Spartan (2004)

Spartan (2004)

  • 6.5
  • 1h 46min
  • Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
  • 2004-03-12 (USA)

Storyline

In the US-government's special ops, Scott is a shooter, not a planner, doing the job without regard to quaint or obsolete convention. When a Harvard undergrad goes missing (the daughter of a US leader), it's Scott who applies the pressure, first to her boyfriend, then to a madam whose cathouse is the initial stop en route to a white slavery auction in Dubai. The abductors may not know the girl's identity, but once they figure it out, she's doomed. Deadly double crosses force Scott to become a planner. Through it all, earnest TV newscasters read the drivel they're handed.



Short Review

The real violence, as is always the case with Mamet, lies not in the mayhem but in the thrusting rhythms of the dialogue.


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