Spartan Movie Review 2004

The president's daughter has been kidnapped--possibly by a Middle Eastern group of woman slave traders--and cagey special ops agent Robert Scott (Kilmer) is entrusted with the task of bringing her home. But, as with any Mamet venture, what seems to be the reality might not be and the deeper Scott gets into the job the less he can be certain of. His dilemma and the questions that swirl around make for high-octane action-thriller fun...until it sadly runs out of gas toward the end. Kilmer seizes the character along with the fundamentals of the smart, fast-paced language; Luke has a good turn (as Scott's trainee) as do perpetual Mamet performers Macy and O'Neill.

Distribution

Warner Home Video, Inc., 5775 Linder Canyon Rd., Westlake Village, CA 91362, URL: http://whv.warnerbros.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on DVD
Running time 107 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Psycho-Thriller, Kidnapped!, Secret Service, Spies & Espionage, Politics, FBI, CIA/NSA, Middle East, Military: Marines, Patriotism & Paranoia

Screenplay

David Mamet

Cast

Val Kilmer, Derek Luke, Tia Texada, Kristen Bell, Johnny Messner, Lionel Smith, Tony Mamet, Clark Gregg, Steven Culp, Aaron Stanford, Geoffrey Pierson, William H. Macy, Ed O'Neill, Andrew Davoli, Said Taghmaoui, Matt Malloy, Kick (Christopher) Gurry, David Paymer

Cinematography

Juan Ruiz-Anchia

Director

David Mamet

Music

Mark Isham

Other

Felipe Borrero, Barbara Tulliver, Christopher Tandon, Shay Cunliffe, Gemma Jackson

Producer

Moshe Diamant, Art Linson, Elie Samaha, Franchise Pictures, Warner Bros.