Spartan
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 26 Ratings
- Starring: Derek Luke, Val Kilmer
- Summary: This political thriller stars Val Kilmer as career military officer working in a highly secretive special operations force that uncovers a white slavery ring.
- Director: David Mamet
- Genre(s): Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Crime
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Positive: 16 out of 34
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Mixed: 18 out of 34
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100The patter is always fascinating, and at right angles to the action. [Mamet]'s like a magician who gets you all involved in his story about the King, the Queen and the Jack, while the whole point is that there's a rabbit in your pocket.
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80Using simplicity as another form of deception, Mamet lays out a hand of three-card monte for the audience to see, then tricks it into guessing falsely. In this case, it's worth getting fooled out of a little cash.
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60Spartan is a character study embedded in an action-hero scenario. Neither aspect ever really breaks loose.
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60Being a Mamet, we expect superb dialogue and twists, but we also get refreshingly compact action scenes, even if the climactic airport skirmish is on the pat side. A lesser Mamet, then, but still compelling.
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Positive: 9 out of 16
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Mixed: 5 out of 16
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Negative: 2 out of 16
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