Plot Summary
From acclaimed and Academy Award-nominated director and writer David Mamet ("Hannibal," "The Untouchables") comes this taut action-thriller starring Val Kilmer ("Wonderland," "Red Planet") and Oscar-nominated William H. Macy ("Seabiscuit", TV's "Door To Door"). A special ops officer and his protégé are recruited to investigate the kidnapping of the president's daughter, but the deeper they dig into her disappearance, the more they uncover a dangerous conspiracy that goes up to the highest levels of the U.S. government. Also starring Derek Luke ("Biker Boyz," "Antwone Fisher"), Johnny Messner ("Tears of the Sun," "The Sweetest Thing"), Tia Texada (TV's "Third Watch," "Phone Booth") and Aaron Stanford ("X2: X-Men United," "25th Hour").
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Movie Reviews from Rotten Tomatoes
TOMATOMETER
64%- Reviews Counted: 133
- Fresh: 85
- Rotten: 48
- Average Rating: 6.5/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Rotten: Spartan is the same old stuff, but now it's been thoroughly Mametized, like a spray-on treatment you could spritz out of a can.
Fresh: The real violence, as is always the case with Mamet, lies not in the mayhem but in the thrusting rhythms of the dialogue.
Fresh: Both technically accomplished and moderately entertaining.
Fresh: Is Spartan a perfect, or even a great, movie? Probably not. But in its prickly irascibility and deeply unsettling intelligence, it makes for a very, very good one.
Customer Reviews
Excellent.
Unless you hate Val Kilmer this is a brillant movie.Writing,pace,acting,directing...everything works.In a world of so so movies this one delievers the goods.I was stunned to read someone didn t love it.The perfect thriller.And Kilmer is excellent.
Total waste of time
Terrible acting, poor story line, ridiculous plot. Absolute waste of time to watch.
Please save your money and time.
I truly believe that the production company knew just how terrible this movie was so they really jazzed up the previews/trailers to make it look 10 times better than the movie actually is.
Don't waste your time and money.
Good luck.
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- Genre: Thriller
- Released: 2004
- © 2004 Spartan Distribution, Inc. and Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
