The Numbers Station (2013)

A disgraced black ops agent is dispatched to a remote CIA broadcast station to protect a code operator. Soon, they find themselves in a life-or-death struggle to stop a deadly plot before it's too late.

Director:

Kasper Barfoed

Writer:

F. Scott Frazier (screenplay)

Stars:

John Cusack, Malin Akerman, Liam Cunningham

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
John Cusack	...	Emerson Kent
Malin Akerman	...	Katherine
Liam Cunningham	...	Grey
Richard Brake	...	Max
Bryan Dick	...	David
Finbar Lynch	...	Michaels
Lucy Griffiths	...	Meredith
Joey Ansah	...	Derne
Victor Gardener	...	Fischer
Joe Montana	...	Jeremy Fletcher
Brian Nickels	...	Bouncer (as Brian Sonny Nickels)
Randy Merchant	...	Bouncer
Hannah Murray	...	Rachel Davis
Gary Lawrence	...	Hospital Orderly
Max Bennett	...	Intern at Hospital

Storyline

When the moral values of a longtime wetwork black ops agent is tested during his last operation, he receives an unfavorable psych evaluation. Now he is given a break and a seemingly uncomplicated assignment of simply protecting the security of a young female code announcer, code resources and remote station they are assigned to. After an ambush and one phone call later, it becomes a complicated fight for their survival.

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Plot Keywords:

code | black ops | ambush | fight | cia | 

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Taglines:

The code has never been compromised. Until now.

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Genres:

Action | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence and language

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [Japan]

Country:

UK USA Belgium

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 April 2013 (USA)

Also Known As:

Code: ennemi

Filming Locations:

Bentwaters Parks, Rendlesham, Suffolk, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

ContentFilm International, Echo Lake Entertainment, Piccadilly Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Ethan Hawke was originally cast but he dropped out and was replaced by John Cusack.

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Goofs

When the "broadcasters" speak their numbers, they talk into the top of a condenser microphone. These mics pick up sound from the side and broadcasters would know this.

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Quotes

Grey: I'll get you a prescription for Ativan, it'll stop your conscience bothering ya.

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Crazy Credits

Opening credits starts with some numbers spoken and reversed match with the names that are shown.

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Connections

Featured in Maltin on Movies: After Earth (2013)

User Reviews

Better than the numbers indicate

I won't try and stretch your credulity by saying this is a must see movie. You could give it a miss and your life will be just the same as if you saw it. However... It really isn't a bad little flick if you can get past the misleading posters, etc. They say "Action Movie" and the reality is that it is a character piece. A definite case of poor marketing.

John Cusack plays a burnt out CIA black ops guy that is assigned to watch over Malin Akerman after screwing up a job. The movie is more about him confronting his demons than about fighting off some nameless terrorist types. He does a decent and believable job.

Malin Akerman's character is somewhat under-developed. Her acting wasn't terrible, I just think the role could have been better written. I just couldn't seem to care all that much about whether she lived through it.

The one really jarring note was the location. It is supposed to be a remote secret base, but they used one of the many former air bases scattered through England as the setting. The thing is none of those bases are all that remote and it is a large complex with bunkers and electric gates and crap like that which kind of sticks out like a sore thumb. They would have done better to set it on an island off Scotland or something.

Over all it was worth seeing but it's better to rent than to buy.