Conspiracy (2008)

A wounded United States Marine discovers a corporate conspiracy designed to run illegal aliens out of an Arizona border town by any means necessary.

Director:

Adam Marcus

Writers:

Adam Marcus, Debra Sullivan

Stars:

Val Kilmer, Gary Cole, Jennifer Esposito

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Val Kilmer	...	MacPherson
Gary Cole	...	Rhodes
Jennifer Esposito	...	Joanna
Jay Jablonski	...	Deputy Foster
Greg Serano	...	Miguel
Stacy Marie Warden	...	Carly
Christopher Gehrman	...	E.B.
Bob Rumnock	...	Bock
Scott Burkett	...	Deputy Jefferson
Rene Mousseux	...	Deputy Lee (as René Paul Mousseux)
David Frye	...	Deputy Jenson
Adam Marcus	...	Terry
Jeannine Cota	...	Lucinda
Anthony Jordan Atler	...	Reinol
Debra Sullivan	...	Susie the Waitress

Storyline

A seasoned senior enlisted special operations (spec ops) United States Marine is wounded during combat operations in Iraq. He is retired from the Marine Corps and visits a friend on a ranch in the south west. When he arrives he discovers his friend has disappeared and no one will even admit to knowing of him.

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Plot Keywords:

veteran | disabled veteran | riding a bicycle | arm sling | newspaper headline | 

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Taglines:

Hell hath no fury like revenge...

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Mystery | Thriller | War

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence, language and some sexual content

Did You Know?

Trivia

Several members of the cast were non-professionals at the time.

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Goofs

(at around 34 mins) In the flashback when MacPherson gives the copy of Watership Down to Miguel, it's signed "Thanks, McPherson", instead of "Thanks, MacPherson".

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Quotes

Rhodes: [direct] Someone's gotta sweep the floors and clean the toilets

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Connections

Featured in At the Movies: Horton Hears a Who!/Never Back Down/10,000 B.C./Funny Games/Paranoid Park/Conspiracy (2008)

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Soundtracks

All Ready Gone
Written by Chris Wagner, Dan Pinnella, Ric Markmann (as Ric Markman)
Performed by Matter (ASCAP/BMI)

User Reviews

actually very good

oh dear, it seems that quite a few gung ho Americans don't like films that point out the way big companies thrive on war and make lots of money out of it by supplying the goods to make war possible and then make even more money by rebuilding the mess they made.

Don't let their innate bias put you off watching this film as it is a actually pretty good (apart from the ending 5 minutes which looked suspiciously like the studio waded in and made the director make a Segal / Van Damme type over the top conclusion). We actually rented the film because we thought it would be good stupid fun like a Segal film with lots of Saturday night 'whizzbangpoppery' but there is a lot more to it than that - I was starting to say that it reminded me a fair bit of a classic Clint Eastwood spaghetti Western when lo and behold! - turns out the name of the town is Lago - the same name as in High Plains Drifter!! Someone with enough intelligence and respect (writer or Director?) to sneakily name check a reference has got much more going on than the people who have dismissed the film cos they don't like the politics.

So my advice is definitely worth renting - if you are a fan of thoughtful action films and like those classic Clint westerns cos this is a modern cousin of them. Enjoy

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [United States] Sony [United States]

Country:

USA

Language:

English Spanish Russian Arabic French

Release Date:

15 February 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

Conspiracy

Filming Locations:

Bonanza Creek Ranch - 15 Bonanza Creek Lane, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$8,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Stage 6 Films, Hollywood Media Bridge

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1