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Echelon Conspiracy
After Dark Films

Echelon Conspiracy reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 26 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
6.0 out of 10
based on 5 reviews
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MPAA RATING: PG-13 for sequences of intense violence and action, some sexuality and brief language

Starring Shane West, Edward Burns, Ving Rhames, Jonathan Pryce, Tamara Feldman, and Martin Sheen

Mysterious cell phone messages promise a young American engineer untold wealth -- then make him the target of a deadly international plot. Dangerous security operatives chase the engineer across the globe, while a powerful government official pursues a mysterious agenda that threatens the stability of the entire world. (Mobicom Entertainment)


GENRE(S): Action  |  Mystery  |  Suspense/Thriller  
WRITTEN BY: Kevin Elders
Michael Nitsberg
 
DIRECTED BY: Greg Marcks  
RELEASE DATE: Theatrical: February 27, 2009 
RUNNING TIME: minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: USA 

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42
The Onion (A.V. Club) Scott Tobias
Unlike, say, "Eagle Eye," Echelon Conspiracy doesn't put enough conviction behind its stupidity. It's mostly just bland.
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38
ReelViews James Berardinelli
Echelon Conspiracy is a more evocative title than a movie this stupid deserves.
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30
Los Angeles Times Glenn Whipp
All Echelon can offer is some wobbly action and views of Red Square.
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25
Boston Globe Joel Brown
There's nothing in Echelon Conspiracy as suspenseful or entertaining as your average episode of "24."
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20
LA Weekly Nick Pinkerton
Given the passivity of computer use, the "hacker thriller" is film history's great running joke, but special attention should go to Echelon Conspiracy's authors for conceiving a climax that tries to juice tension out of someone using a search engine and staring at a download countdown.
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