Nicole Kidman stars as UN translator Silvia Broome in this political thriller from Sydney Pollack (who also has a smallish role in the film).
Early on, we find out that Silvia has overheard someone speaking an obscure African dialect about murdering a visiting dignitary. Even stranger, that dialect is spoken in her country of origin, a fact pointed out by Sean Penn, playing haunted secret service agent Tobin Keller.
Though the movie is just two hours, the action unwinds very slowly. It takes a while to find that Silvia comes from the same country as Zuwanie, the target of the plot. It takes even longer to find out that her brother, Simon, was killed in the opening of the movie, and longer still to start to assemble the pieces of the story. That's not all bad, it would just be a bit better if it came together a bit faster. As it is, the movie moves rather slowly getting to its end.
Rated PG-13 for violence, some sexual content and brief strong language. Though rated PG-13, this movie contains disturbing scenes of violence, one involving a room full of dead bodies, one of young children with guns (the implication being they put the dead bodies there), a man suffocated by pillow, a bus blown up by terrorist actions, and several suspenseful moments not overtly violent. There are also a number of outbursts of adult language. Be very wary of letting your kids watch, even though it's only PG-13.
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