Edward Wilson, the only witness to his father's suicide and member of the Skull and Bones Society while a student at Yale, is a morally upright young man who values honor and discretion, qualities that help him to be recruited for a career in the newly founded Central Intelligence Agency. While working there, his ideals gradually turn to suspicion influenced by the Cold War paranoia present within the office. Eventually, he becomes an influential veteran operative, while his distrust of everyone around him increases to no end. His dedication to his work does not come without a price though, leading him to sacrifice his ideals and eventually his family.
Overall, a rather dull and pretty uneventful movie. It was somewhat slow and long. I felt Angelina Jolie's talents were wasted on this film as Matt Damon's "wife." It was great to see a cameo from Joe Pesci and it was also great to see Robert De Niro in a decent movie. The last decent movie he did IMO was either 15 Minutes or Meet the Parents. I did however enjoy William Hurt's performance the most because he just seemed very cool, confident and commanded respect when he was onscreen.
