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Body Of Lies Free3/18/2021
Salaam accuses Ferris of having had knowledge of the move on Karami, blames Ferris duplicity with him for the destruction of the safe house, and exiles Ferris from Jordan.It stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe, and Mark Strong in the lead roles.
Set in the Middle East, it follows the attempts of the CIA and Jordanian Intelligence to catch al-Saleem, a terrorist. Frustrated by their targets elusiveness, differences in their approaches strain relations between a CIA operative, his superior, and the head of Jordanian Intelligence. The film was shot largely on location in the United States and Morocco, after authorities in Dubai refused permission to film there because of the scripts political themes. The film was released in the United States on October 10, 2008. He meets Nizar, a member of the terrorist organization who is prepared to offer information in return for asylum in North America. Nizar is used as a pawn to draw out the rest of his cell; when Nizar is captured, Ferris is forced to shoot him to prevent his exposing the identities of Ferris and his associate, Bassam ( Oscar Isaac ). However, furious at Hoffmans refusal to act on the information Nizar provided, Ferris and Bassam go to search the safe house in Balad, Iraq, Nizar had told them about. Ferris observes men burning records and attempts to bluff his way in but is exposed. ![]() Ferris and some salvaged discs are rescued by helicopter, but Bassam is killed in the explosion. Having recovered from his injuries, Ferris is assigned to Jordan to continue searching for Al-Saleem. There, Ferris meets with and negotiates a collaboration with Hani Salaam ( Mark Strong ), head of the Jordanian General Intelligence Directorate. From the intelligence Ferris harvested from the Balad safe house, Hoffman locates an Al-Saleem safe house in Jordan and orders Ferris to watch it. Simultaneously, Hoffman organizes (unbeknownst to Ferris) a side operation via a local agency. Ferris CIA subordinate, Skip ( Vince Colosimo ), identifies the local agency asset as Ziyad Abishi. The terrorist flees to inform his colleagues of their exposure, and Ferris chases and kills him in such a place and manner that implies the death is a random robbery. Salaam (via back channels) corroborates this interpretation of killing with those who remain at the safe house. Ferris lambastes Hoffman for running side operations which he feels are interfering with and undermining the operational integrity of the primary operation and tells Hoffman to stop. While going to the hospital to receive rabies shots for dog bites he suffered while eliminating the terrorist, Ferris meets a nurse named Aisha ( Golshifteh Farahani ) and begins developing romantic feelings for her. In Europe the bombers strike again at an Amsterdam flower market, killing 75 people and wounding hundreds more. Hoffman asks Salaam to use Karami, but he refuses, believing a greater return will come later. Unbeknownst to Ferris and Salaam, Hoffman tells Skip to follow Karami and kidnap him. Karami escapes and notifies the terrorists in the safe house that it is being watched, and they abandon it.
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