The Tourist

Movie: The Tourist

Cast: Angelina Jolie, Johnny Depp, Paul Bettany, Rufus Sewell, Timothy Dalton

Genre: adventure, thriller

I saw it on: December 16, 2010

Synopsis: Elise (Angelina Jolie) is under surveillance by the police (Paul Bettany).  They are hoping she leads them to a thief (her former lover) – who is wanted for unpaid taxes to the tune of $744,000,000.  A mysterious note from this thief directs her to take a train to Venice.  On the train she latches on to a Frank (Johnny Depp), a vacationing American math teacher, because of his resemblance to her thief-friend.  Meantime, a ruthless gangster is also after him – because he is the thief who for stole over $2 billion from him.  The gangster thinks Frank is the thief and out to capture him and reclaim his money.  At the same time, while the police are still trying to find the real thief.

My two cents: A great movie.  Angelina Jolie is as beautiful and elegant as ever.  Johnny Depp is great as a somewhat inept innocent bystander who tries to rise to the occasion when he falls for the girl.  There are a lot of twists and turns in the plot and you will probably do some head scratching trying to figure out what is going on and whether or not Elise is a good-guy or bad-guy.  The movie ends with a great twist.

Definitely worth seeing.