i never base a film on it's acting unless it is visibly terrible, which this isn't. However, the scripting could have been massively improved just by taking out the attempted humour, which ultimately fails and leaves the film looking childish. The storyline starts off fairly strongly, and is fairly enjoyable to watch. However, it is clearly a copy of Eagle Eye/other similar films, but with a lower budget.
It's only let down is when the conspiracy is uncovered, leading to an ending that is resolved in a very cliché manor, which is a shame, as it could have made the movie more enjoyable if new aspects were brought in, giving it a better twist. Also, some of the characters play seemingly, very confused roles, switching sides from 'good' to 'bad' with no real explanation as such.
However, if you enjoyed films like Eagle Eye, Minority Report, The Island etc etc, then definitely give this a try. It isn't quite as good, but well worth the look if you fancy an easy to watch tech-based film. 6/10
- r-chrystal
- Mar 29, 2009
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $666,009
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $500,154
- Mar 1, 2009
- Gross worldwide
- $2,186,782
- Runtime1 hour 45 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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