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IMDb rating 6.6
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Critic Alan Morrison
rated 6

Slick and entertaining espionage thriller with Al Pacino and Colin Farrell.

Read full review at Empire
Critic Thomas Conradsen
rated 5

...et professionelt stykke arbejde, der til tider leverer både spænding og underholdning, ganske som en god spionthriller kan og skal...

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Cast & Crew

Roger Donaldson
Director
Al Pacino
As Walter Burke
Ron Lea
As Dell Rep (Bill Rudolph)
Richard Fitzpatrick
As Rob Stevens
Colin Farrell
As James Clayton
Steve Lucescu
As Instructor #2
Neil Crone
As Farm Instructor #3

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James Clayton, a brilliant programmer, is recruited by the CIA and undergoes training at The Farm, where he develops an attraction to Layla Moore and a rivalry with Zack. During a training exercise, James and Layla are abducted and tortured for information about The Farm. After breaking under pressure, James is attritted from the program. Later, Burke reveals that James' discharge was part of a cover story and selects him as a non-official cover operative to get close to Layla, who is suspected of working with foreign agents to steal CIA secrets.

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The Recruit was released in theaters on January 31, 2003.