Spartan

USA 2004, 102 minutes
Dir. David Mamet
Rating: [M]
Genres: Suspense/Crime, Action/Adventure / Hostages & Terrorism, Policier

Feat. Val Kilmer, Derek Luke, William H. Macy, Ed O'Neill

Aroview: An expert 'special ops' agent (Kilmer) is sucked headfirst into a wild, yet plausible conspiracy involving the kidnapping of the US president's daughter, white slavery and political corruption.

Crackling with Mamet's famed masculine patios and moral edginess, this threatens pastiche at times, but Mamet's cynical vision of American politics gives proceedings an undertow of sober, horrified perception. Something of a return to form for the writer-director(THE SPANISH PRISONER), providing perhaps his most 'serious' statement since HOMICIDE.