Die Echelon-Verschwörung (2009)
40KDie Echelon-Verschwörung: Directed by Greg Marcks. With Shane West, Edward Burns, Ving Rhames, Jonathan Pryce. At first, the strange phone messages promised great wealth. Soon, though, government agents pursue the young engineer receiving them around the world.
“This film got a 5 out of me, because in the end I realized this movie is a lower budget, straight to DVD version of other movies in its genre and subject matter. The film itself seemed hastily put together with what scenes they shot to muster up a simple and digestible, even if disagreeable film. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe Pros: Iu0026#39;ll name these first to be kind. -Story and characters make sense… more on this later. -Itu0026#39;s international, but mostly American. They travel around the world (or so they say in the film but mostly in Prague, Moscow and somewhere in the US).u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe Cons: -Too many holes and unanswered questions in the script and story line. -The main character lacks intelligent initiative. -The script itself is lacking in many areas and just assumes things without presenting them to the audience. -They give too much credit to the computer and to the characters without establishing any premise.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eStraight to DVD in my opinion and not worth a watch in the theater. However the premise and subject matter is somewhat realistic with the findings of Ghostnet and other information gathering computer attacks found by Canadian and US university researchers.”
