Echelon Conspiracy (2009)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Greg Marcks

Writers (WGA):

Michael Nitsberg (screenplay) and
Kevin Elders (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

12 March 2009 (Kazakhstan)

Genre:

Action | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

At first, the strange phone messages promised great wealth. Soon, though, government agents pursue the young engineer receiving them around the world. |

Plot Keywords:

Paris | Chase Scene | Stabbed In The Side | Check | Kicked In The Crotch

Cast

Shane West	...	Max Peterson
Edward Burns	...	John Reed
Ving Rhames	...	Agent Dave Grant
Yuriy Kutsenko	...	Russian General
Sergey Gubanov	...	Yuri Malanin
Martin Sheen	...	Raymond Burke
Steven Elder	...	Charles
Sandra De Sousa	...	Female Casino Tech
Greg Donaldson	...	Casino Tech
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Andrea Enright	...	NSA Tech #2
Tamara Feldman	...	Kamila
Ilan Goodman	...	Dennis
Todd Jensen	...	Agent Fletcher
Danko Jordanov	...	Max's Attacker 2
Jonathan Pryce	...	Mueller
Marianne Stanicheva	...	Pentagon Woman
Mike Straub	...	NSA Operator #3
Vee Vimolmal	...	Receptionist
Trevor White	...	Paul Spencer

Also Known As:

The Conspiracy (Singapore: English title)
The Gift (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sequences of intense violence and action, some sexuality and brief language.

Runtime:

USA:105 min

Country:

USA

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #44815) | South Korea:15 | Singapore:PG | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB)

Filming Locations:

Bangkok, Thailand

Company:

After Dark Films

Goofs:

Continuity: (At 01:03:15) When Max and John are talking (after the scene when they met in Moscow) the time on the clock in the back keeps on changing. Its 1100 in the start, then switches between 1045, 1500, 1830 and 1100.

You get what you pay for.

I'm only really commenting here because I get the sh!ts with dickheads who post comments about what an abysmal film this was when they only watched the first ten minutes of it.

Sure, it could have been done better, it's no Enemy of the State, after all, but as a reasonably enjoyable way of wasting 100 minutes, it does the job just fine.

So what if it's full of clichés, plot holes and technical faux-pas? Like, disguising your use of a cellphone by using an earpiece with a brilliant flashing blue light, well, it's something I probably wouldn't do, but I probably wouldn't unquestioningly do anything I was told to do by a text message from a total stranger.

Never mind, just enjoy it for what it is.