Fair Game [2010]

Plot: A suspense-filled glimpse into the dark corridors of political power, 'Fair Game' is a riveting action-thriller based on the autobiography of real-life undercover CIA operative Valerie Plame (Naomi Watts), whose career was destroyed and marriage strained to its limits when her covert identity was exposed by a politically motivated press leak. As a covert officer in the CIA's Counter-Proliferation Division, Valerie leads an investigation into the existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Valerie's husband, diplomat Joe Wilson (Sean Penn), is drawn into the investigation to substantiate an alleged sale of enriched uranium from Niger. But when the administration ignores his findings and uses the issue to support the call to war, Joe writes a New York Times editorial outlining his conclusions and ignites a firestorm of controversy.

This movie starts off a bit slow but it picks up midway and this is where it gets very interesting as the thriller part of this movie begins and grabs a hold of you and never really lets go. A true story told on film of what really happened before the invasion of Iraq during the Bush administration and told from the other side for once in a very dramatic way.

This movie goes into specific details about how our own government can and will betray you to save their own face. This is well told by the director in my opinion and I feel the acting was on point and superb as the drama in real life is portrayed very well in this movie. Fair game goes deeper then just a government scandal but also shows how that scandal effected a marriage and in a very dramatic way.

Overall this is a good movie to watch and would recommend Fair Game to anyone interested in watching political thrillers or dramatic movies in general.

Rate - 8/10