Caught in the crossfires of civil war, CIA operatives must send a former U.S. diplomat to negotiate for the life of a friend he left behind.Caught in the crossfires of civil war, CIA operatives must send a former U.S. diplomat to negotiate for the life of a friend he left behind.Caught in the crossfires of civil war, CIA operatives must send a former U.S. diplomat to negotiate for the life of a friend he left behind.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
Khalid Benchagra
- Nadim
- (as Khalid Benchegra)
Yoav Sadian
- Karim (13 Years Old)
- (as Yoav Sadian Rosenberg)
Abdeslam Bounouacha
- Partygoer #3
- (as Abdesselam Abounouacha)
Youssef El Hibaqui
- Gunman
- (as Youssef El Hibaoui)
Hichame Ouraqa
- Abu Rajal
- (as Hicham Ouraqa)
Charley Broderick
- Boston Cop
- (as Charles Broderick)
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- Writer
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Storyline
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- TriviaThe city of Tangier in Morocco proved to be especially suitable as a stand-in for Beirut because of a quirky chapter in the city's recent history. "Tangier had a building boom ten years ago and it all came from drug money," producer Monica Levinson explained. "When the government figured that out, they immediately put a stop to the construction, so you have a ton of buildings in Tangier that are just half-built shells. The government didn't want squatters to dwell in these buildings so they took sledge hammers and bulldozers and reduced the buildings to rubble. It was incredible to find all of that existing in Tangier."
- GoofsAlice returns to an apartment in which Cal has been staying that is said to be in a very unsafe area of the city. It is not realistic that a CIA operative in Beirut with responsibilities for supervising all Middle East operations would be domiciled in a very unsafe sector of any city in which his station was located.
- Quotes
Mason Skiles: You're not hallucinating. It's me Mason.
Mason Skiles: [to sandy] I don't want to be anywhere near this murdering fuck
[to Abu Rajal in Arabic]
Mason Skiles: Today is you're lucky night... YOU SON OF A WHORE!
Featured review
Predictably nice
Cool to have on your watched films list, but not a prime entry.
In Beirut (2018), we follow the story of Mason Skiles, a high-profile diplomat on a quest to arrange an exchange of prisoners: terrorist Abu Rajal in exchange for US agent Cal Riley. Mason is not at his prime, especially after the events that led him to heavy-drinking and delusion. And, as expected, dealing with terrorist is not as straighforward as it might seem.
It is an enjoyable film, althought it is kinda predictable and it lacks a little more character development. But it goes to the point, and I was entertained. I was not sure what could happen in the end to Mason, even though the overall plot was predictable.
It is a thrilling film without much action scenes. It feels real, even though things happen fast.
I'd recommend this film to people who like suspense plot-wise and don't care a lot about crazy stunts and a lot of shooting.
In Beirut (2018), we follow the story of Mason Skiles, a high-profile diplomat on a quest to arrange an exchange of prisoners: terrorist Abu Rajal in exchange for US agent Cal Riley. Mason is not at his prime, especially after the events that led him to heavy-drinking and delusion. And, as expected, dealing with terrorist is not as straighforward as it might seem.
It is an enjoyable film, althought it is kinda predictable and it lacks a little more character development. But it goes to the point, and I was entertained. I was not sure what could happen in the end to Mason, even though the overall plot was predictable.
It is a thrilling film without much action scenes. It feels real, even though things happen fast.
I'd recommend this film to people who like suspense plot-wise and don't care a lot about crazy stunts and a lot of shooting.
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- gabriel_sanchez
- Sep 11, 2021
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- Release date
- Country of origin
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- Also known as
- High Wire Act
- Filming locations
- Tangier, Morocco(city: Beirut, environs: desert regions)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $5,019,226
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,734,497
- Apr 15, 2018
- Gross worldwide
- $7,509,436
- Runtime1 hour 49 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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