Mehdi Nebbou Movies

Fresh off of their success with director Martin Scorsese's The Departed, star Leonardo DiCaprio and screenwriter William Monahan team with director Ridley Scott for this screen adaptation of David Ignatius' novel Body of Lies. When CIA operative Roger Ferris (DiCaprio) uncovers evidence indicating that a major terrorist leader may be operating out of Jordan, he enlists the aid of CIA veteran Ed Hoffman (Russell Crowe) in infiltrating the elusive saboteur's vast underground network. During the course of his dangerous mission, Ferris gradually comes to question how much he can trust his presumed allies -- who include not just Hoffman, but the outwardly helpful head of Jordanian intelligence as well. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

It's hard to tell the good guys from the bad guys in this slick, densely plotted thriller from France. Cash (Jean Dujardin) is a suave and well-mannered outlaw who specializes in grand-scale heists that turn on carefully constructed confidence games as much as muscle. When Cash's brother and partner in crime Solal (Clovis Cornillac) is killed by members of a rival outfit who try to force their way into a carefully planned heist, Cash assembles a new crew to rob the gunmen for their ill-gotten gains. Cash joins forces with Maxime Dubreuil (Jean Reno), a gifted veteran thief who brings along his beautiful protégé Garance (Alice Taglioni). As Cash, Maxime and Garance map out plans for the robbery of a lifetime, they're joined by Julia (Valeria Golino), a beautiful woman with a full compliment of criminal skills. But what they don't know is that Julia is actually an undercover police officer who is looking to shut down Cash's operation from the inside. Cash was written and directed by Eric Besnard; it was his second feature as director after establishing himself as one of France's leading screenwriters. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Not to be confused with the 1988 Sidney Lumet/River Phoenix drama of the same name, German helmer Buelent Akinci's bizarre drama Running on Empty follows Burkhard Wagner (Jens Harzer), a middle aged, door-to-door insurance salesman who lives out of his car, jetting along Teutonic highways and byways in a beaten-up Volvo and peddling policies to various area residents. Eccentric to the extreme (with a shrill, maniacal cackle that emerges from time to time and suggests that he has more than a few parts on order), Wagner nonetheless manages to sustain himself with a steady income. He is abetted by an oddball quirk: during sales pitches, he bursts into song, belting out French pop tunes, which inexplicably charm prospective customers. Burkhard also periodically pulls off of the Autobahn to drop quarters into pay phones and call his estranged wife, reassuring her constantly that he'll return home to her and their child as soon as he's able. However, he soon meets a sexy yet lonely bed-and-breakfast owner, Caroline (Marina Galic) at a nearby café. After stalking her multiple times, Burkhard accepts her invitation to come and reside at her inn. The relationship is riddled with buried motivations, but Akinci keeps things enigmatic, and defiantly refuses to spell out the film's ulteriors prior to its conclusion. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi