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The Numbers Station
This film presents a series of events about a CIA agent, Emerson Kent. One day, there will be a test of the ethical values ​​of the ops black wetwork agent but he is receiving a new psychological assessment. It may be different when you get an uncomplicated job to quickly protect a young anchor and code resources. There will be a real ambush plus a phone call and there will be a new complex battle for their survival.
24 November 1982, London, England, UK
1 February 1978, Denton Holme, Carlisle, Cumbria, England, UK
23 July 1960, Dublin, Ireland
10 October 1986, Brighton, England, UK
12 May 1978, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
28 February 1968, England, UK
1 July 1989, Bristol, England, UK
28 August 1959, Dublin, Ireland
2 June 1961, Dublin, Ireland
28 June 1966, Evanston, Illinois, USA
30 November 1964, Ystrad Mynach, Hengoed, Wales, UK
June 23, 2013
The claustrophobic location gives the film a clammy suspense, though it's so dimly lit that it's sometimes hard to work out who is shooting at whom.
June 07, 2013
There's an interesting, timely idea in this espionage thriller, as well as adept leading actors who are able to make the most of the script's dry wit.
April 25, 2013
Akerman does work hard to keep up the energy level. Cusack, though, seems bored by the superficial proceedings, which don't even offer the distraction of a real romantic connection or a suspenseful confrontation.
May 24, 2013
'The Numbers Station' is a competent film and it does manage to create some tension. But you're conscious of the fact that it all feels familiar and wondering why there isn't a little more to it.
September 18, 2014
Danish director Kasper Barfoed, who makes his English-language debut here, makes fine use of the movie's tight constraints, painting it in concrete hallways, electrical panels, and glowing computer screens.
June 02, 2013
The Numbers Station is a cheap and predictable thriller that works only because of its two leading cast members: John Cusack and Malin Akerman.
April 26, 2013
A predictable hodgepodge of uninteresting psychological cat-and-mouse, dimly lighted action filmed by director Kasper Barfoed in standard-operating shaky-cam ...
June 12, 2013
A potentially intriguing idea is thrown out the window in this predictable low-budget thriller.
April 25, 2013
Cusack and Akerman scramble down a series of dimly lit, identical-looking passageways. The setting is as ill-defined as the characters.
April 26, 2013
With Cusack's help, Barfoed holds your interest without resorting to car chases, a rarity in a contemporary thriller.
May 11, 2013
John Cusack replays his role as a lethal operative with occupational angst for a routine thriller with a female cryptographer at secret CIA site. Dire workplace issues ensue.
April 25, 2013
This dreary spy drama is as flat and airless as the concrete bunker in which it unfolds.