Following in the footsteps of early 70s, paranoid, post-Nixon political thrillers like The Parallax View, The Conversation and Three Days of the Condor, The International is a taut, tense, riveting thriller about the fight against corruption and overarching power by civilians in way over their heads.
The movie follows Interpol Agent Louis Salinger (Clive Owen) and Manhattan District Attorney Eleanor Whitman (Naomi Watts), two colleagues determined to take down of the world’s most powerful banks who they believe are involved in a myriad of illegal operations.