DVD Review: "BODY OF LIES" Score B

DiCaprio is genuinely good in almost everything that he does these days. In this one he is an Agent stationed in Iraq doing undercover work (however he would really stick out like a sore thumb there if this were a real operation). The story takes an odd turn when he falls for a local nurse and she is ultimately a downfall for him and almost gets him killed. Russel Crowe is primarily useless in this one as his role of an op who now spends little time in the field and most of the time on this handsfree cell phone mic getting intel while tending to his kids. The role required little more than phoning it in.. Some of the action in this is decent but overall the slow moving pace of a relatively open storyline doesn't help this one along. Could have been a better piece.