| Spartan Review |
| by Mark R. Leeper (Rating: 6/10) |
| CAPSULE: Mamet could not put both intelligence and
action in this political thriller and gave the
latter priority. Val Kilmer is an anti-terrorist
operative called in on the kidnapping of an
important woman. The story has some...more |
| Spartan Review |
| by Laura Clifford (Rating: C+) |
| Robert Scott (Val Kilmer, "Wonderland") is a special ops agent who
specializes not in thinking or planning, but execution. When the
president's daughter, Laura Newton (Kristen Bell, "Pootie Tang") is
kidnapped from her Harvard University dorm, Scott is...more |
| Spartan Review |
| by Edward Howell (Rating: B+) |
| This film was made with great talent and skill but in the end the story is
not believable. Val Kilmer is good as the professional brought in to find
the president's daughter after she goes missing. The film is shot in an edgy
take no prisoner's manner...more |
| Spartan Review |
| by Ryan Ellis |
| Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet has been cranking out
screenplays for over 20 years and he's been directing for more than 15
years. His scripts have generally been outstanding. 'Glengarry Glen Ross',
'Wag The Dog', and 'The Verdict' are...more |
| Spartan Review |
| by Andy Keast (Rating: 3.5/4) |
| "Spartan" will likely end up one of my favorite entertainments of this year.
It has a plot that somehow encompasses kidnapping, assassination, conspiracy,
the Secret Service, the FBI, the CIA and even familial conflict and betrayal.
Granted, a number...more |
| Spartan Review |
| by Homer Yen (Rating: A-) |
| Sometimes you might wake up in the wee hours of
the morning. Maybe it's to check on a noise that
you heard downstairs. Yet you're unsure if there
even was a noise and realize that falling back
asleep is much easier than struggling to sit
upright....more |
| Spartan Review |
| by Homer Yen (Rating: A-) |
| Sometimes you might wake up in the wee hours of
the morning. Maybe it's to check on a noise that
you heard downstairs. Yet you're unsure if there
even was a noise and realize that falling back
asleep is much easier than struggling to sit
upright....more |
| Spartan Review |
| by Matt Noller (Rating: 3/4) |
| Spartan, the latest film by writer/director David Mamet (Heist, State and
Main), is like an episode of the television series 24: fast-paced, endlessly
gripping, entertaining, impersonal and sometimes utterly implausible. The
film's events fly by at an...more |
| Spartan Review |
| by JoBlo (Rating: 7/10) |
| PLOT:
A high-ranking U.S. government official's daughter is kidnapped and plugged
into a human slave trade operation. The bad guys don't realize that the girl is
anything special, but the good guys (also known as the spy guys) do and work
diligently to...more |
| Spartan Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten (Rating: B-) |
| Reviewed by: Harvey S. Karten
Grade: B-
Warner Bros./Franchise Pictures
Directed by: David Mamet
Written by: David Mamet
Cast: Val Kilmer, Kristen Bell, Derek Luke, William H. Macy
Screened at: Warner Bros., NYC, 5/8/04 more |
| Spartan Review |
| by Susan Granger (Rating: 4/10) |
| Susan Granger's review of "Spartan" (Warner Bros.)
Writer/director David Mamet's new political thriller starts off in high
gear with Val Kilmer as Robert Scott, a brutal special-ops Secret Service
officer who's training new recruits. Scott's top...more |
| Spartan Review |
| by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 3.5/4) |
| SPARTAN is a thinking man's thriller by writer and director David Mamet, who
has an impressive body of work from his brilliant first films, HOUSE OF GAMES
and THINGS CHANGE, to his equally satisfying more recent movies, THE SPANISH
PRISONER, THE WINSLOW...more |
