Spartan
2004
**
Director: David Mamet
Cast: Val Kilmer, Derek Luke, Wiliam H. Macy, Ed O'Neill, Kristen Bell
A pedantic military operative is tracking down the kidnapped daughter of a Washington bigwig. The clues point to human traffickers in the Middle East, but then the evening news report their version of the events. In fact you should doubt each version of the truth since it's a David Mamet movie. He attempts to make an offbeat conspiracy thriller but the story is confusing and extremely cynical, and it's hard to get interested when the rescuers act like thugs, the villains are faceless and the victim doesn't care to be rescued.
